What is your idea of a healthy community? Provide specific examples. What do healthy communities have in common? How would you provide care for a community if your idea of a healthy community does not match your community’s definition of a healthy community?

 

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The ethos of scientism and postmodernism has exacerbated the perceived philosophical and cultural tension between science and religion. What is your perception of this tension? Use the lecture and the topic readings to support your response.

 

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Ms. G., a 23-year-old diabetic, is admitted to the hospital with a cellulitis of her left lower leg. She has been applying heating pads to the leg for the last 48 hours, but the leg has become more painful and she has developed chilling.

Subjective Data

• Complains of pain and heaviness in her leg.
• States she cannot bear weight on her leg and has been in bed for 3 days.
• Lives alone and has not had anyone to help her with meals.

Objective Data

• Round, yellow-red, 2 cm diameter, 1 cm deep, open wound above medial malleolus with moderate amount of thick yellow drainage
• Left leg red from knee to ankle
• Calf measurement on left 3 in > than right
• Temperature: 38.9 degrees C
• Height: 160 cm; Weight: 83.7 kg

Laboratory Results

• WBC 18.3 x 10¹² / L; 80% neutrophils, 12% bands
• Wound culture: Staphylococcus aureus

Critical Thinking Questions

1. What clinical manifestations are present in Ms. G and what recommendations would you make for continued treatment? Provide rationale for your recommendations.
2. Identify the muscle groups likely to be affected by Ms. G’s condition by referring to “ARC: Anatomy Resource Center.”
3. What is the significance of the subjective and objective data provided with regard to follow-up diagnostic/laboratory testing, education, and future preventative care? Provide rationale for your answer.
4. What factors are present in this situation that could delay wound healing, and what precautions are required to prevent delayed wound healing? Explain.

 

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Select a global health issue impacting the international health  community. Briefly describe the global health issue and its impact on  the larger health care system (i.e., continents, regions, countries,  states, and health departments). How can health care delivery systems  work collaboratively to address global health concerns? Who are some of  the stakeholders that may work on these issues?

Readings within your text covering international/global health and  the following websites will assist you in answering these questions:

1. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Global    Health website: http://www.cdc.gov/cogh/index.htm
2. U.S.    Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Global Health    website: http://www.globalhealth.gov/index.html
3. Families USA – Why Global Health Matters—Here and Abroad    website: http://www.familiesusa.org/
4. World Health    Organization (WHO) website: http://www.who.int

 

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