Your comments will be graded on how well they meet the Discussion Requirements posted under “Before You Begin.”

Make sure to review the E-learning course – Introduction to public health surveillance presentation.

1. The Introduction to public health surveillance presentation identified 7 uses of public health surveillance. Identify two uses that relate to epidemiology of diseases.
2. Discuss descriptive epidemiology aspect of disease surveillance.
3. Discuss the three main observational study designs, if you are to conduct an observational study of a population grouped into smokers and non-smokers. Which of the three main study designs would you use and why? Please provide in-text citation(s) to support your point of view.

Describe the key concepts underlying community activism and give examples of how each of these concepts applies to a specific context. Examine how advance practice nurses can engage in community activism to limit further negative health impacts from Big Tobacco in their respective health communities.

-Please be concise in the case provided above

-DONT PLAGIARIZE 

-APA style 

-AT LEAST 2 REFERENCES

-MINIMUM OF 300 WORDS

 Week 8

Chapters 18-19.

Female Genitalia;male Genitalia.
  Midsagittal view of the female pelvic organs.

Summarize the ovulation cycle and identify the functions of the hormones produced

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An older woman who has stopped regular menstruation asks whether she can still become pregnant. What is the best response you can give this patient?

What is the name of the tissue that separates the anterior wall of the vagina from the bladder and urethra?

Name the four bones that form the pelvis

why it is important to teach mothers correct perineal care for their newborn infant daughters.

What possibility must you consider if in a child you observe vaginal swelling of the vulvar tissues accompanied by bruising or foul-smelling discharge?

Describe premenstrual syndrome (PMS).   

Identify and explain positions other than the lithotomy in which a pelvic examination can be performed.  

You are about to conduct a pelvic examination on an adolescent girl. What should you take time to do before carrying out the examination?

A 12-year-old girl is experiencing a vaginal mucus discharge. What can you tell this girl to decrease her anxiety?

A new mother is frightened by the appearance of blood-tinged mucus at her newborn daughter’s vaginal entrance. What response can alleviate this woman’s anxiety?

MC is a 28-year-old patient who presents to the urgent care for complaints of abdominal pain and cramping. Today she has noticed a yellow vaginal discharge. 

Her past medical history is noncontributory. She admits to having multiple sexual partners with unprotected intercourse

1-What additional questions regarding her vaginal discharge could you ask at this point?

2- Describe the stages of salpingitis.

3- What physical assessment findings on the vaginal examination and bimanual would you expect to see if the patient has salpingitis?

 Male pelvic organs
A 60-year-old man asks you whether it is still possible for him to become a father. How would you respond to this patient? What effect does aging have on male fertility?

 Which part of the male genitalia is a soft, comma-shaped structure located on the posterolateral and upper aspect of the testis in 90% of males and provides for storage, maturation, and transit of sperm?

Differentiate between the external genitalia for a male and female fetus at both 8 weeks and 12 weeks of gestation.

Summarize the pros and cons of newborn circumcision.

The mother of a newborn you are examining voices concern that one of her son’s testicles has not yet “appeared.” What can you tell this mother to reassure her? 

What is the expected time for final descent of the testes into the scrotal sac? 

Discuss how do you could effectively work with a child to evaluate the testicles.

You are performing a genital examination on a 12-year-old boy who seems noticeably embarrassed and nervous. What communication measures can be included to decrease anxiety and facilitate the examination?

A patient has an erection while you are performing a genital examination. What is the best response to decrease anxiety and embarrassment? 

Describe the cremasteric reflex.

The Affordable Care Act was signed into law by President Barack Obama  in March 2010. Many of the provisions of the law directly affect  health care providers. Review the following topic materials:

1. Key Features of the Affordable Care Act
2. Health Care    Transformation: the Affordable Care Act and More

What are the most important elements of the Affordable Care Act in  relation to community and public health? What is the role of the nurse  in implementing this law?

 

Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

• Textbook: Review chapters as needed
• Lesson
• Link (library article): Talking About Religion – How to Do It Right (Links to an external site.)
• Minimum of 1 scholarly source 

Instructions
For this assignment you are required to sit down for a conversation with someone whose religious identity differs from your own (this means that if you identify as Christian, for example, you should find a conversation partner who does not identify as such). The purpose of this exercise is for you to engage with someone else in conversation. That means that you will not only ask questions, but you will hopefully answer questions about your own beliefs, as well.

Review the article for this activity, “Talking About Religion – How to Do It Right” (link in Required Resources), for some guidance on how to engage in conversations about religion before meeting with your partner. You may also wish to share this information with your partner.

In this exercise, you will listen to the ideas of someone who you identify as religiously “other.” You will share your own ideas and report on what you learned. This would include what you learned about your conversation partner’s beliefs, and how those beliefs compare to your own religious upbringing and/or current practice.

The report should give a description of the major topics of discussion and a detailed summary of what you learned. As part of your assignment you should include the following:

• Describe your conversation partner’s beliefs. Some things to consider include the following:
  • What are the material expressions of their tradition (statues, paintings, music, etc.)?
  • Do they see any conflict between the stated beliefs of their tradition and their own beliefs?
  • Based on your partner’s description, which theory of the origin of religions (Week 1) offers the best explanation for their approach to religion?
  • What challenges can your partner identify that their religious tradition faces in the modern world? Do they feel that their tradition is responding positively?
  • Is the tradition focused on belief (orthodoxy) or behavior (orthopraxis)?
  • Apply the 8 elements of religion from Week 1.
• Provide some cultural and historical context for the religious tradition of your conversation partner. (It is important that you do some research before you have your conversation so that you are able to ask informed questions that come from genuine interest.) Make sure you use citations in your discussion of what you learned from your research.
• Compare your partner’s beliefs and practices to your own religious upbringing and/or current practice. This is to be done in the report not as a debate with your partner.
• Conclude with your personal reaction to this experience and any additional questions that came up after your conversation. Be kind!

This is a formal academic paper so pay careful attention to the basics of writing a good English composition.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

• Length: 1000-1200 words (not including title page or references page)
• 1-inch margins
• Double spaced
• 12-point Times New Roman font
• Title page
• References page (minimum of 1 scholarly source)

Grading
This activity will be graded based on the Written Assignment Grading Rubric.

Weekly Objectives (WO)
WO2.3, 3.2, 4.1, 4.2