Obesity as a Disease I. Abstract As a health care professional it is our position statement that obesity should be considered as a disease. Overweight and obese adults are considered at risk for developing diseases such as type II diabetes‚ hypertension‚ high blood cholesterol‚ coronary heart disease‚ and certain type of cancers. An average of 300‚000 deaths is associated with obesity and the total economic cost of obesity in U.S. was about $ 117 billion in 2000. As health care professionals it
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Essay . Patient health care shifted over time. Formerly patients passively stood by the advice given by their clinicians. Health care was based on authoritarianism hence patients were given a scarce amount of information and health professionals decided what information was given. Conversely over time patients showed more initiative and got more involved with their health care. Health professional’s fostering more patient-centered teaching to enhance patient compliance
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RN Cultural Endemic Diseases Hypertension‚ or high blood pressure‚ is estimated to affect one billion people worldwide. It is known as a silent killer and is classified as a persistent systolic blood pressure equal to or greater than 140 mm Hg. The prevalence (how many people have a specific disease) of hypertension increases as you age. This means that there are more people with hypertension who are above the age of 55. If you are not diagnosed with hypertension by the age of 55‚ there is still
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Running head: The effects of hypertension The Causes of Hypertension and Effect on the Cardiovascular Syst Course: HSC 46 Annotated Bibiography Appel‚ L. J.‚ H.‚ Jackson.W.T.‚ Greene‚ T .‚. Agodoa‚ L.Y.‚ Astor‚ B.C . Bakris‚ G.L .‚ William H. Cleveland‚ W.H.‚ Charleston‚ J.‚Gabriel Contreras‚ G .‚ Faulkner‚M.L.‚Gabba F.B.‚ Gassman‚ J.J.‚ Lee A. Hebert.‚ . Jamerson‚ K. A.‚ Kopple‚J.D.‚ Kusek‚ J. W.‚ Lash‚J. P.‚ Janice P. Lea.‚ Julia B. Lewis.‚ Lipkowit‚ M. S.‚Massry‚S.G.‚ Mille‚ E. R
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and students create a school culture that empowers students‚ staff‚ and parents from all cultural groups? 2. Are building personnel aware of and follow the District Multicultural Education Policy? 3. Are the racial/ethnic compositions of staff and student populations in balance? 4. Are inservices on multicultural education provided to the staff? 5. Does the media center provide materials about all groups for all grade levels? 6. Are assessment materials reflective of an awareness of cultural and language
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References: Beighle‚ A. & Pangrazi‚ R. P. (2010). Dynamic physical education for elementary school children (16th ed.). San Francisco: Pearson Ormrod‚ J. (2006). Educational psychology developing learners (5th ed.). Merrill Education/Prentice Hall
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Emmanuel Chmielewski Unit Plan: Basketball Grade Level: 9th Grade Number of Classes: 3 Class Size: 12 Time per Class: 50 min I. Primary Goals or Purposes A. To enhance motor proficiency in students B. To enhance cognitive growth of students C. To enhance an understanding of the game of basketball D. To develop good social skills by working within a group and with a partner II. General Behavior Objectives A. Psychomotor 1. The student will demonstrate the following basketball
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TPR Matthew SWEET (Pennsylvania State Police: TROOPER) - Look up coverage and law enforcement - Review non-tragic deaths (i.e. Amber Alert (missing person)- MIPA (elder person wanders off) - Troops A – T Criminal Investigations Troop F- Patrol and Criminal Investigations Initial officers - First responders 1) Clear the scene 2) Establish crime scene perimeters 3) Await for investigators arrival and forensic services Investigators Arrival: Briefing by first responders Initial walk through (point
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people with PTSD are more likely to have hypertension‚ hyperlipidemia‚ obesity and cardiovascular disease. The risks for PTSD patients should be noted because coronary heart diease can develop over time as a result of elevated blood pressure with turbulence and stress within coronary arteries and hyperlipidemia‚ which are associated with PTSD. Studies show that people with PTSD have increases in basal heart rate and blood pressure. (Coughlin‚ 2011) PTSD patients also have elevated plasma norepinephrine
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Introduction This paper is an academic critique of a qualitative article written by Christine Crumlish‚ PhD‚ CCRN‚ ACNS-BC‚ and Catherine Todd Magel‚ EdD‚ RN‚ BC. The article is titled: Patient Education on Heart Attack Response: Is Rehearsal the Critical Factor in Knowledge Retention‚ published in 2011. In this paper the nursing student writing this paper will analyze the purpose‚ the review of literature‚ the theoretical framework‚ the hypotheses‚ and the research method for their strengths‚ weaknesses
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