There are significant differences in the quality and span of life between individuals and some populations experience a disproportionate amount of disease burden. This assignment will identify a health disparity and discuss social determinants of health, epidemiology, cultural considerations, and health care literacy.

What the pathogen (detailed) is and how pathogen is transmitted

History of the pathogen (detailed)

Importance cases of interest

Signs, symptoms, incubation period

Incidence and prevalence

At what point to consider an outbreak

How to select a chemical

Steps to terminally clean a room

PPE

Important points to convey to EVS staff for education about pathogen

How patients are treated when in hospital who are diagnosed with pathogen

Apply knowledge to a process improvement

Describe the mechanisms of production of estrogen and androgens.

What are the non-reproductive effects of estrogen?

What are the effects of hypersecretion of androgens?

A 30-year-old woman presents to the clinic complaining that she has “an itchy rash all over the place.” She noticed that her legs became red, itchy, and blistered about two days after she had been hiking in a heavily wooded area. She says that scratching broke the blisters and afterward the rash became much worse and spread all over. She is convinced that the rash could not be poison ivy because once before she was exposed to that plant and did not develop a rash. On examination, there are erythematous vesicles and bullae in linear streaks on both of her legs. Some areas are weepy, with a yellowish crust. There are ill-defined erythematous plaques studded with papulovesicles on the trunk and arms.

1. Identify the case in the initial post. Do not repeat the case verbatim in the post.

2. Identify the most likely condition that best explains the patient’s rash.

3. Describe and explain the pathophysiologic process for the eruption of the patient’s presenting signs and symptoms.

4. Describe the usual clinical manifestations associated with the condition.

5. Identify the causes of the condition and risk factors if applicable.

 Compare and contrast signs and symptoms of OA (Osteoarthritis) to RA(Rhuematoid Arthritis).

Describe the difference between Heberden’s Nodes vs. Bouchard’s Nodes.

What is Gouty Arthritis and how does it differ from OA?

1. Define and describe the disease.

2. Discuss the epidemiological trends associated with the disease.

3. Identify and discuss the age related risk factors

4. Describe the clinical manifestations .

5. Describe how the disease is diagnosed and treated.

6. 3 references should be from scholarly peer-reviewed journals and be less than five (5) years from the date of publication.

1. Perform a literature search in a database of professional journal articles on the neurologic diseases: Parkinsons Disease and Huntingtons Disease.

2. Compare and contrast the etiology, inheritance, symptoms, progression and management of the diseases.

3. Review how we assist families in their journey caring for families with these diseases.

From the following five sets of resources, explore four sets and describe each set by specifying the following:

The type of resources that each institute provides to practitioners in each category;

The function or purpose of the resources that each institute provides to practitioners in each category;

The intended audience; and,

Your opinion and assessment about the application of each set of resources.

The five sets of resources from which to choose four are:

AIA Contracts

AIA Best Practices

Owner Reference Library

AACE Recommended Practices

AACE Total Cost Management Framework (TCM)