HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com

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2. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Entire Course (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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 HCA 240 WEEK 1 Discussion Question 2

3. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 1 CheckPoint Nutrition and the Food Pyramid (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · Resources: Appendix B, the My Pyramid Plan calculator Web site at 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

4. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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

5. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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 disease HCA 240 Health and Diseases Course Syllabus Page 12 o Achondroplasia o Cystic fibrosis o Sickle cell anemia o Phenylketonuria

6. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 2 Assignment HIV AIDS An Overview (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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

7. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 1 Functions of Immunity (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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

8. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 2 Cancer Patient Information Sheet (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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.

9. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease Interview (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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.

10. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 1(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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

11. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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 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

12. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 4 Assignment Blood Disorders (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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:

13. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 1 Blood Bank Supervisor (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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

14. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 2 Radio Ad (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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).

15. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 5 CheckPoint Diagnosis and Treatment (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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 Discussion Question 2. Choose a discussion in which you did not participate. HCA 240 Health and Diseases

16. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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.

17. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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? 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

18. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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.

19. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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 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.

20. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 7 CheckPoint Type I and Type II Diabetes (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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

21. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com · 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.

22. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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)?

23. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 8 Assignment Mental Illness Paper (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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 ADHD o Anxiety disorder (select only one): panic disorder, general anxiety disorder (GAD),

24. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.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.

25. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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

26. HCA 240 TUTOR Empowering and Inspiring/hca240tutor.com HCA 240 Week 9 Final Project My Proposal for a New System (2 Sets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.hca240tutor.com 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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