Chapter 23 –  Neurological Disorders.
Chapter 24 –  Mental Health.

Question(s): What is likely to be different in the appearance of depression in a person who is 70 years old compared to its appearance in a person who is 20 years old? (mention at least 3)

Guidelines: The answer should be based on the knowledge obtained from reading the book, no just your opinion. Please, do not mention the signs and symptoms of depression. You need to mention the characteristics / symptoms that are common on a depressed 70 years old person than are different in a 20 years old depressed individual (do a comparison between the depressed 70 years old with the depressed 20 years old) (mention at least 3) (33% each). 

Child and Adolescent Health

Read chapter 16 of the class textbook and review the attached PowerPoint presentation.  Once done, answer the following questions;

1.  Identify and discuss the major indicators of child and adolescent health status.

2.  Describe and discuss the social determinants of child and adolescent health.

3.  Mention and discuss at least 2 public programs and prevention strategies targeted to children’s health.

4.  Mention and discuss the individual and societal costs of poor child health status.

INSTRUCTIONS:

As stated in the syllabus present your assignment in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum in the discussion tab of the blackboard titled “Week 12 discussion questions” and the SafeAssign exercise in the assignment tab of the blackboard.   It is mandatory to post your assignment in the SafeAssign exercise.  If the assignment is not posted there, I will grade the assignment as 0.  A minimum of 2 evidence-based references besides the class textbook no older than 5 years must be used and quoted.  You must post two replies to any of your peers sustained with the proper references no older than 5 years in two different days to verify attendance and as well make sure the references are properly quoted and mention to whom you are replying to.  The reply is a comment to your peer not an extension of your assignment.  What I mean is that you can’t post in your replies the same that you posted in your assignment.   A minimum of 800 words is required.  Please make sure to follow the instructions as given and use either spell-check or Grammarly before you post your assignment.  I will also pay close attention to spelling and/or grammar.  Please review the rubric attached to the lecture.  You must present the assignment according to how it is posted, answering the questions by number, essay-style assignments will not be accepted unless otherwise specified.  I’ve been grading a lot of assignments with quite a few spelling/grammar errors.  As a BSN student, you should be able to present an assignment according to APA and without errors.  This reflects our University

 Instructions

The purpose of this assignment is to apply knowledge of reliable and valid information sources to patient education in clinical nursing practice and to evaluate patient educational materials posted on the internet.

The assignment for this week consists of 3-5 page paper evaluating consumer/patient health information on the web. You will be required to find a website that is designed to provide health information to the consumer/patient and analyze it according to the criteria described below. You are required to report your analysis in a formal course paper.

   Choose a health topic/issue in which you want to educate your patient/consumer/family about (diabetes, heart failure, teenage pregnancy, depression, etc…) and briefly describe in your paper :
       An explanation of your health topic/issue and why you selected it (Significance of the topic/issue selected).

   Find an internet source that is designed to provide information/education about your selected health topic/issue and analyze the following:

       describe the website (main title, information)
       describe the overall impression about the design of the website (organization, easiness of finding information, easiness to read, table of content/index, colors, font, does it look professional).
       Who is sponsoring the website?
       How often is the site updated? When was the site created? Was it updated recently?
       Does it state that the content is not medical advice?
       Who is the intended audience? Does the site have a clear target audience? Is the information presented appropriate to the target population?

   How credible are the information presented:

       Is there any evidence that the author of the web information has some authority in the field about which she or he is providing information? Who is responsible for the information? What are the author’s credentials? Is a mechanism in place for you to contact the author?
       Are there clues that the author/s are biased? For example, is he/she selling or promoting a product? Is the author taking a personal stand on a social/political issue or is the author being objective ? Bias is not necessarily “bad,” but the connections should be clear.
       Does the information have a complete list of works cited, which reference credible, authoritative sources? Is the information valid and supported by evidence? Are omissions noted? Is the author’s point of view objective and unbiased?
       Is the information accurate? Any inconsistencies, inaccuracies, errors, false information, etc…
       Are there links that point to additional, valuable resources with minimum effort?

   Adequacy:

       Over all, does the site provide consumer/patient education? is the education adequate or does the consumer have to go somewhere else to find answers about the topic?

   Sophistication of the information:

       Is this source too elementary, too technical, too advanced, or just right?
       Is the purpose of the site clearly stated? Does the site match its purpose? Is the site intended to educate or sell?

   Submit a 3-5 page analysis paper following APA format (include title page, running head, introduction, headings, Summary paragraph, reference page, in-text citation). You need to include at least 5 reliable and current (within the last 5 years) references of which at least 3 journal articles.

Supporting Materials:

   Medical Library Association (2019). Find good health informationLinks to an external site.. [Website]. Retrieved from https://www.mlanet.org/resources/userguide.html.
   Montecino, V. (1998). Criteria to evaluate the credibility of WWW resourcesLinks to an external site.. [Website]. Retrieved from http://mason.gmu.edu/~montecin/web-eval-sites.htm. 

Comment

 The ANA is such an astonishing association. They help with new enactment, state-of-the-art data on nursing issues, confirmations and proceeding with training, thus a lot increasingly significant nursing subjects. I turned into a part as an understudy, yet I didn’t comprehend the significance of being associated with these associations. In the present changing social insurance framework, it is so imperative to be taught and included on the present issues. The ANA has been a promoter for profession improvement and improving the wellbeing for all Americans for more than 100 years. I need to turn into an individual from this long-standing association to keep awake to-date on issues, proceed with my training, and have any kind of effect in the nursing field. 

Comment

Being an advocate means a lot, at many different levels. For instance, as LVN being an advocate is hands on, RN would be collaborating with many different discipling, BSN would be all the combination and take it to a management level. As working for hospice being a patient advocate is so important at the end of life. Working with dying patients and educating families about the medications needed for end of life comfort. For instance, Morphine 20mg/ml give 1 ml Po/SL q 2 hours PRN pain. (severe pain 7-10). With out this education on medication regimen patient would suffer in pain.