MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 1 Discussion
Topic 1: Clinical Epidemiology
Share a bit about yourself, your nursing experiences and background. At this point in your career, how do you feel that epidemiology has affected your nursing practice?
Read the first 3 Chapters in the text by Fletcher. Explore the CDC site, National Center for Health Statistics at https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/. This site’s information is largely gleaned from epidemiological studies and data collections.
Discuss epidemiology as the scientific basis for clinical medicine and guideline development. Explain some types of data, performance measurements and possible reasons for variations in data. Next share a bit of information or statistic you learn from reviewing the National Center for Health Statistics site.
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 2 Discussion
Topic 1. Read the required reading. Epidemiological studies can evaluate risks of disease and protections from disease.
Discuss risks and how epidemiological studies impact interventions to reduce risks. Include some types of studies and specific risk examples in your response. How does this apply to evidence based medicine?
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 3 Discussion
Topic 1. Levels of Prevention
Discuss the following in your post:
Create three scenarios where you would apply each of the three the levels of prevention.
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 4 Discussion
Topic 1: Read the required reading. Review the Determinants of Health website and view the short video and content.
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health
For this discussion you will identify and define determinants of health for an individual or family population at risk including social, environmental and global factors as applicable. How you approach the discussion is your choice. You may choose a condition or topic first then elaborate from there, while including the population characteristics and determinants of health. Alternatively you may choose to define a specific population, such a rural Appalachian single mothers, and then address risks and the determinants of health.
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 5 Discussion
Topic 1. Complete the required Readings before posting to this Discussion. Analyzing specific examples in the text from Chapters, 7, 8 and 9, explain how types of epidemiological studies impact knowledge of diagnosis, prognosis or clinical treatment. Be sure to use vocabulary that demonstrates your understanding of epidemiological terms.
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 6 Discussion
Topic 1: Epidemiology of Health Promotion
Read the required readings. Define the core functions of epidemiology. Select one of the epidemiologic core functions and provide an example of the how the core function might be demonstrated in clinical practice by a Masters prepared Registered Nurse. Can you relate this or one of the other functions to an example or content in your text readings?
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 7 Discussion
Topic 1: Nutrition, Exercise, Stress Management: Clinical Prevention Intervention and Evaluation.
Read the required reading. You have a client from a vulnerable population, such as an economically disadvantaged and older adult, who needs to begin lifestyle changes with nutrition, exercise and stress management modifications. Discuss how you would approach nutrition, exercise and/or stress management counseling. Address food aid programs that would be appropriate for referral. What exercise recommendations would be appropriate for your client/s. Comment on stress management factors that may need addressed with your choice of the vulnerable population.
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 8 Discussion
Topic 1: Promoting Safety and Reducing Risk: Program Evaluation
Read the required readings. Next visit the CDC Injury Prevention and Control website; Child safety and injury prevention. https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/. Additionally review the CDC Childhood Injury report. https://www.cdc.gov/safechild/child_injury_data.html
For this discussion share an outline with supportive content for the implementation of a simple educational program or intervention to promote health and reduce injury risk for the childhood and/or adolescent population. Focus can be for an individual, specific group or population. Include the topic, target audience /learner characteristics, statistics of why topic is important, population affected and pertinent risk factors. Include, objectives, goals, the intervention and means you will use to evaluate the program. Show evidence based support for the intervention. Comment on others projects and share ideas and interventions supported by studies.
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 9 Discussion
Topic 1: Diverse Populations and Age.
As a Masters prepared nurse, you are responsible for knowing basic health screenings for various populations, Read the required readings and refer to the course resources. Choose the young, middle or older adult population. Address the preventive health screenings for one of these subsections of the adult population based on age and sex. Include adult immunization recommendations for that adult age group. Finally hone in on one screening recommendation you included, addressing specific statistics and risks within the chosen age group, that support the recommendation of the preventive screening.
 
MN505 Epidemiology and Health Promotion
Unit 10 Discussion
Topic 1: Global Determinants of Health
This Unit addresses global issues in health promotion. Read the required reading for Unit 10 including the articles and required websites. Because of the diversity of cultures, and an expanding migratory global population, you as a Masters-prepared Registered Nurse may be challenged with patients who are at risk or suffering from various conditions, such as tuberculosis or malnutrition. You may also be involved in natural disaster preparation or response, communicable disease outbreak care or bioterrorism management.
For this discussion, you will address a global health issue of your choice and identify related health risks for a particular group or patient. Include statistics for your choice/s. Include strategies you could utilize to help you incorporate the client’s cultural preferences within the education, prevention, or treatment plan. Consider the roles of interprofessional resources in your post.
Avoid other topics present in the discussion as you make your choice so that the discussion is varied and robust.