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MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 1 Discussion

Topic 1: Clinical Epidemiology

Share a bit about yourself, your nursing experiences and background. At this point in your career, how do you feel that epidemiology has affected your nursing practice?

Read the first 3 Chapters in the text by Fletcher. Explore the CDC site, National Center for Health Statistics at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/. This site’s information is largely gleaned from epidemiological studies and data collections.

Discuss epidemiology as the scientific basis for clinical medicine and guideline development. Explain some types of data, performance measurements and possible reasons for variations in data. Next share a bit of information or statistic you learn from reviewing the National Center for Health Statistics site.

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Unit 2 Discussion

Topic 1. Read the required reading. Epidemiological studies can evaluate risks of disease and protections from disease.

Discuss risks and how epidemiological studies impact interventions to reduce risks. Include some types of studies and specific risk examples in your response. How does this apply to evidence based medicine?

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 3 Discussion

Topic 1. Levels of Prevention

Discuss the following in your post:

Create three scenarios where you would apply each of the three the levels of prevention.

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Unit 4 Discussion

Topic 1: Read the required reading. Review the Determinants of Health website and view the short video and content.

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health

For this discussion you will identify and define determinants of health for an individual or family population at risk including social, environmental and global factors as applicable. How you approach the discussion is your choice. You may choose a condition or topic first then elaborate from there, while including the population characteristics and determinants of health. Alternatively you may choose to define a specific population, such a rural Appalachian single mothers, and then address risks and the determinants of health.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 5 Discussion

Topic 1. Complete the required Readings before posting to this Discussion. Analyzing specific examples in the text from Chapters, 7, 8 and 9, explain how types of epidemiological studies impact knowledge of diagnosis, prognosis or clinical treatment. Be sure to use vocabulary that demonstrates your understanding of epidemiological terms.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 6 Discussion

Topic 1: Epidemiology of Health Promotion

Read the required readings. Define the core functions of epidemiology. Select one of the epidemiologic core functions and provide an example of the how the core function might be demonstrated in clinical practice by a Masters prepared Registered Nurse. Can you relate this or one of the other functions to an example or content in your text readings?

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 7 Discussion

Topic 1: Nutrition, Exercise, Stress Management: Clinical Prevention Intervention and Evaluation.

Read the required reading. You have a client from a vulnerable population, such as an economically disadvantaged and older adult, who needs to begin lifestyle changes with nutrition, exercise and stress management modifications. Discuss how you would approach nutrition, exercise and/or stress management counseling. Address food aid programs that would be appropriate for referral. What exercise recommendations would be appropriate for your client/s. Comment on stress management factors that may need addressed with your choice of the vulnerable population.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 8 Discussion

Topic 1: Promoting Safety and Reducing Risk: Program Evaluation

Read the required readings. Next visit the CDC Injury Prevention and Control website; Child safety and injury prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/. Additionally review the CDC Childhood Injury report. https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/child_injury_data.html

For this discussion share an outline with supportive content for the implementation of a simple educational program or intervention to promote health and reduce injury risk for the childhood and/or adolescent population. Focus can be for an individual, specific group or population. Include the topic, target audience /learner characteristics, statistics of why topic is important, population affected and pertinent risk factors. Include, objectives, goals, the intervention and means you will use to evaluate the program. Show evidence based support for the intervention. Comment on others projects and share ideas and interventions supported by studies.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 9 Discussion

Topic 1: Diverse Populations and Age.

As a Masters prepared nurse, you are responsible for knowing basic health screenings for various populations, Read the required readings and refer to the course resources. Choose the young, middle or older adult population. Address the preventive health screenings for one of these subsections of the adult population based on age and sex. Include adult immunization recommendations for that adult age group. Finally hone in on one screening recommendation you included, addressing specific statistics and risks within the chosen age group, that support the recommendation of the preventive screening.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 10 Discussion

Topic 1: Global Determinants of Health

This Unit addresses global issues in health promotion. Read the required reading for Unit 10 including the articles and required websites. Because of the diversity of cultures, and an expanding migratory global population, you as a Masters-prepared Registered Nurse may be challenged with patients who are at risk or suffering from various conditions, such as tuberculosis or malnutrition. You may also be involved in natural disaster preparation or response, communicable disease outbreak care or bioterrorism management.

For this discussion, you will address a global health issue of your choice and identify related health risks for a particular group or patient. Include statistics for your choice/s. Include strategies you could utilize to help you incorporate the client’s cultural preferences within the education, prevention, or treatment plan. Consider the roles of interprofessional resources in your post.

Avoid other topics present in the discussion as you make your choice so that the discussion is varied and robust.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 2 Assignment

Individual Screening

Directions

Review the clinician provider guidelines and recommendations of the United States Preventive Task Force A and B Recommendations.

