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HCA 240 Entire Course (2 Sets)

• 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
• HCA 240 CheckPoint 2 Radio Ad
• HCA 240 WEEK 1 Discussion Question 1
• HCA 240 WEEK 1 Discussion Question 2
• HCA 240 WEEK 3 Discussion Question 1
• HCA 240 WEEK 3 Discussion Question 2
• HCA 240 WEEK 5 Discussion Question 1

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

• 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
• Due Date Day 5 post to the Individual forum
• Use Appendix B to identify patterns in
  nutrition essentials from birth through old age
  in
• Part A. Describe health consequences when
  nutrition requirements are not met in Part B.
• Post Appendix B as an attachment.

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HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1(2 Sets)

• 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).
• Resource Why Weight Matters video
• Due Date Day 2 post to the Main forum
• Watch the Why Weight Matters video listed on
  this weeks Electronic Reserve Reading
• page by clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.
• Post your response to the following As you
  observed

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HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets)

• 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.
• o Huntingtons disease
• HCA 240 Health and Diseases
• Course Syllabus Page 12
• o Achondroplasia
• o Cystic fibrosis
• o Sickle cell anemia
• o Phenylketonuria
• o Down syndrome
• Navigate to the healthfinder Web site.

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

• 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)
• Resource Ch. 2 of Human Diseases
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Compose a 1,300- to 1,450-word paper in APA
  format that provides an overview of

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

• Resources Appendix C and the Inflammatory
  Response multimedia activity located on
• aXcess at http//corptrain.phoenix.edu/axia/hca240
  /nail_in_foot.html
• Due Date Day 3 Individual forum
• Open both Appendix C and the Inflammatory
  Response multimedia activity at the same
• time.
• Complete the Inflammatory Response activity
  first do not close the activity. You are
• required to enter information from the completed
  activity into Appendix C.

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

• 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. Refer to the
  American Cancer Society and the National
• Cancer Institute Web sites for information on
  your selected form of cancer.

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

• Resources Appendix D, and the What is Congestive
  Heart Failure? and Can
• Cardiovascular Disease be Prevented? videos
• Due Date Day 5 Individual forum
• Watch the What is Congestive Heart Failure? and
  Can Cardiovascular Disease be
• Prevented? videos listed on this weeks
  Electronic Reserve Reading page by clicking the
• orange WATCH VIDEO button.
• Complete Appendix D.
• Post Appendix D as an attachment

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HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 1(2 Sets)

• 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). Many states have banned smoking in
• public buildings, and some states have either
  banned or are considering a ban on smoking in
• a car when young children are present.
• Resource Smoking and COPD Some Common
  Questions article
• Due Date Day 2 Main forum

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HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets)

• 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
  weeks Electronic Reserve Reading page by
• clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.
• Post your response to the following Answer
  question 3 under Cases for Critical
• Thinking on p.164 of the text. As you read
  others posts, state whether you agree or
• disagree with their answers and explain why.
  Share stories of famous people or people
• you know personally to help illustrate your
  opinion

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HCA 240 Week 4 Assignment Blood Disorders (2 Sets)

• 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. She is pale and a picky eater. Her mother
  is a single mom with a small budget
• to feed a large family. Amy only eats pasta,
  breads, and hot dogs, and drinks only

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

• 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
• Refer to Ch. 8 of the text and navigate to the
  glossary on the text companion Web site by
• selecting any chapter, then selecting Audio
  Glossary on the left side of the page. Use
• both resources to research your answer.
• Post your response to the following You are
  the supervisor for the Axia College Blood

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

• Resource WebMD Web site at http//www.webmd.com
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Navigate to the WebMD Web site.
• Select a digestive disorder discussed in the
  Main forum for this weeks Discussion
• Question 2. Choose a discussion in which you did
  not participate.
• HCA 240 Health and Diseases
• Course Syllabus Page 20
• Post your 250- to 300-word response to the
  following
• o Describe the medical equipment and procedures
  involved in

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HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(2 Sets)

• 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.
• What lifestyle changes can individuals implement
  to prevent or control the disease? What
• factors would make the lifestyle changes
  difficult to accomplish? Propose strategies to
• overcome those factors. Finally, which would you
  chooselifestyle change or

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HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets)

• 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? What
• symptoms would you be describing to your doctor
  during an office visit? Post your
• answers as if you were a patient. Offer enough
  information for doctors to narrow
• down your condition to one or two disorders, but
  be vague enough to sound like a

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

• 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.
• Resource Appendix E
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Use a minimum of three sources other than the
  text.
• Refer to Appendix E for directions and tips on
  building a Microsoft PowerPoint

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HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets)

• 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.
• Scenario A Acute renal failure. Ms. Jones, a
  68-year-old female, underwent openheart
• surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her
  heart. On her first day
• postoperatively, it was noted that she had very
  little urine output.
• 1. What is happening to Ms. Joness kidneys, and
  why is it causing the observed

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

• 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. Maintaining proper levels of insulin is
• HCA 240 Health and Diseases
• Course Syllabus Page 24
• critical for diabetes patients. The means by
  which insulin can be regulated depends upon
• which type of diabetes a patient has.

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HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets)

• 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
• organs are affected when that specific endocrine
  process does not function properly.
• How would you explain the process to a younger
  patient? Offer at least one analogy and

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HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(2 Sets)

• Did you know that 57 of diabetics must check
  their blood sugar level every day, and 20 of
• diabetics that require medication dont take it
  because they cant afford it (Mulvihill et al.,
• 2006)?
• Resource Diabetes statistics on the American
  Diabetics Association (ADA) Web site at
• http//www.diabetes.org/diabetes-statistics.jsp
• Due Date Day 4 Main forum
• Visit the ADA Web site and review diabetes
  statistics.

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

• Resources University Library and Table 15-3 on
  p. 325 of Human Diseases
• Due Date Day 7 Individual forum
• Select a form of mental illness from the
  following list
• o ADHD
• o Anxiety disorder (select only one) panic
  disorder, general anxiety disorder (GAD),
• any phobic disorder, obsessive-compulsive
  disorder (OCD), post-traumatic stress
• disorder (PTSD)

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

• 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.
• Post Appendix G as an attachment

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HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets)

• 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.
• Due Date Day 3 Main forum
• Post your response to the following How do
  disease trends impact the delivery of health
• care services, such as treatment options and
  resources available to the public?

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HCA 240 Week 9 Final Project My Proposal for a
New System (2 Sets)

• Current disease trends in America include
  dramatic increases in obesity, cardiovascular
• diseases, diabetes, strokes, and other age- and
  lifestyle-related conditions. This suggests
• needs for community organizations to provide
  education and exercise programs for all ages
• for employers to provide incentives for
  participation in health maintenance and wellness
• programs, gyms and exercise programs and for
  hospitals to provide adequate follow-up
• instruction after discharge.

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