NR 503 (NR503)

From the U.S. Preventive Task Force website Define the test, its positive predictive value, reliability and validity. Discuss patient medical or family history that may alter your recommendation for screening?

In a community-based hypertension testing program called HT-Aware, the detection level for high blood pressure is set at 140mmHg for systolic blood pressure. A separate testing program called HT-Warning in the same community sets the level at 130mmHg for high systolic blood pressure. Which statements are likely to be true? A school nurse examined a population of 1,000 children in an attempt to detect nearsightedness. The prevalence of myopia in this population is known to be 15%. The sensitivit...

Epilepsy is sometimes called a seizure disorder, and it is acommon neurologic disorderof the brain thathas ensued in significantsocial disparities of health.The primaryindicator of epilepsy isa seizure setting off a rapidshift in theregular brain activity.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC,2018) definesseizures as alterations in a person's normal brain function,and associatedtriggersmay include stroke, brain tumor, traumatic brain injury, head injury, or central nervous system...

During Week 2, in the Discussion Board and with the HP2020 Impact Paper, you are asked to select a screening or diagnostic tool to analyze. You are then required to provide a review of the statistics related to the diagnostic tool, for instance sensitivity, specificity and the predictive value of the screening/diagnostic tool. What do these terms mean exactly? In Chapter three (3) of your textbook Curly& Vitale (2016) discuss the implications of screening and the use of the following values (...

1. How does culture influence the decisions a provider may make when selecting an intervention? 2. Explain how culture impacts provider attitudes. Does it? How will you assess your own attitudes about various cultures/races/groups? 3. Review the terms for this week and apply them to population health; for instance: cultural competence, cultural awareness, norms, values, Kleinman Explanatory Model, socioeconomic status, disparities, minorities, food dessert.

Which of the following is a condition which may occur during the incubation period? Chicken pox is a highly communicable disease. It may be transmitted by direct contact with a person infected with the varicella-zoster virus (VZV). The typical incubation time is between 10 to 20 days. A boy started school 2 weeks after showing symptoms of chicken pox including mild fever, skin rash, & fluid-filled blisters. One month after the boy returned to school, none of his classmates had been infected by V...

Utilizing the list below, choose two research methods. Next, find two articles, one on each of the chosen methods, from the Chamberlain College library, or you may use one that is provided within the course and one you find from the library. The articles should be related to population health and infectious disease, chronic health, occupational health, global health, genomics, or environmental health: Randomized Control Trial Cohort Study Case-Control Study Cross-Sectional Read each article and...