Any topic (writer’s choice)

Using a coin toss, you will determine the facial traits of a potential child.  The expression of your traits is driven by the combination of alleles that you inherited from your parents.  The inheritance of these alleles from your parents is random.  For example, your Mom’s sex chromosomes are XX. …

Any topic (writer’s choice)

Throughout this course you will be learning how our genes shape what we look like, how they influence behaviors and how mutations can cause diseases. But is this all we are? Lets consider a complex issue to get things rolling: smoking. We all have nicotinic acetylcholine receptors in our brains. …

Healthiest Generation in One Nation

Week 1 Discussion BoardNo unread replies.No replies.Watch: American Public Health Association: “Healthiest Nation in One Generation”and think about a typical day in your life. Identify the ways that public health affects it. Interact and discuss with your classmates how public health affects different aspects of each of your lives. Watch …

Teaching Topic

Begin thinking about a topic and audience for your Teaching Project assignment. The submission of the topic and audience are due week 2. Submit your health topic and the expected audience (peers/patients/community group) and consider the age range of participants. For example: if your topic is “Crutch walking for the …

Barriers to Effective Teaching

Week 1 DB: Barriers to Effective Teaching11 unread reply.11 reply.Consider when you may need to fill the role of educator while caring for your patients. What are the three (3) greatest barriers (other than time) to effective teaching in any type of healthcare setting (or yours specifically if you are …

response 3

WRITE A RESPONSE TO THE FOLLOWING POST: Over the course of history researchers have studied the health care industry to determine plausible advantages or disadvantages of managed care and its policy. Said research has helped the community to understand segmentation, managed care, and their relationship. Managed care positively influences the …

Biology

1.Why might a biologist be interested in comparing the amino acid sequence of proteins between two different species?  What differences might she find when comparing species that are distantly related or closely related?  Explain.2.Trans-fatty acids are a type of unsaturated fat.  Most trans-fats consumed today are industrially created as a …

Emerging and Re-emerging Diseases Fact Sheet

Select one disease that is either emerging or re-emerging in the world today.Research the disease using both scholarly and non-scholarly resources.Determine your audience (patients, other nurses, schools, etc.) that you would want to share the Fact Sheet with.Select pieces of information that are appropriate for your audience.

Case Study on Biomedical Ethics in the Christian Narrative

Based on the “Case Study: Healing and Autonomy” and other required topic study materials, you will complete the “Applying the Four Principles: Case Study” document that includes the following: Part 1: Chart This chart will formalize principlism and the four-boxes approach by organizing the data from the case study according …

Reporting Requirements

Penny is a HIM Director at a small community hospital. She has the responsibility for providing any accountings of disclosures requested by patients under the HIPAA Privacy Regulations. First, she has to determine what items are required reporting under the laws and regulations of her state. She finds that the …