Entries by Merit Writer

The bucket List

The movie “The bucket List” is about a billionaire, Edward Cole, and a car mechanic, Carter Chambers. Edward Cole owns the hospital where Chambers and him shared a room together on the cancer unit. Although they are complete strangers but as time goes, they become closer. They also discovered they only had about a year […]

social determinants of health

Community Assessment & Analysis “Windshield Survey”   Purpose and Background Information   Nurses must be able to knowledgeably plan services for individuals, families and the community. In order to effectively plan, it is essential that you assess the current health status of the community and its resources.   Assessment may include the following strategies: Mining of […]

Contraceptives

First, return to your topic chosen in the week three assignment. Answer this question: What are the personal and/or communal ethical factors that may be involved in determining the moral position of either side in that debate? Next, articulate and then evaluate the ethical positions using Kantian ethics (that is, the categorical imperative) relative to […]

Patient Preferences and Decision Making

Patient Preferences and Decision Making Changes in culture and technology have resulted in patient populations that are often well informed and educated. Even before consulting or considering a healthcare need delivered by a health professional. Fueled by this, health professionals are increasingly involving patients in treatment decisions. However, this often comes with challenges. As illnesses […]

Kant’s Categorical Imperative

Kant’s Categorical Imperative Based on this video, explain what Kant’s Categorical Imperative consists of. Cite one personal moment where you acted wrong according to Kant–You treated yourself as an exception. And you would not want people to do what you did. Discuss the downside of Kant’s Categorical Imperative.

Huntington’s Disease

Huntington’s Disease Write a  5 paragraph related to the Huntington’s disease/three major points are required (Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment) 1 Paragraph: Introduction 2 Paragraph: Causes 3 Paragraph: Symptoms 4 paragraphs: Treatment 5 paragraphs: Conclusion -Use; a variety of sentences transitional words in-text citations to avoid plagiarism and a reference page

Pediatric-Vaccines Presentation

1)  Minimum 10 slides with speaker notes (all slides!)   You should include speaker notes on all slides that expand and deepen the information. Therefore the information must be relevant and complementary. See requirement Don’t use images. Use the speaker note to provide substantial and objective information 2)¨******APA norms All information must be narrative and cited -each paragraph            Don’t […]

local public health department in the nursing division

Scenario: You are the PHN working at your local public health department in the nursing division. It is the middle of summer. And you have been receiving telephone calls asking about “the flu season”. Since the vaccine wasn’t accurate in predicting the strains of influenza that affected your community last year. And many people contracted […]

West Nile Virus

West Nile Virus You are the director of communicable diseases in a city health department. Responsible for a large urban community. It is early spring in 2003. For the past two years. Your department has been working to control the spread of the West Nile Virus and you are pleased with the progress so far. […]

Evidence-Based Behavior Change

incorporate all of the information you have gathered from the community—including the population itself, health data, interviews/conversations with interested community members, and your community assessment, including your Windshield Survey—as well as what you have gathered from scholarly literature to propose measureable interventions. Measureable interventions mean that the results can be measured through some data that […]