For the MSN prepared nurse, knowledge of epidemiology and its application to preventive screening guidelines is important in many clinical areas: administrative, education, and nurse practitioner fields. Consider you are working in a clinic and need to order a preventive screening on a patient for one of the conditions listed below. (While this is a preventative measure, it also can be a diagnostic tool in other circumstances. For this Assignment the screening is a secondary prevention measure.)

Please select one screening. Your screening methodology must come from the National Clearinghouse guidelines.

Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Breast Cancer

Cervical Cancer

Colon Cancer

Diabetes Mellitus II

Lung Cancer

Explain the guideline, the correct application of the screening, and the epidemiology behind the guidance. Content required should include epidemiologic data such as statistical information as available ex. morbidity, mortality, incidence and prevalence of condition. Identify risk factors, risk assessment, testing interval, description of the patient population, screening test recommendations and other factors relative to the guideline.

Master’s-prepared nurse educators, leaders, nurse practitioners and all specialty nursing fields are contributors to health promotion in populations across the life span. You will demonstrate understanding and correct interpretations of preventive screening guidelines. You should be able to apply this knowledge to your specialty focus as it relates to health promotion and epidemiology.

This paper should be 2–3 pages, excluding your title page, and references. This paper should adhere to appropriate 6th edition APA format.

DUE: to Dropbox on end of Day 7 of Unit 2.To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Submit to the Unit 2 Dropbox.

How to Submit:

When you are ready to submit your Assignment, select the Dropbox and then attach your file. Make sure to save a copy of the Assignment you submit.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 4 Assignment

Community Needs and Health Screening Initiative

Directions

For this Assignment you will pick one recommended screening from United States Preventive Task Force A and B Recommendations.

An initiative is a project, an event, so something in the community is ideal. Workplace location for employees is fine too. Please include the following suggested level one headings so content is clear and easily identified.

Theory or Conceptual Model

Choose a theory or conceptual model that you think might work for your initiative and explain the theory or model here. You may choose to independently research your model to help you explain its application to your initiative. If you have found another model you will like to use, not listed, contact your instructor.

Screening Purpose

Discuss why it is important to screen for this condition. This is where you address your community assessment and the reason for this need in your community/ population choice. Support your stance with statistics and information, ideally related to the location and population.

Population

Clearly address the demographics that are being screened; where they live, state, county, ages, races included etc.

Screening Activity

This section is what you are doing at the screening and should completely align with the screening guideline for the condition. Also all health promotion screenings include some brief prevention education component.

Outcome Goals

Bullet a few specific goals here. What do you hope to accomplish with your screening?

Location

Briefly explain where you are doing this. It should be very specific (e.g., Senior Citizen Center in Monroe Co on Saturday). Think about what kind of facility or area you will need. Include comments explaining how this location meets the needs of your target population and screening choice.

Cost

This is the cost for you to develop and conduct the initiative. It is best displayed as a brief Word table showing what it costs you to conduct the screening; paper, equipment, rental s etc. Volunteers are fine, but everything is not free. Students must demonstrate they can develop a cost estimate for a community screening intervention that is realistic and takes into account financials. If there is a cost for the attendees that should go here as well.

Summary

Provide a summary of your screening, general benefit to the community and why it is important. Master’s-prepared nurse educators, leaders, nurse practitioners and all specialty nursing fields are contributors to health promotion in populations across the life span. This Assignment is focused on preventive screening applications in the community, workplace or school settings. You should be able to apply this knowledge to their specialty focus as it relates to health promotion and epidemiology.

This should be a 3-4 page paper, excluding title page, and references. A person should be able to read your paper and understand fully what you are screening, where, when, the costs and how it is supported in the guideline. Ideally a person would be able to duplicate your screening initiative, based on the clarity you present. This paper should adhere to appropriate 6th edition APA format. A minimum of 3-4 sources should be used.

DUE: to Dropbox on end of Day 7 of Unit 4.

To view the Grading Rubric for this Assignment, please visit the Grading Rubrics section of the Course Resources.

Submit to the Unit 4 Dropbox.

How to Submit:

When you are ready to submit your Assignment, select the unit Dropbox and then attach your file. Make sure to save a copy of the Assignment you submit.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 6 Assignment

Health Statistics and Populations

Professional Competency addressed in this Assignment:

MN505-3: Analyze health promotion and illness prevention risk factors in a multicultural context.

PC-4.3: Apply concepts of multiculturalism and diversity to become an agent of change.

Directions

Select a health topic of interest such as breastfeeding, coronary heart disease, or juvenile diabetes that affects a specific population such as older adults or women of reproductive age or race. Locate health statistics for your selections. You must include national and state data. Your work may also include local county or city data if available.

Additionally, research content regarding concepts of multiculturalism and diversity, and include interventions that address health disparities.

