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Explain how recognition of racism, power imbalances

Explain how recognition of racism, power imbalances

Topic 8 DQ 2

Assessment Description

Explain how recognition of racism, power imbalances, entrenched majority culture biases, and the need for self-reflexivity can impact the treatment that a patient receives in a health care organization. Discuss whether specific programs to address these issues should be developed or if programs should attempt to treat all entities as if these differences did not exist. Provide a supporting reference for your response.

Health Organizations: Theory, Behavior, and Development

Johnson, J. A., & Rossow, C. C. (2019). Health organizations: Theory, behavior, and development (2nd ed.). Burlington, MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning. ISBN-13: 9781284109825

Requirements: 200 words

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Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely

Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely

Mary and Elmer’s fifth child, Melvin, was born 6 weeks prematurely and is 1-month old. Sarah, age 13, Martin, age 12, and Wayne, age 8, attend the Amish elementary school located 1 mile from their home. Lucille, age 4, is staying with Mary’s sister and her family for a week because baby Melvin has been having respiratory problems, and their physician told the family he will need to be hospitalized if he does not get better within 2 days.

  1. Choose two or three areas of prenatal care that you would want to discuss with Mary, and then write brief notes about what you know and/or need to learn about Amish values to discuss perinatal care in a way that is culturally congruent.
  2. Discuss three Amish values, beliefs, or practices to consider when preparing to do prenatal education classes with Amish patients.

Submission Instructions:

  • Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources.
  • Supplemental Materials & Resources
    1. Nie, J., Walker, S. T., Qiao, S., Li, X., & Tucker, J. D. (2015). Truth telling the patient, family, and the sexual partner: a rights approach to the role of healthcare providers in adult HIV disclosure in China. AIDS Care, 2783-89. doi:10.1080/09540121.2015.1071772
    2. Huffman, F., Vaccaro, J., Gundupalli, D., Zarini, G., & Dixon, Z. (2012).
      Acculturation and diabetes self-management of Cuban Americans: Is age a protective factor? Ageing International, 37(2), 195-209. doi:10.1007/s12126-010-9102-z
    3. Katz, M., Ferketich, A., Paskett, E., & Bloomfield, C. (2013). Health literacy among the Amish: Measuring a complex concept among a unique population. Journal of Community Health, 38(4), 753-758

Requirements: 500 words

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Hypertension & Teaching Points of Antihypertensive Drugs

Hypertension & Teaching Points of Antihypertensive Drugs

The advanced practice nurse is updating the plan of care of nursing home patients with hypertension.

  1. Briefly describe the therapeutic actions of drugs affecting blood pressure (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, CCB, sympathetic nervous system drugs).
  2. What important teaching points should be addressed for patients receiving antihypertensive drugs?

Submission Instructions:

  • Your initial post should be at least 750 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 3 academic sources.

Requirements: at least 750 words

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Diabetes mellitus

Diabetes mellitus

This paper will include all of the components you have developed over the course

The requirements for your work include the following:

  • Must be 6-8 pages.
  • Must include an introductory paragraph that describes the entire topic.
  • The work must have all of the following: identification of the alteration in health (disease), the role nutrition plays in the prevention of this disease, its etiology, progression, treatment, recommended diet, type of nursing assessment and nursing interventions needed with regard to nutrition, outline of what should be included in client education and two strategies to help ensure adherence (overcome barriers) to the recommended diet.
  • Must have a title page and an APA Editorial formatted Reference page with at least three scholarly peer-reviewed references. There must also be appropriate APA Editorial formatted in-text citations.

please APA REFERNCING is mostly important

also, i attached a document to the question, this document has the assignment topic, the outline, referencing rough done that i have done on the topic. please you are to use them in making a whole of this assignment.

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