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HCA 240 MART Experience
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HCA 240 Entire Course (2 Sets)
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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 5 Discussion Question 2
HCA 240 WEEK 7 Discussion Question 1
HCA 240 WEEK 7 Discussion Question 2
HCA 240 CheckPoint: Diagnosis and Treatment
HCA 240 Week 1 CheckPoint Nutrition and the Food
Pyramid (2 Sets)
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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)
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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 in this
week’s Why Weight Matters
video, eating habits and lack of physical activity are the most
common and preventable
HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets)
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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
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Course Syllabus Page 12
o Achondroplasia
o Cystic fibrosis
o Sickle cell anemia
o Phenylketonuria
o Down syndrome
Navigate to the healthfinder® Web site.
Use the alphabetic index under Diseases, Conditions and
Injuries on the left side of
HCA 240 Week 2 Assignment HIV AIDS An Overview (2 Sets)
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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
HIV/AIDS. Address the following:
o Explain the difference between HIV and AIDS.
o Describe various ways HIV can be transmitted.
o Identify and discuss what has changed in the immune
HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 1 Functions of Immunity (2
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Resources: Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response
multimedia activity located on
aXcess
at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/hca240/nail_in_...
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.
Use Appendix C and the completed Inflammatory Response
HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 2 Cancer Patient Information
Sheet (2 Sets)
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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.
Present the information in 250 to 300 words. Your goal is to
educate a wide range of
HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease
Interview (2 Sets)
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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)
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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
Read the “Smoking and COPD: Some Common Questions”
article listed on this week’s
Electronic Reserve Reading page.
Post your response to the following: Your cousin Stella, who
HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets)
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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)
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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
artificial fruit punch.
o Marcus is a 5-year-old African-American male who has just
moved to New York City,
HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 1 Blood Bank Supervisor (2
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Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases and the glossary located
on the text companion
Web site
at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_mulvihill_humandisea...
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
Bank. One day during a blood drive, a student donating
HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 2 Radio Ad (2 Sets)
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Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum
Post your response to the following: Write a 150- to 200word 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).
HCA 240 Week 5 CheckPoint Diagnosis and Treatment (2
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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.
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Course Syllabus Page 20
Post your 250- to 300-word response to the following:
o Describe the medical equipment and procedures involved
in diagnosing and treating
the condition.
HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets)
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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
prescription medication—if the choices were available for a
condition you were diagnosed
with? Explain your decision
HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets)
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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
patient without a background in health care. The goal is to
challenge your classmates
HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation
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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®
presentation.
Create a PowerPoint® presentation about an STD that you
could present to a group of
HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets)
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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
symptom?
2. What other symptoms and signs might occur?
HCA 240 Week 7 CheckPoint Type I and Type II Diabetes (2
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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
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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.
Resources: Appendix F, Ch. 13 of Human Diseases, and the
American Diabetics
Association Web site at http://www.diabetes.org/diabetesstatistics.jsp
HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets)
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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
any other means of explanation you can think of.
Respond to your classmates by commenting on the success
of their analogies and
explanations and offering suggestions for clarification
HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(2 Sets)
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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.
Post your response to the following: What statistic surprised
you when you visited the
ADA Web site? Copy and paste the statistic at the beginning
of your response. In what
HCA 240 Week 8 Assignment Mental Illness Paper (2 Sets)
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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)
o Autism
o Anorexia nervosa
o Bipolar disorder
o Bulimia nervosa
HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (2
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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)
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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)
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Current disease trends in America include dramatic increases
in obesity, cardiovascular
diseases, diabetes, strokes, and other age- and lifestylerelated 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.
Resources: Appendix A and the appropriate Web site for the
disease selected
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