Input your responses using a table similar to the one below. You may recreate the table in Word®. Excel® files are not accepted. Include a title page and reference page. Length of Assignment should not exceed 3 pages.

Data Search Directions

Summarize Your Findings

Identify the population of interest and health
condition/event to your practice. Specify how
you define the population (e.g., age, gender,
health status, etc.).

Summarize your search process. Specify what
sources, organizations and agencies for health
statistics were searched to find relevant health
statistics. Be specific and thorough in your search.

Provide the health information obtained in the
search. Include any significant statistics and
information on risk factors and trends in
epidemiology data on your topic.

Interpret your findings and determine if there
is any evidence of health disparities based on
the population examined. Address multicultural
factors that influence the health issue. Provide
several examples and include interventions
that would improve health disparities.

Master’s-prepared nurse educators, leaders, nurse practitioners and all specialty nursing fields are contributors to health promotion in populations across the life span. This Assignment is focused on analysis of epidemiological and health information, including illness prevention, risk factors disparities, and intervention. Students should be able to integrate these concepts in a multicultural context to their specialty focus as it relates to health promotion and epidemiology.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 8 Assignment

Immunization Presentation

Directions

For this Assignment you are creating a PowerPoint® presentation. Your presentation audience is the community. The topic is immunization/ vaccination. Information should include herd immunity, types of immunity related to vaccination, immunization effects on the individual, and community as well as worldwide effects of immunization. Additionally content should include vaccination trends, myths, disease statistics for those conditions prevented with vaccination, and pediatric vaccination schedule/s. Legal, ethical, and cultural considerations should be addressed.

Master’s-prepared nurse educators, leaders, nurse practitioners and all specialty nursing fields are contributors to health promotion in populations across the life span. This Assignment is focused on the child and adolescent immunization, health information, epidemiology and surrounding influences. You should apply the topic towards your area of specialty focus as it relates to health promotion and epidemiology.

The presentation must have speaker notes per slide; 1–3 paragraphs. The PowerPoint should be developed in a professional design and style; succinct, not overly wordy, with a tasteful amount of elegant text and visual appeal, as well as accurate and complete content. Number of content slides are 12, not to exceed 14. Title slide and reference slide required and not included in the total. This presentation should adhere to appropriate 6th edition APA format.

Number of content slides are 12, not to exceed 14. Title slide and reference slide required and not included in the total. This presentation should adhere to appropriate 6th edition APA format.

This link provides Microsoft tutorials in PPTX:

PowerPoint 2013 videos and tutorials. (n.d.). Retrieved from https://support.office.com/en-us/article/PowerPoint-2013-videos-and-tutorials-bd93efc0-3582-49d1-b952-3871cde07d8a

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 10 Assignment

Diverse Populations, Age and Interprofessional Health Promotion Resources

This paper is a 3-4 page project that is an analysis of a condition and resources on one health topic for the adult population throughout the lifespan. Consider the influence of socioeconomic status (SES), culture, gender, ethnicity, and spirituality on mental and physical health, as it relates specifically to age in adulthood. What interprofessional resources and exist for the topic? The adult lifespan, young, middle and older adult, related risks to the issue should be addressed. (This topic is for the adult population, not adolescents). Are there interventions that benefit the outcome? Consider physiological, psychological and/ or iatrogenic risks. Epidemiological support should be included in the paper.

Be creative in how you address the Assignment. You may choose a specific health topic, social health issue, a health condition or create a family scenario. Consider life transitions and role change. Be sure to include behaviors affecting the risks for the issue or topic, addressing this across the adult lifespan. Again, resources on interprofessional collaboration should be clear and supported with evidence based sources. Analysis of health promotion issues and interprofessional collaboration covers all aspects of nursing. Master’s-prepared nurse educators, leaders, nurse practitioners and all specialty nursing fields are contributors to health promotion in populations across the life span. This Assignment is focused on the adult. You should choose a topic that affects your area of specialty focus as it relates to health promotion and epidemiology.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 5 Journal

Review the following websites and activities.

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]. (n.d.) Solve the outbreak. Disease detective. Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/mobile/applications/sto/web-app.html

Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion. (2018). Partnering to heal. Retrieved from https://health.gov/hcq/training-partnering-to-heal.asp

Create a journal entry of 200-250 words reflecting on your personal experiences or thoughts regarding the activities at these sites, the content and epidemiological methods utilized. Are you able to identify modes of transmission and implement interventions better with these learning tools? Have you ever participated in an outbreak investigation or care of a person during such an event? Share your insights to outbreak investigation and the use of epidemiology tools.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 7 Journal

Read Chapter 14, Complementary and Alternative Strategies

Create a journal entry of 200-250 words reflecting on your personal experiences or thoughts regarding alternative therapies, integrating content from the reading into your entry.

