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The human eye can be vulnerable to fungal infections simply by being exposed to the environment. The human eye can also be vulnerable to infect internally. Using the  Internet, research on eye infections.

Note: Ensure that your research is limited to infections not caused by direct trauma to the eye.

Based on your research, respond to the following:

How does such a sensitive organ protect itself against such common infections? What are the main causes for fungal eye infections? Why is an immunocompromised host more likely to get a fungal eye infection (excluding traumatic infections)?

Write a comprehensive medical report on a disease we have studied up to this point. Be sure to include all relevant medical history, testing/diagnostics, treatment options, and recommended plan of action. Paper should be in APA format and 4–6 pages

Week 14 lecture and discussion questions

Psychiatric Care and Mental Health in the Community

Read chapter 24 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentation.  Once done answer the following questions;

Explain and give some examples of the concepts of community mental health and discuss the importance of community mental health promotion in special populations. Describe the biological, social, and political factors associated with mental illness. Describe different types of evidence-based treatment for mental disorders, including the use of psychotropic medication management, community case management, and crisis intervention.  Give at least one example. Describe the role of mental health nurses in the community.

INSTRUCTIONS:

As stated in the syllabus present your assignment in an APA format word document, APA required font attached to the forum in the discussion tab of….

Your first course project assignment is a written proposal that describes an assessment of the needs of the client(s) and why you feel this project would be beneficial to improve health outcomes. Include the goal of the project, the target audience, and what you expect the response to be.

This proposal must be at least 2 pages in length, not counting the cover page and reference page, and be appropriately cited in APA format.

Population Health Advocacy

Human  trafficking, extreme poverty, preventable diseases, the opioid crisis  and the lack of adequate low-income housing are a few current societal  concerns worthy of social change. Nurses and healthcare leaders are in a  good position to shape and influence health care policy.

Think  of a cause you believe in strongly. Access the website of your elected  officials either at the local, state, or federal level using the  following link: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials/ or  use the website of your choice. Explore some of the issues and  committees your legislators are involved in and select at least one that  interest you or align with your beliefs. You may also contact your  legislator’s office and speak to his or her legislative assistant by  calling the U.S. Capitol switchboard operator at (202) 224-3121….

Please consider the following patient presentation:

Mrs. Johnson is a 73 y.o. female who presents to your office with right shoulder pain. Her and her husband just moved to the area a few months ago, and you have only seen her once for a sinus infection. Today she states that she is having increasing right shoulder pain over the past couple of weeks. She explains that her shoulders have “always bothered” her because she worked in a factory moving boxes for years. She states that she uses naproxen, “prescription strength” and that usually does the trick when her arthritis flares up, but she is out and would like a refill.

On exam, you note that her right shoulder is tender to palpate, and she has limited motion. She….

The growth, development, and learned behaviors that occur during the first year of infancy have a direct effect on the individual throughout a lifetime. For this assignment, research an environmental factor that poses a threat to the health or safety of infants and develop a health promotion that can be presented to caregivers.

Create a 10-12 slide PowerPoint health promotion, with speaker notes, that outlines a teaching plan. For the presentation of your PowerPoint, use Loom to create a voice over or a video. Include an additional slide for the Loom link at the beginning, and an additional slide for references at the end.

In developing your PowerPoint, take into consideration the health care literacy level of your target audience, as well as the demographic of the caregiver/patient….

Discuss the access, cost, and quality of quality environments, as well as recent quality initiatives (See Chapter 24 and Table 24.1). Student is to reflect on the relationship between quality measures and evaluation and role development. In addition, describe this relationship and note how the role of the APN might change without effective quality measures.

Expectations

Joel, L. A. (2018). Measuring Advanced Practice Nurse Performance Outcome Indicators, Models of Evaluation, and the Issue of Value. In Advanced practice nursing: Essentials for role development (4th ed.).

Length: 1500 words, double-spaced, excluding title and reference pages (required)

Format:  APA 6th Edition

RUBRICAccesscostandqualityofqualityforAPNS.docx

PICO and Literature Search Assignment

Purpose: PICO questions are used by researchers to focus research questions and develop an efficient literature search strategy. It is essential the future nurses learn how to do this to develop evidenced-based solutions to patient care problems in a healthcare organization.

Assessment: This assignment is worth 80 points and represents 20% of the total course grade. Graded according to the rubric at the end of this document.

Instructions:

Write three nursing-related PICO questions. Use the templates in the EBP Step by Step 3 article (attached) to help create your questions.

Identify the PICO elements for each question.

Develop a search strategy using at least 3 keywords from the P, I, and O parts of your PICO, 1 synonym for one of the keywords,….

Identify a population to assess and develop an evidence-based, primary care health promotion recommendations to deliver in their own communities (Ex: Hispanics-Diabetes, Africanamericans and Prostate Cancer,etc).

This an example of an student Posting:

Each population has some specific health issues that can require health promotion programs. American Indian population attracts attention in this context because of the specific state of affairs. Although this population has several main health issues for which health promotion can be required, all these issues can be solved by following the directions that cause a generally healthy lifestyle.

According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (n.d.), the main issues in the American Indian population is diabetes, obesity, and tobacco use. Even though those are three different issues, the health promotion for solving them….