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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 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)
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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
HCA 240 Health and Diseases
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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)
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• 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
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• · 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
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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)
• 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)
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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.
HCA 240 Health and Diseases
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· 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
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• 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.,
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• · 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)
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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)
HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (2 Sets)
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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)
• 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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