Discuss the safety and effectiveness of alternative and complementary medicine for the treatment of specific illnesses such as cancer, diabetes, and hypertension.  Share your opinions about holistic and allopathic care.

Would have any conflicts or concerns supporting a patient who chooses holistic or allopathic medicine?

Instructions: Post your discussion to the Moodle Discussion Forum.  Word limit 500 words.  Support your answers with the literature and provide citations and references in APA format.   

Discussion Topic: What are some ways to detect malnutrition of a patient who has just been admitted to a hospital? Discuss the unique effects of the following on malnutrition or nutrition status from the perspective of the whole-body condition:

1. Prolonged hunger and food insecurity

2. Acute-care hospitalization

3. Bed rest

Post your answers with at least 300 words

You conduct a Critical Analysis when you reflect on, analyze and evaluate a work; it is a piece of writing that is subjective while also providing substantive analysis. 

For this assignment, view the TED Talk that is attached and addresses the issues of social justice and systemic racism. 

Think thoroughly, critically, and deeply about the talk; there is no correct interpretation or response. Feel free to write about what most interested you. focus on one or two points and go into depth. 

The Critical Analysis is a formal writing assignment. It will be used to assess  Writing Objective Nine: frame arguments for a general academic audience with the purpose of improving, deepening, or clarifying an understanding of the issue at hand. 

It must be word-processed and double-spaced using 12 point font. It should be three pages in length. Please use (https://owl.purdue.edu/index.html) for APA citation criteria and style guidance. Be sure to include, the name of the TED Talk speaker, the Title of the Talk and the URL of the talk.

Cinema Modeoff

Social Justice Belongs In Our Schools | Sydney Chaffee | TEDxBeaconStreet

From your assigned readings and outside research on the topic, consider the difference between a “manager” and a “leader”.  What do you feel are the three biggest differences? What is the benefit and disadvantage of a manager, and what is the benefit and disadvantage of a leader?

Your initial posting should be at least 400 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. 

Assignment:

Informatics in Healthcare

Beginning in Module 1 of this course you have been researching a healthcare informatics topic of your choice. Present the findings in a recorded presentation between 7 and 12 minutes in length. The presentation should include a PowerPoint and an oral presentation of the slides. There is no slide number requirement. Answer all questions thoroughly with the allotted time. PowerPoint allows you to record directly to each slide. Be sure to include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, conclusion slide, and reference slide in APA format. Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources using APA citations to support your claims. This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level. Use a recording platform of your choice and either upload as an mp4 or share the link directly to the video in the dropbox.

 Discuss your topic information sciences and its relationship to your current (or future) practice. Discuss why the topic is important in healthcare informatics. 

• What research have you have found on the topic? Describe how each scholarly article relates to the topic and your current (or future) practice. Describe what conclusions you have drawn based on your research of the topic.
• What ethical or legal issues does this topic present?
• Create a plan for implementing a change (or justify the need for no change). Who needs to be involved? What training programs are needed? Is there a need for on-going training? Discuss how you would evaluate the success of the change (or the continued success of what you are currently doing). What is the cost to implement or maintain this change? Who will be financially responsible? How feasible is this change?
• Finally, identify how changes in public policy and technological advances in the future could impact this topic. What would those changes mean to the healthcare industry?  

Assignment Expectations

Length: Recorded presentation between 7 and 12 minutes in length. The presentation should include a PowerPoint and an oral presentation of the slides. There is no slide number requirement. Answer all questions thoroughly with the allotted time. Use a recording platform of your choice and either upload as an mp4 or share the link directly to the video in dropbox. Include notes.  Add images and/or smart art.  

Structure: Include a title slide, objective slide, content slides, conclusion slide, and reference slide in APA format. 

References: Use the appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. Include at least three (3) scholarly sources to support your claims.