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Cultural Competence

Examine Your Barriers to Cultural Competence

Respond to the prompts below in full sentences. Be sure to use standard English grammar and spelling:

Assess your own barriers to cultural competence.
Have you overcome these? If not, how do you plan to overcome them?
If you do not have barriers, why do you think you do not have them?

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Environmental Issues

Choose one of the assignments below and post your answers or ‘editorial’ in this forum.
Select an article from the mass media (newspaper) that deals with an “environmental” health issue. Analyze and critique the article by answering the following questions:
What are the characteristics of the community involved?

What appears to be the sources of the problem?
What evidence is provided in the article to substantiate the cause?
Does the news coverage describe health effects?

What population is at risk?
Does the coverage provide adequate information for consumers to understand the problem and seek any needed assistance?
How would you improve this article for better public awareness?

Identify an environmental health problem in your community.
Familiarize yourself about this problem by interviewing or talking with experts in the area, reading recent literature and research reports, and searching the Internet for information about the problem.

Contact your Senator or Congressperson who has been involved in legislation related to the problem and learn what he or she plans to do about it.
Summarize what you have learned and present it in writing as a letter to the editor of your local newspaper.

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Nursing practice

discussion 2

Requirements: On topic

Advocacy

What examples of advocacy do you see in your own nursing practice? List and discuss 2 examples.

Submission Instructions:

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.

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Cardiovascular system and lymphatic system

Choose a medical condition from the cardiovascular system and lymphatic system and explain the pathophysiology changes that may occur. What patient education would need to be included related to this disorder? Please add Citations and References.

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Plagiarism in an Academic Setting

NURS 220

APA Paper

You will write a paper on Plagiarism in the Academic Settingwith an in-depth examination of plagiarism as it applies to academic settings.

The Purpose of the Paper is to:

1. Familiarize the student with the definition of plagiarism.

2. Help the student recognize and prevent common mistakes that occur in academic settings and examples of plagiarism.

3. Familiarize the student with tools that highlight plagiarized content.

4. Make them aware of the LUSON Honor Code

5. Make them. Aware of penalties of plagiarism

6. Familiarize the student with the LUSON Appeal Process

7. Teach current APA formal writing techniques.

Additional required content is noted below. A valuable learning experience, research, and writing on this topic will empower you to succeed in the critical areas of academic honesty and current APA formal writing techniques.

The paper must be written in current APA format and include the following:

• Title Page

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Urinary Incontinence

Urinary Incontinence

Instructions:

Read Chapter 15 carefully.
Answer the following questions: (Try to think of as many things as you can and describe them.)
How many ways are urinary incontinence and decubitus ulcers related to each other?
Can one cause the other?
Are there any microorganisms that they have in common?

Do they both affect the same kind of tissue?
Do they both cause pain?

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Gerontological Nursing

Chapter 20

What elements go into the idea of “quality of life” for the elderly? So many times we discuss the quality of life when someone elderly becomes very ill. The topic of quality is usually brought up for discussion as the ethical standard.

Instructions:

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Communicating disease

Instructions: Please answer using your own words in a minimum of 300, maximum 400 words PER QUESTION SINGLE spaced. Referenced with two (2) peer-reviewed journal articles or qualified text publish within the past five years and follow APA Manual 6th or 7th editions scholarly writing guidelines. When writing replies, please provide your experiences, new ideas, add probing questions and new literature on the topic to enhance the learning opportunity.

Highlighted the importance of communicating disease threats to international authorities.  Based on that how important do you think it is for governments like the United States to support international health organizations for the sake of public health? Please review the article from the link below.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/2020/07/what-we-will-lose-if-united-states-cuts-ties-with-world-health-organization/

2. Identify what you believe to be the most pressing issue in public health.  Why is this the most important matter? What do you recommend to address the issue?

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Communicable Diseases

Communicable Diseases

Choose one of the following topics and submit a short paper:
Research and present on the local, state, national, and global trends such as incidence, prevalence, and populations at risk for their communicable disease group.
Investigate and present communicable diseases of interest in your local community.
Research the different types of organisms that could be used to create an epidemic as a result of bioterrorist activity, such as smallpox, anthrax, or botulism. Use the Center for Disease Control (CDC) Website to find out about organisms and their transmission routes, signs and symptoms, prevalence and incidence, and primary prevention treatment. Present your findings and discuss the differences in impact on the healthcare community and the population, and the role of the community health nurse.
Develop primary prevention strategies for Miami Dade College, Medical Center Campus, the community, and students who have been exposed to rubella. Assess which groups are at the highest risk. Discuss or present your findings.
Your response should be 1-2 pages.

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The Future of Nursing

Review the Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” Write a 750‐1,000 word paper discussing the influence of the IOM report on nursing practice. Include the following:

Summarize the four messages outlined in the IOM report and explain why these are significant to nursing practice.

Discuss the direct influence the IOM report has on nursing education and nursing leadership. Describe the benefits and opportunities for BSN‐prepared nurses.
Explain why it is important that a nurse’s role and education evolve to meet the needs of an aging and increasingly diverse population.
Discuss the significance of professional development, or lifelong learning, and its relevance in caring for diverse populations across the life span and within the health‐illness continuum.
Discuss how nurses can assist in effectively managing patient care within an evolving health care system.

You are required to cite a minimum of three sources to complete this assignment. Sources must be appropriate for the assignment and relevant to nursing practice.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.