According to the CDC, “in the United States, the proportion of the population aged >65 years is projected to increase from 12.4% in 2000 to 19.6% in 2030,” (CDC, 2003, para. 2). Caring for this aging population is going to be one of the greatest challenges facing the health care industry. Not only will the number…
Consider the following: Workplace trends within and outside health care require employees to connect with an ever-widening array of coworkers, consultants, off-site employees, and other resources. Sharing knowledge is critical to any organization’s success, especially in the health care industry. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following questions: Which organizational…
When certain insects were found to carry serious human disease, public health initiatives were launched to combat these insects. To prevent malaria, marshy areas were drained. This caused a drop in cases, but later it was learned that wetlands are an important part of the ecosystem. Another strategy was to spray mosquitoes with insecticides, such…
For your two reports, attend two different venues from this list. art museum or sculpture garden significant or notable architectural site (if there is explanatory material there to help you understand it) music concert theater play poetry reading or spoken word performance dance performance Film festival or presentation of a film by an academic author…
You are a member of a presidential commission appointed to consider a mandatory national health insurance plan and the question of how to fund the plan is being discussed. Specifically, three separate options are being considered to generate an average of $4,000 per worker—a flat mandatory premium, a doubling of the current 7.65% payroll tax…
Create a list of three major health issues prevalent in the United States and choose one of those issues to present. Submit your list to your instructor for approval. Create a 7- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation in which you: Provide an overview of the three major health issues prevalent in the United States you…
write a (5–6 pages) paper addressing the sections below of the research proposal. This week you will submit the Literature Review section of your proposal. Each week you have been adding to your growing body of evidence to support your problem and proposed innovation to address the problem. The review of literature is a…
In the first weeks of this course, you have identified a health promotion issue and identified a potential intervention. You have also completed a comprehensive review of the literature and now will integrate that information to create an intervention designed to address the health promotion issue. As you create the intervention, try to keep your…
Choose a health policy issue in the United States to create a timeline of evolution. Research events related to the policy’s creation, development, implementation, and modification. Create a 700- to 1,050-word timeline detailing the evolution of your chosen health policy. Include the following: A summary of the chosen policy. In your summary, include the objective…
· Consider the ethical aspects of health care and health policy for an aging population. · Review the Hayutin, Dietz, and Mitchell report presented in the Learning Resources. The authors pose the question, “What are the economic consequences, now and for future generations of taxpayers if we fail to adapt our policies to the changing…
Describe what this story relates to you and how it pertains to you as a future nurse. I have included at the end of each story some sample questions that will help you process what was happening in each healing. Questions: 1. Explain the process of how faith awakened in the father’s heart. 2. How…
Discuss the basic epidemiological concepts, methods, and applications of the study in general and those specific to the selected topic. Describe the epidemiology of infection—occurrence, modes of transmission, common vehicles, and incubation period. Use the modes of transmission and incubation period for a disease to focus the search for the source of the outbreak or…