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Most deaths that occur in many health care settings are associates with chronic diseases or illness. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) points out that the conditions are preventable. Evidence-based services are of importance in helping to improve health since its role in identifying the risk factors associated with poor health outcomes comes in handy. The approach also helps in lowering the cost of the health care systems as well as that of the patients. Some of the preventive care services for these chronic diseases are; vaccinations against the disease, cancer screenings, regular checkups, health education, and counseling on issues like smoking cessation, and daily or routine screenings such as cholesterol levels and blood pressure.           Prevention of diseases is important to the community since it helps people to live healthier lives and engage in their daily activities without any complications. The ethnic and racial minority communities also benefit from the standard prevention measures as they are more prone to chronic illnesses. The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has made it easier for people to access preventive care services by introducing and expanding health care insurance coverage to everyone (Simmons University, 2016).

Nurse Practitioners (NPs) can impact on the disease prevention, which traditionally was done by the primary care physicians. A big percentage of the NPS have skills and knowledge on how to offer primary care services which make them fit to offer preventive services. They are also equipped with holistic skills that are essential in providing care for patients, communities, and families. In the prevention and promotion of health, the nurse practitioners are involved by engaging and influencing the behavior of the patients by developing long-lasting relationships. The development of these relationships helps the nurses to empower and enlighten the patients on how to make better life choices and live a healthy lifestyle to prevent chronic diseases from occurring (Simmons University, 2016). The clinical settings of the NPs also play a significant role in expanding preventive care to the patients and the community at large. They work in various settings such as community health clinics and standalone or in-store urgent care clinics. Other clinical practice locations are worksite health centers, college campuses, and independent clinical practice environments.

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The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week on the basis of the course competencies covered. For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned and complete your participation for this assignment by Day 7. To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use resources from the South University Online Library.As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the South University Online Library. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the South University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.
• APA Citation Helper
• APA Citations Quick Sheet
• APA-Style Formatting Guidelines for a Written Essay
• Basic Essay Template

TASK

Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.

Health Risks, Disasters, and Nursing

Topic 1: Child and Adolescent Health Risks

As you discovered in this week’s lectures and readings, several populations face multiple health risks across their lifespan. Children and adolescents are a population that is at a higher health risk for obesity. A national movement is underway to reduce risk factors for developing obesity in children. Part of this movement is the “Let’s Move!” campaign, which is a comprehensive and coordinated initiative to prevent childhood obesity. The initiative emphasizes four primary components: healthy schools, access to affordable and healthy food, raising children’s physical activity levels, and empowering families to make healthy choices. Review Healthy People 2020:

• Identify risk factors for childhood obesity.
• Do the risk factors differ and how do they differ between children and adolescents? 
• Identify objectives that will combat childhood and adolescent obesity.
• Provide suggestions on how community health nurses can contribute to these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of decreasing obesity among this population.

Topic 2: Disaster Management

Contact your local public health department to learn about its role in a local disaster, including the role of the nurses who work there.

• What did you learn from your discussion with the local health department?
• Would you be a good candidate to serve on a disaster team?
• Would your current employer be flexible in allowing you to participate in a disaster situation?
• What is your personal preparedness to face a disaster?

In order to evaluate an evidence-based practice project, it is important to be able to determine the effectiveness of your change. Discuss one way you will be able to evaluate whether your project made a difference in practice.

 Purpose

The purpose of this assignment is to assess your ability to:

• Combine theory, evidence, clinical judgment, research, and interprofessional perspectives to improve practice and health outcomes for patient aggregates.
• Analyze considerations for the ethical conduct of research and the application to practice.
• Describe collaborative approaches to improve care outcomes and support policy changes derived from scholarly evidence.
• Analyze quality improvement methods to promote culturally responsive, safe, timely, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered care.

Course and Program Outcomes

This module’s assignment corresponds to Course Outcomes 1–3 and Program Outcomes 3–5 and 7.  This is part 5 of the course Portfolio Project. Review the Portfolio Project Overview. 

Action Items

1. From the portfolio assignments in Modules 1- 4, develop a PowerPoint presentation that would be presented to senior leadership seeking approval to begin your Quality Improvement project to address your PICOT question/area for improvement. Include the following points:
2. Why is current practice being questioned?
3. PICOT question
4. Supporting evidence (article support)
5. Who would be involved in this study/project? Would IRB approval be needed? How will administration be kept informed of the project and progress?
6. Purpose of the project
7. What data will be collected, how will the data be collected, and for how long?
8. How will the results be disseminated
9. Follow these PowerPoint design guidelines:
10. Large font (at least 24 point): If you were giving a presentation to an audience, people in back row should be able to easily read each slide.
11. Font: Times New Roman, Arial, Tahoma, or Verdana.
12. Use the same font throughout.
13. Backgrounds and color schemes should complement the content not detract.
14. If using animation, keep it to a minimum.
15. Graphics can be used but should not be the focal point. You must credit the source of the graphic/picture unless it is shareware.
16. Slides should have no more than 6 bullet points.
17. Bullet points should have no more than 8 words.
18. You can use charts and graphs. (If using a chart or graph from one of the articles, a citation of that article must be included.)
19. The speakers notes page must be used for all slides. This is where the person presenting the PowerPoint to the intended audience keeps his/her notes on what is to be addressed to the group. It should provide prompts or explanations for information on the slide. The slides present the points, the notes add further substance to explain the information on the slide. 
20. Your presentation should follow this outline:
21. First slide: title, then your name
22. Second slide: outline of what is to be covered
23. Except for the first slide, all slides should have a short title.
24. The presentation should be no more than 15 slides. 
25. The next to last slide should be an outline of all major points.
26. Last slide(s): references

Student needs to know, compare and contrast the different categories of “shock” and the 

medicines used to treat “shock”

write two pages in APA stile with minimum of two referencies. 

LITTLE SUMMARY

Youth service organizations have undergone numerous changes in the United States, dating back to the late 1600’s.  Select one of the organizations listed that is active today, i.e., YMCA, Boys and Girls Club, Boy or Girl Scouts of America.  
Research their current role in youth work, development, value messages and services.  What advantages does the organization you selected offer to the youth in today’s culture?  How would you integrate this organization into your work as a human service professional?  

Prepare a two- to- three page paper (excluding title and reference pages) that utilizes a minimum of two scholarly, peer-reviewed sources that were published within the last five years, in APA format.    

N1. Discuss the different types of micronutrients and their function in the body. Choose two micronutrients and discuss the signs and symptoms of toxicity and deficiency for each nutrient. What disease process would cause toxicity and deficiencies for both nutrients? Use evidence from one scholarly source other than your textbook or ATI book to support your answer. Use APA Style to cite your source.
-uploading the textbook pdf as one source need at least 2 more.

2. Respond to case study below too.

Tonya is 5′ 3″ tall, weighs 151 pounds, and is 38 years old. Her waist circumference is 37″. Her life is busy but sedentary. She simply does not have the time or energy to stay with an exercise program after working all day as a receptionists and caring for her two socially active children. She would like to lose about 20 pounds but knows dieting doesn’t work for her—all the diets she has tried in the past have left her hungry and feeling deprived. Losing weight has taken on greater importance since her doctor told her that both her blood pressure and glucose levels are at “borderline” high levels. 

• What is her BMI? (show actual calculation)
• According to her BMI, activity level, and lifestyle, what health disparities is Tonya at risk for? 
• Develop an evidence-based educational plan to help Tonya meet her 20 lb. weight loss goal. Consider her activity and lifestyle

• need two scholarly sources for each question not including the textbook attached!