Module 1 Discussion

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 Foundation for Health Promotion

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.

Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:

Identify the different roles and responsibilities of the nurse.

Please discuss the challenges you anticipate facing when fulfilling the various roles of a nurse practitioner. How would you work to improve your weaknesses? Identify your strengths.

Which patient population is most likely to experience health disparities and why?

Submission Instructions:

Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.

You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

Module 1 assignment

Therapeutic Relationship

Choose one of the cases above and answer its respective question(s). And then, compose the items below for your case:

Moral distress is a frequent situation where health care providers should face. Please define and articulate a personal experience where you have faced Moral distress in your practice.

Explain how health promotion relates to morality.

Describe your insights about your own communication strengths and weaknesses. Identify situations in which it may be difficult for you to establish or terminate a therapeutic relationship.

Submission Instructions:

The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

The paper is to be formatted per current APA, be clear, concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

The paper is to be 3-4 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.

Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

Journal articles and books should be referenced according to current APA style.

Complete and submit the assignment by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

Late work policies, expectations regarding proper citations, acceptable means of responding to peer feedback, and other expectations are at the discretion of the instructor.

You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

Module 2 assignment

Module 2 Discussion

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 Assessment of Health Promotion 

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.

Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:

An effective health assessment incorporates not only physiological parameters; please suggest other parameters that should be considered and included on health assessments to reach maximal health potential on individuals. 

Name the different family developmental stages and give examples of each one.

Describe family structure and function and the relationship with health care.

Submission Instructions:

Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.

You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

Module 2 assignment

Presentation: Critical Review & Evaluation of Health Promotion Protocol/Practice

The purpose of this assignment is to complete a review of a screening tool utilized by nurse practitioners in maintaining individual, family, or community health.

Your presentation should:

1. Identify and select a screening tool   2. Research of ethical, economical and legal issues relative to the practice in relation to health promotion protocol/practice.  3. Provide recommendations.

Submission Instructions:

Presentation is original work and logically organized in the current APA style including citation of references.

Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. 

PowerPoint presentation with 10-15 slides, excluding the title slide and the reference slide.

The presentation is clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides.

Complete and submit by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

Module 3 Discussion

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 Interventions for Health Promotion

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.

Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:

Define and describe the primary goals of screening.

Discuss your thoughts on the relationship between economics and nutrition. How would you advise people of low socioeconomic status to eat healthy on a budget? How would you respond to patients whose financial restraints limit their access to food?

Identify potential barriers to patient teaching and how you would address these barriers.

Submission Instructions:

Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.

You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

Module 4 Discussion

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 Health Promotion in the Prenatal & Infant Population 

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.

Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 2 topics listed below for your case:

Describe the relationship between culture and growth and development. Assess whether all growth and development milestones should be applied to all children regardless of cultural background.

Design a teaching plan for parents regarding injury prevention during infancy. In your teaching plan you must include the home of an infant injury proof.

Submission Instructions:

Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.

You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

Module 4 assignment

Guide for a Selected Chronic Condition

The purpose of this assignment is to design a study guide that will assist you and your peers to translate relevant clinical guidelines and evidence-based research into evidence-based practice to promote health and prevent chronic health problems.

Submission Instructions:

The study guide is to be clear and concise and will provide a quick reference for a specific chronic disease.

Include your resources and guidelines used for the elaboration of the study guide.

Please use the attached template below to complete your assignment.

Guide for a Selected Chronic ConditionTemplate.docxDownload Guide for a Selected Chronic ConditionTemplate.docx

Students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, misspelling, and references should be current (published within the last five years).

Complete and submit by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

Module 5 Discussion

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 Health Promotion & Adolescent 

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.

Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:

Discuss appropriate interventions for adolescents suspected of having an eating disorder. Describe how they would initiate conversations with adolescents about this issue.

Describe the physical changes of adolescents that include natural processes of biology and genetics

Discuss the prevalence of violence among adolescents. Identify ways that health care practitioners can help prevent and educate adolescents about these issues.

Submission Instructions:

Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.

You will reply to the other case studies.

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Sunday.

You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Sunday due date.

Module 6 Discussion

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 Health Promotion & Middle-Age Adults

For this Discussion, your instructor will assign you a case number.

Once you received your case number; answer the specific question on the table above. Then, continue to discuss the 3 topics listed below for your case:

Discuss how you would advise young adults in selecting contraceptive methods. Do you have any personal, religious reservations, or discomforts that would interfere with your ability to advise clients and ask them how they would address these personal conflicts?

Have students develop a smoking cessation plan for a client.

Evaluate the impact of poverty on older adults. Make sure to include the impact on their physical and mental health and health promotion recommendations.

Submission Instructions:

Your instructor will assign you your case number and you will post on the case number you have been assigned.

You will reply to the other two case studies (One of each).

Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Your initial post is worth 8 points.

You should respond to at least two of your peers by extending, refuting/correcting, or adding additional nuance to their posts. Your reply posts are worth 2 points (1 point per response.) 

All replies must be constructive and use literature where possible.

Attention: Please post your initial response by 11:59 PM ET Thursday, and comment on the posts of two classmates by 11:59 PM ET Friday.

You can expect feedback from the instructor within 48 to 72 hours from the Friday due date.

Module 6 Assignment

Health Maintenance Plan for a Selected Disease in a Selected Population

The purpose of this assignment is to develop a health maintenance plan for a selected Disease, such as asthma, hepatitis, hypo and hyperthyroidism, and coronary artery disease, in a selected Population.

Your paper should:

1. Assess, develop, and recommend health maintenance plans for clients in all developmental stages of life within the primary care practice.  2. Apply evidence-based guidelines to the identification and prevention of significant healthcare problems affecting populations at risk. 

Submission Instructions:

The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.

The paper should be formatted per current APA and 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.

Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles  or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

Complete and submit the assignment by 11:59 PM ET Friday.

Late work policies, expectations regarding proper citations, acceptable means of responding to peer feedback, and other expectations are at the discretion of the instructor.