Assignment: Pathophysiology, Health Promotion & Advance Pathophysiology
Part I: Pathophysiology
During a grade school health assessment, the nurse calculates one student's BMI to be greater than 48.
• Describe and interpret this finding
• Describe the four steps to promote optimal weight and nutrition that can be used in this situation to improve overall health.
Part II: Pathophysiology
During a grade school health assessment, the nurse calculates one student's BMI to be greater than 48.
• Describe and interpret this finding
• Describe the four steps to promote optimal weight and nutrition that can be used in this situation to improve overall health.
Parts III and IV have the same questions, however, you must answer with references and different writing always addressing them objectively, that is as if you were different students. Similar responses in wording or references will not be accepted.
Part III: Pathophysiology
A construction worker is being seen in the dermatology clinic for a lesion on his face. The nurse is performing a skin assessment.
• Describe potential risk factors for the development of skin cancer.
• What are some health promotion strategies to reduce skin cancer?
• Discuss the ABCDE acronym of melanoma.
Part IV: Pathophysiology
A construction worker is being seen in the dermatology clinic for a lesion on his face. The nurse is performing a skin assessment.
• Describe potential risk factors for the development of skin cancer.
• What are some health promotion strategies to reduce skin cancer?
• Discuss the ABCDE acronym of melanoma.
Part V: Health promotion
Topic: Pregnancy in adolescents
Healthy People is an initiative of the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) that addresses health challenges and set projections every 10 years, with the main purpose of improving health indicators nationwide.
• Describe the topic.
• Describe the statics in:
o the USA
o Florida
o Miami
• Describe the secondary conditions and complication
• What criteria are used to understand risk of developing such conditions or complications?
Part VI: Advance Pathophysiology
• What are Genes?
• Describe what a chromosome
o How are present normally in human beings?
• Concepts for
o Euploid cells
o Diploid Cells
o Aneuploid Cells?
o What is a Polyploidy?
• What is a Trisomy?
o Give an example of it
• What means in Mendelian Heritance:
o Homozygous
o heterozygous
• Which are special features of X Linked genetic diseases?
• What is a risk factor?
• What is a congenital disease?
• Describe Epigenetics and Mental Health.
• DNA Methylation: why is important
Format your assignment according to the give formatting requirements:
• The answer must be using Times New Roman font (size 12), double spaced, and typed, with one-inch margins on all sides.
• The response also includes a cover page containing the student's name, the title of the assignment, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.