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2. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Entire Course (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • 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 • HCA 240 WEEK 1 Discussion Question 1

3. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 1 CheckPoint Nutrition and the Food Pyramid (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · Resources: Appendix B, the My Pyramid Plan calculator Web site athttp://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx, and the U.S Department ofAgriculture: Dietary Supplements Web site· Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum]· Use Appendix B to identify patterns in nutrition essentials from birth through old age inPart A. Describe health consequences when nutrition requirements are not met in Part B.· Post Appendix B as an attachment.

4. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Each year in the United States, almost $100 billion dollars are spent on health issues relatedto 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]· Watch the Why Weight Matters video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading

5. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • 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 diseaseHCA 240 Health and DiseasesCourse Syllabus Page 12o Achondroplasia

6. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 2 Assignment HIV AIDS An Overview (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • HCA 240 Health and DiseasesCourse Syllabus Page 14Fourteen percent of the population in Nairobi, Kenya is infected with the HIV virus. The rate iseven higher in the Kenyan military at 20%. (Mulvihill et al., 2006)· Resource: Ch. 2 of Human Diseases· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

7. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 1 Functions of Immunity (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Resources: Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response multimedia activity located onaXcess · Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum· Open both Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response multimedia activity at the sametime.· Complete the Inflammatory Response activity first; do not close the activity. You arerequired to enter information from the completed activity into Appendix C.

8. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 2 Cancer Patient Information Sheet (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · Resources: American Cancer Society (ACS) Web site at http://www.cancer.org and theNational 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 eitherMicrosoft® Word or PowerPoint®. Refer to the American Cancer

9. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease Interview (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Resources: Appendix D, and the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and CanCardiovascular Disease be Prevented? videos· Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum· Watch the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and Can Cardiovascular Disease bePrevented? videos listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading page by clicking theorange WATCH VIDEO button.

10. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 1(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • In 1964, 44% of the American population smoked. By 2002, the percentage of Americans thatsmoke had been cut in half (Mulvihill et al., 2006). Many states have banned smoking inpublic buildings, and some states have either banned or are considering a ban on smoking ina car when young children are present.· Resource: “Smoking and COPD: Some Common Questions” article· Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum· Read the “Smoking and COPD: Some Common Questions

11. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · 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 byclicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.· Post your response to the following: Answer question #3 under “Cases for CriticalThinking” on p.164 of the text. As you read others’ posts, state whether you agree ordisagree with their answers and explain why. Share stories of famous people or peopleyou know personally to help illustrate your opinion

12. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 4 Assignment Blood Disorders (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Assignment: Blood Disorders • • 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: • o Amy, a 4-year-old Caucasian female, has been complaining of being tired all the • time.

13. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 1 Blood Bank Supervisor (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases and the glossary located on the text companionWeb site 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 byselecting any chapter, then selecting Audio Glossary on the left side of the page. Useboth resources to research your answer.· Post your response to the following: You are the supervisor

14. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 2 Radio Ad (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • CheckPoint 2: Radio Ad· Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum· Post your response to the following: Write a 150- to 200-word script for a radio ad thatpromotes a healthy musculoskeletal system in old age. Address the risk factors forarthritis, osteoporosis, and injuries from falls. Incorporate prevention strategies such asproper nutrition (calcium, diet).

15. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 5 CheckPoint Diagnosis and Treatment (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · 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 DiscussionQuestion 2. Choose a discussion in which you did not participate.

16. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum· Post your response to the following: Select and identify a disease in Ch. 10 that can beprevented or controlled by changes in lifestyle rather than by medications or therapy.What lifestyle changes can individuals implement to prevent or control the disease?

17. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · 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? Whatsymptoms would you be describing to your doctor

18. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Please Add Own Images • Teenagers and young adults ages 15-24 account for 48% of sexually transmitted diseases(STDs) diagnosed (Mulvihill et al., 2006). Education is one of the weapons that can be usedto combat the spread of STDs.· Resource: Appendix E· Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

19. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · 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 openheartsurgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart. On her first daypostoperatively, it was noted that she had very little urine output.

20. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 7 CheckPoint Type I and Type II Diabetes (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • According to the ADA Web site, 7% of the U.S. population has diabetes, and 30% of thosewith diabetes do not even know they have the disease. Maintaining proper levels of insulin isHCA 240 Health and DiseasesCourse Syllabus Page 24critical for diabetes patients. The means by which insulin can be regulated depends uponwhich type of diabetes a patient has.

21. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum· Post your response to the following: Describe an example of “abnormal” endocrinefunction by selecting a gland, a hormone it is supposed to release, and how the targetorgans are affected when that specific endocrine process does not function properly.How would you explain the process to a younger patient? Offer at least one analogy andany other means of explanation you can think of.

22. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Did you know that 57% of diabetics must check their blood sugar level every day, and 20% ofdiabetics 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 athttp://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp· Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum

23. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 8 Assignment Mental Illness Paper (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • 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 ADHDo Anxiety disorder (select only one): panic disorder, general anxiety disorder (GAD),any phobic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stressdisorder (PTSD)o Autismo Anorexia nervosa

24. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • · 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 inAppendix G.· Post Appendix G as an attachment

25. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Imagine the changes a head nurse that has worked at the same hospital over the last 45years has seen. From advances in organ transplants to the HIV/AIDS crisis, the health caredelivery industry must continually re-invent itself in order to provide effective service topatients.

26. HCA 240 UOP Courses • HCA 240 Week 9 Final Project My Proposal for a New System (2 Sets) • For more classes visit • www.indigohelp.com • Current disease trends in America include dramatic increases in obesity, cardiovasculardiseases, diabetes, strokes, and other age- and lifestyle-related conditions. This suggestsneeds for community organizations to provide education and exercise programs for all ages;for employers to provide incentives for participation in health maintenance and wellness

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