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 1 Seminar Quiz

Question 1

Clinical epidemiology is best defined as:

Question options:

1)

Clinically treating people in a defined setting with a defined type of condition.

2)

The study of disease occurring in human populations.

3)

Using the best available research in conjunction with clinical expertise and individual patient situation and values.

4)

Making predictions about individual patients by counting clinical events in groups of similar patients, using strong scientific methods for predictions.

Question 2

Regarding populations in epidemiology; the population should:

Question options:

1)

be relevant to the question being asked

2)

be susceptible to the outcome of interest

3)

be described in sufficient detail so as to understand how the prevalence would apply

4)

all of the above

Question 3

Serum potassium 3.5 is an example of what type of data?

Question options:

1)

nominal

2)

interval- continuous

3)

interval- discrete

4)

ordinal

Question 4

To establish validity on clinical measurements such as pain, nausea, and dyspnea, information may be obtained by

Question options:

1)

two nurses confirming

2)

the family supporting the symptom

3)

measurement scales and questionnaires

4)

beneficence

Question 5

Measures of central tendency include

Question options:

1)

reliability

2)

mean, median, mode

3)

range

4)

incidence

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 1 Seminar Quiz

Question 1Clinical epidemiology is best defined as:

Question options:

1)Clinically treating people in a defined setting with a defined type of condition.

2) The study of disease occurring in human populations.

3) Using the best available research in conjunction with clinical expertise and individual patient situation and values.

4) Making predictions about individual patients by counting clinical events in groups of similar patients, using strong scientific methods for predictions.

Question 2Regarding populations in epidemiology; the population should:

Question options:

1) be relevant to the question being asked

2) be susceptible to the outcome of interest

3) be described in sufficient detail so as to understand how the prevalence would apply

4) all of the above

Question 3Serum potassium 3.5 is an example of what type of data?

Question options:

1) nominal

2) interval- continuous

3) interval- discrete

4) ordinal

Question 4To establish validity on clinical measurements such as pain, nausea, and dyspnea, information may be obtained by

Question options:

1) two nurses confirming

2) the family supporting the symptom

3) measurement scales and questionnaires

4) beneficence

Question 5Measures of central tendency include

Question options:

1) reliability

2) mean, median, mode

3) range

4) incidence

MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion

Unit 3 Seminar Quiz

Question 1 The US Preventive Task force establishes guidelines for:

Question options:

1) preventive screenings based on epidemiological studies

2) hypertension management

3) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

4) cancer screenings only

Question 2 A mammogram order for a 50 year old woman, who does not have any symptoms or breast complaints is an example of:

Question options:

1) primary prevention

2) secondary prevention

3) tertiary prevention

4) case management

Question 3Health Literacy is the:

Question options:

1) ability to understand the English language

2) ability to communicate health information via technology

3) capacity to read, comprehend and follow through on health information

4) capacity to understand medical jargon and communicate in a clinically diverse setting

Question 4 Theories, models and frameworks in health promotion:

Question options:

1) help to guide health promotion program attendees in achieving the outcome goals.

2) help to guide the development of health promotion programs and interventions.

3) help by providing very specific details on program development for specific conditions and interventions

4) help by providing financial tips and funding for program development and interventions

Question 5 Barriers to effective communication include:

Question options:

1) transference and countertransference

2) constructive confrontation

3) silence

4) focus on the individual

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Unit 9 Seminar Quiz

Question 1 Healthy People 2020 selected older adult health promotion and disease prevention topics include:

Question options:

1) reproductive health and MVA reduction

2) sleep health, respiratory diseases and sensory health

3) occupational therapies and autism management

4) sports injuries, violence and genetic impairment

Question 2 Some of the health promotion needs of the middle adult include:

Question options:

1) beginning HPV screenings based on age

2) releasing autonomy for health care to their children

3) secondary prevention screening for obesity

4) primary prevention for tobacco use

Question 3 Determinants of health include:

Question options:

1) levels of policy making and health

2) social factors and environment

3) health services delivery systems

4) all of the above

Question 4 Regarding natural disaster responsiveness and preparedness,

Question options:

1) the inadequacy of emergency care is heightened in developing nations.

2) psychiatric and mental health needs are reduced after events, due to focus on recovery.

3) evidence shows that health care providers should not collaborate with traditional healers.

4) emergency care is best for women and children.

Question 5 Healthy People 2020 selected global health promotion and disease prevention topics include:

Question options:

1) decreasing the number of family and friends people talk to about their health problems.

2) decreasing the tuberculosis case rate for foreign born individuals living in the United States.

3) decreasing the number of women seeking genetic counseling for ovarian or breast cancer.

4) decreasing the number of chemical laboratories that meet proficiency for chemical threat analysis.