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HCA 240 Entire Course (2 Sets) • 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 • HCA 240 WEEK 1 Discussion Question 2 • HCA 240 WEEK 3 Discussion Question 1 • HCA 240 WEEK 3 Discussion Question 2 • HCA 240 WEEK 5 Discussion Question 1

HCA 240 Week 1 CheckPoint Nutrition and the Food Pyramid (2 Sets) • · 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] • · Use Appendix B to identify patterns in nutrition essentials from birth through old age in • Part A. Describe health consequences when nutrition requirements are not met in Part B. • · Post Appendix B as an attachment.

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] • · Watch the Why Weight Matters video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading • page by clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button. • · Post your response to the following: As you observed

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 • o Achondroplasia • o Cystic fibrosis • o Sickle cell anemia • o Phenylketonuria • o Down syndrome • · Navigate to the healthfinder® Web site.

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 • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Compose a 1,300- to 1,450-word paper in APA format that provides an overview of

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. • · Complete the Inflammatory Response activity first; do not close the activity. You are • required to enter information from the completed activity into Appendix C.

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®. Refer to the American Cancer Society and the National • Cancer Institute Web sites for information on your selected form of cancer.

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. • · Complete Appendix D. • · Post Appendix D as an attachment

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. • · Resource: “Smoking and COPD: Some Common Questions” article • · Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum

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. • · Post your response to the following: Answer question #3 under “Cases for Critical • Thinking” on p.164 of the text. As you read others’ posts, state whether you agree or • disagree with their answers and explain why. Share stories of famous people or people • you know personally to help illustrate your opinion

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: • o Amy, a 4-year-old Caucasian female, has been complaining of being tired all the • time. She is pale and a picky eater. Her mother is a single mom with a small budget • to feed a large family. Amy only eats pasta, breads, and hot dogs, and drinks only

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 • Web 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 by • selecting any chapter, then selecting Audio Glossary on the left side of the page. Use • both resources to research your answer. • · Post your response to the following: You are the supervisor for the Axia College Blood

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. • HCA 240 Health and Diseases • Course Syllabus Page 20 • · Post your 250- to 300-word response to the following: • o Describe the medical equipment and procedures involved in

HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets) • 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? What • factors would make the lifestyle changes difficult to accomplish? Propose strategies to • overcome those factors. Finally, which would you choose—lifestyle change or

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. Offer enough information for doctors to narrow • down your condition to one or two disorders, but be vague enough to sound like a

HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation (2 Sets) • 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 used • to combat the spread of STDs. • · Resource: Appendix E • · Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum • · Use a minimum of three sources other than the text. • · Refer to Appendix E for directions and tips on building a Microsoft® PowerPoint®

HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets) • 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. On her first day • postoperatively, it was noted that she had very little urine output. • 1. What is happening to Ms. Jones’s kidneys, and why is it causing the observed

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.

HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets) • 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. • How would you explain the process to a younger patient? Offer at least one analogy and

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 • · Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum • · Visit the ADA Web site and review diabetes statistics.

HCA 240 Week 8 Assignment Mental Illness Paper (2 Sets) • · 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 • o Anxiety disorder (select only one): panic disorder, general anxiety disorder (GAD), • any phobic disorder, obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress • disorder (PTSD)

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. • · Post Appendix G as an attachment

HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets) • 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. • · Due Date: Day 3 [Main] forum • · Post your response to the following: How do disease trends impact the delivery of health • care services, such as treatment options and resources available to the public?

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; • for employers to provide incentives for participation in health maintenance and wellness • programs, gyms and exercise programs; and for hospitals to provide adequate follow-up • instruction after discharge.

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