HCA 240 Entire Course (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 Week 1 CheckPoint Nutrition and the Food Pyramid (2

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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
Due Date: Day 5 [post to the Individual forum]

HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 1(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).
Resource: Why Weight Matters video

HCA 240 Week 1 DQ 2(2 Sets)

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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.
o Huntingtons disease
HCA 240 Health and Diseases

HCA 240 Week 2 Assignment HIV AIDS An Overview (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)

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

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Resources: Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response
multimedia activity located on
aXcess
Due Date: Day 3 [Individual] forum
Open both Appendix C and the Inflammatory Response multimedia
activity at the same
time.

HCA 240 Week 2 CheckPoint 2 Cancer Patient Information Sheet (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

HCA 240 Week 3 CheckPoint Cardiovascular Disease Interview (2

Sets)
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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

HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 1(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). 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.

HCA 240 Week 3 DQ 2(2 Sets)

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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 weeks Electronic
Reserve Reading page by
clicking the orange WATCH VIDEO button.

HCA 240 Week 4 Assignment Blood Disorders (2 Sets)

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Assignment: Blood Disorders
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

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

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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
Refer to Ch. 8 of the text and navigate to the glossary on the text
companion

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

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CheckPoint 2: Radio Ad
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 musculoskeletal system in old age. Address the
risk factors

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

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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.
Select a digestive disorder discussed in the Main forum for this
weeks Discussion

HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 1(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.

HCA 240 Week 5 DQ 2(2 Sets)

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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.

HCA 240 Week 6 Assignment High School STD Presentation (2

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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.
Resource: Appendix E
Due Date: Day 7 [Individual] forum
Use a minimum of three sources other than the text.

HCA 240 Week 6 CheckPoint Kidney Failure (2 Sets)

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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.
Scenario A: Acute renal failure. Ms. Jones, a 68-year-old female,
underwent openheart
surgery to replace several blocked vessels in her heart.

HCA 240 Week 7 CheckPoint Type I and Type II Diabetes (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. Maintaining
proper levels of insulin is
HCA 240 Health and Diseases
Course Syllabus Page 24

HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 1(2 Sets)

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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
organs are affected when that specific endocrine process does not
function properly.

HCA 240 Week 7 DQ 2(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 dont take it because they cant
afford it (Mulvihill et al.,
2006)?

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

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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

HCA 240 Week 8 CheckPoint Nervous System Diseases (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

HCA 240 week 9 Capstone DQ (2 Sets)

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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 Week 9 Final Project My Proposal for a New System (2

Sets)
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Current disease trends in America include dramatic increases in

obesity, cardiovascular
diseases, diabetes, strokes, and other age- and lifestyle-related
conditions.