HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial / hca240dotcom

1. HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial / HCA240dotcom

2. HCA 240 Entire Course (UOP) HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial HCA 240 Assignment: Blood Disorders HCA 240 Exercise: Name That Pathogen HCA 240 CheckPoint: Nervous System Diseases HCA 240 CheckPoint: Nutrition and the Food Pyramid HCA 240 CheckPoint 2: Radio Ad HCS 475 Week 1 Discussion Question 2 • Resources: Appendix B, the My Pyramid Plan calculator Web site at http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx, and the U.S Department of Agriculture: Dietary Supplements Web site • Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum]

3. HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1(2 Sets) Each year in the United States, almost $100 billion dollars are spent on health issues related to obesity, and about 300,000 people die of conditions related to obesity (Mulvihill et al., 2006). • Resource: Why Weight Matters video • Due Date: Day 2 [post to the Main forum] HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets) • Resource: healthfinder® Web site at http://healthfinder.gov/ • Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main forum] • Select a genetic disorder from the list below. o Huntington’s disease HCA 240 Health and Diseases Course Syllabus Page 12

4. HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • HCA 240 Week 2 Assignment HIV AIDS An Overview (2 Sets) HCA 240 Health and Diseases Course Syllabus Page 14 Fourteen percent of the population in Nairobi, Kenya is infected with the HIV virus. The rate is even higher in the Kenyan military at 20%. (Mulvihill et al., 2006) • Resource: Ch. 2 of Human Diseases HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 1 Functions of Immunity (2 Sets) Resources: Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response multimedia activity located on aXcess at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/hca240/nail_in_foot.html • Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum • Open both Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response multimedia activity at the same time

5. HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 2 Cancer Patient Information Sheet (2 Sets) • Resources: American Cancer Society (ACS) Web site at http://www.cancer.org and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Web site at http://www.cancer.gov • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • Create a patient information sheet for a type of cancer of your choice, using either Microsoft® Word or PowerPoint®. HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease Interview (2 Sets) Resources: Appendix D, and the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and Can Cardiovascular Disease be Prevented? videos • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • Watch the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and Can Cardiovascular Disease be Prevented? videos listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading page by clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.

6. HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 1(2 Sets) In 1964, 44% of the American population smoked. By 2002, the percentage of Americans that smoke had been cut in half (Mulvihill et al., 2006). Many states have banned smoking in public buildings, and some states have either banned or are considering a ban on smoking in a car when young children are present. HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets) Resources: p.164 of Human Diseases and the Asthma 101 video • Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum • Watch the Asthma 101 video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading page by clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.

7. HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • HCA 240 Week 4 Assignment Blood Disorders (2 Sets) • Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases, the WebMD® Web site at http://www.webmd.com, and the drkoop® Web site at http://www.drkoop.com • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • Read each of the following three scenarios: HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 1 Blood Bank Supervisor (2 Sets) Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases and the glossary located on the text companion Website at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_mulvihill_humandisease_6 • Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum • Refer to Ch. 8 of the text and navigate to the glossary on the text companion Web site by selecting any chapter, then selecting Audio Glossary on the left side of the page. Use both resources to research your answer.

8. HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 2 Radio Ad (2 Sets) • Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum • Post your response to the following: Write a 150- to 200-word script for a radio ad that promotes a healthy musculoskeletal system in old age. Address the risk factors for arthritis, osteoporosis, and injuries from falls. Incorporate prevention strategies such as proper nutrition (calcium, diet). HCA 240 Week 5 CheckPoint Diagnosis and Treatment (2 Sets) Resource: WebMD® Web site at http://www.webmd.com • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • Navigate to the WebMD® Web site. • Select a digestive disorder discussed in the Main forum for this week’s Discussion Question 2. Choose a discussion in which you did not participate.

9. HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets) HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum • Post your response to the following: Select and identify a disease in Ch. 10 that can be prevented or controlled by changes in lifestyle rather than by medications or therapy. What lifestyle changes can individuals implement to prevent or control the disease? HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets) • Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum • Post your responses to Part A and Part B: o Part A: Post as patients. Select any digestive disorder of your choice covered in Ch. 10. What would it be like if you were a patient suffering from the disease? What symptoms would you be describing to your doctor during an office visit? Post your answers as if you were a patient.

10. HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets) HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial Resource: Ch. 11 of Human Diseases • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum • Answer questions 1-8 below. In each scenario, the patient is experiencing renal failure. Scenario A: Acute renal failure. Ms. Jones, a 68-year-old female, underwent openheart surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. HCA 240 Week 7 CheckPoint Type I and Type II Diabetes (2 Sets) According to the ADA Web site, 7% of the U.S. population has diabetes, and 30% of those with diabetes do not even know they have the disease. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is HCA 240 Health and Diseases Course Syllabus Page 24 critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends upon which type of diabetes a patient has.

11. HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets) HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum • Post your response to the following: Describe an example of “abnormal” endocrine function by selecting a gland, a hormone it is supposed to release, and how the target organs are affected when that specific endocrine process does not function properly. HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(2 Sets) Did you know that 57% of diabetics must check their blood sugar level every day, and 20% of diabetics that require medication don’t take it because they can’t afford it (Mulvihill et al., 2006)? • Resource: Diabetes statistics on the American Diabetics Association (ADA) Web site at http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp

12. HCA 240 Week 8 Assignment Mental Illness Paper (2 Sets) HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial • Resources: University Library and Table 15-3 on p. 325 of Human Diseases • Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • Select a form of mental illness from the following list: o ADHD HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (2 Sets) • Resource: Appendix G • Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum • Read the case studies in Appendix G. • Identify the nervous system disease the patients in each case are suffering from. • Outline the causes, effects, and treatment of the diseases by answering the questions in Appendix G.

13. HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets) HCA 240 UOP Course Tutorial Imagine the changes a head nurse that has worked at the same hospital over the last 45 years has seen. From advances in organ transplants to the HIV/AIDS crisis, the health care delivery industry must continually re-invent itself in order to provide effective service to patients. HCA 240 Week 9 Final Project My Proposal for a New System (2 Sets) Current disease trends in America include dramatic increases in obesity, cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, strokes, and other age- and lifestyle-related conditions. This suggests needs for community organizations to provide education and exercise programs for all ages;

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