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HCA 240 Entire Course (2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 1 CheckPoint Nutrition and the Food Pyramid (2 Sets)

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HCA 240 Assignment: Blood Disorders

HCA 240 Exercise: Name That Pathogen

HCA 240 CheckPoint: Nervous System Diseases

HCA 240 CheckPoint: Nutrition and the Food Pyramid

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• Resources: Appendix B, the My Pyramid Plan calculator Web site at

http://www.mypyramid.gov/mypyramid/index.aspx, and the U.S Department of Agriculture: Dietary Supplements Web site

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HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1(2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets)

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Each year in the United States, almost $100 billion dollars are spent on health issues related to obesity, and about 300,000 people die of conditions related to obesity (Mulvihill et al., 2006).

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• Resource: healthfinder® Web site at http://healthfinder.gov/

• Due Date: Day 4 [post to the Main forum]

• Select a genetic disorder from the list below.

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HCA 240 Week 2 Assignment HIV AIDS An Overview (2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 1 Functions of Immunity (2 Sets)

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HCA 240 Health and Diseases

Course Syllabus Page 14

Fourteen percent of the population in Nairobi, Kenya is infected with the HIV virus. The rate is even higher in the Kenyan military at 20%. (Mulvihill et al., 2006)

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• Resources: Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response multimedia activity located onaXcess at http://corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/hca240/nail_in_foot.html

• Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum

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HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 2 Cancer Patient Information Sheet (2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease Interview (2 Sets)

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• Resources: American Cancer Society (ACS) Web site at

http://www.cancer.org

and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) Web site at http://www.cancer.gov

• Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

• Create a patient information sheet for a type of cancer of your choice, using either Microsoft® Word or PowerPoint®.

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• Resources: Appendix D, and the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and Can Cardiovascular Disease be Prevented? videos

• Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

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HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 1(2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets)

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In 1964, 44% of the American population smoked. By 2002, the percentage of Americans that smoke had been cut in half (Mulvihill et al., 2006).

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• Resources: p.164 of Human Diseases and the Asthma 101 video

• Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum

• Watch the Asthma 101 video listed on this week’s Electronic Reserve Reading page by clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.

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HCA 240 Week 4 Assignment Blood Disorders (2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 1 Blood Bank Supervisor (2 Sets)

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• Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases, the WebMD® Web site at http://www.webmd.com, and the drkoop® Web site at http://www.drkoop.com

• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

• Read each of the following three scenarios:

o Amy, a 4-year-old Caucasian female, has been complaining of being tired all the time.

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• Resources: Ch. 8 of Human Diseases and the glossary located on the text companion Web site at http://wps.prenhall.com/chet_mulvihill_humandisease_6

• Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum

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HCA 240 Week 4 CheckPoint 2 Radio Ad (2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 5 CheckPoint Diagnosis and Treatment (2 Sets)

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• Due Date: Day 5 [Individual] forum

• Post your response to the following: Write a 150- to 200-word script for a radio ad that promotes a healthy

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• Resource: WebMD® Web site at http://www.webmd.com

• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

• Navigate to the WebMD® Web site.

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HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets)

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• Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum

• Post your response to the following: Select and identify a disease in Ch. 10 that can be prevented or controlled by changes in lifestyle rather than by medications or therapy.

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Due Date: Day 4 [Main] forum

• Post your responses to Part A and Part B:

o Part A: Post as patients. Select any digestive disorder of your choice covered in Ch.10. What would it be like if you were a patient suffering from the disease?

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HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation (2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets)

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Teenagers and young adults ages 15-24 account for 48% of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) diagnosed (Mulvihill et al., 2006). Education is one of the weapons that can be used to combat the spread of STDs.

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• Resource: Ch. 11 of Human Diseases

• Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum

• Answer questions 1-8 below. In each scenario, the patient is experiencing renal failure.

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HCA 240 Week 7 CheckPoint Type I and Type II Diabetes (2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets)

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According to the ADA Web site, 7% of the U.S. population has diabetes, and 30% of those with diabetes do not even know they have the disease.

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• Due Date: Day 2 [Main] forum

• Post your response to the following: Describe an example of “abnormal” endocrine function by selecting a gland, a hormone it is supposed to release, and how the target

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HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(2 Sets)

HCA 240 Week 8 Assignment Mental Illness Paper (2 Sets)

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Did you know that 57% of diabetics must check their blood sugar level every day, and 20% of diabetics that require medication don’t take it because they can’t afford it (Mulvihill et al., 2006)?

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• Resources: University Library and Table 15-3 on p. 325 of Human Diseases

• Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum

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HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (2 Sets)

HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets)

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• Resource: Appendix G

• Due Date: Day 4 [Individual] forum

• Read the case studies in Appendix G.

• Identify the nervous system disease the patients in each case are suffering from.

• Outline the causes, effects, and treatment of the diseases by answering the questions in Appendix G.

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Imagine the changes a head nurse that has worked at the same hospital over the last 45 years has seen. From advances in organ transplants to the HIV/AIDS crisis, the health care delivery industry must continually re-invent itself in order to provide effective service to patients.

HCA 240 Course Material

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