What are some strategies you could employ to improve the health literacy of patients?

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McGonigle D. & Mastrian K. G. (2012). Nursing informatics and the foundation of knowledge (Laureate Education Inc. custom ed.). Burlington MA: Jones and Bartlett Learning.
Chapter 20 Supporting Consumer Information and Education Needs
This chapter explores health literacy and e-health. The chapter examines a multitude of technology-based approaches to consumer health education.
Chapter 21 Using Informatics to Promote Community/Population Health
In this chapter the authors supply an overview of community and population health informatics. The authors explore a variety of informatics tools used to promote community and population health.
Chapter 22 Informatics Tools to Promote Patient Safety
The authors of this chapter present strategies for developing a culture of safety using informatics tools. In addition the chapter analyzes how human factors contribute to errors.
Health literacy: How do your patients rate? (2011). Urology Times 39(9) 32.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
The authors of this article define health literacy and emphasize its poor rates in the United States. Additionally the authors recommend numerous websites that offer patient education materials.
Huff C. (2011). Does your patient really understand? H&HN 85(10) 34.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article defines hospital literacy and highlights the barriers that prevent it from increasing. It also emphasizes the difficulties created by language and financial costs.
The Harvard School of Public Health. (2010). Health literacy studies. Retrieved from http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/healthliteracy
This website provides information and resources related to health literacy. The site details the field of health literacy and also includes research findings policy reports and initiatives and practice strategies and tools.
Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (n.d.). Health literacy online. Retrieved June 19 2012 from http://www.health.gov/healthliteracyonline/
This webpage supplies a guide to writing and designing health websites aimed at increasing health literacy. The guide presents six strategies that should be used when developing health websites.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (n.d.a). Quick guide to health literacy. Retrieved June 19 2012 from http://www.health.gov/communication/literacy/quickguide/Quickguide.pdf
This article contains an overview of key health literacy concepts and techniques for improving health literacy. The article also includes examples of health literacy best practices and suggestions for improving health literacy.
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To prepare:
Think about the nurses role in improving the health literacy of patients.
Consider the many ways patients access health information including blogs social media patient portals websites etc.
Reflect on experiences you have had with patients who self-diagnose using online medical sources.
Using the Internet the Walden Library or other trustworthy sources identify a resource that you could introduce to patients to help them evaluate the credibility of health information found online.
What are some strategies you could employ to improve the health literacy of patients?
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Post your assessment of the nurses role in improving the health literacy of patients. Then identify the resource you would recommend to patients for evaluating online health information and why it would be beneficial. Describe additional strategies for assisting patients in becoming informed consumers of online health information.

Why is Liver broth (covered with a layer of 2% agar ) commonly used as a growth medium, when analysing cans to check for sterility or cause of spoilage?

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Questions to answer and hand to your demonstrator at the start of week 2 of the can prac class i.e. week 4 of the semester on August 11:
In relationship to Clostridium botulinum spores, what is meant by a 12D heat process?
What types or groups of microorganisms would you expect to find if a can has been under-processed. Explain the reason for your answer.
What is the meaning of leaker spoilage of canned food and how does this occur?
What types of microorganisms would you expect to isolate from a can if there is leaker spoilage?
Suggest two sources of organisms that may contribute to leaker spoilage
What physical tests would you do on the can seam integrity to determine if the can spoilage has been caused by leaker spoilage?
Controls need to be applied to ensure production of a batch of appertised food (in a glass bottle, can or sealed pouch) is shelf stable and safe for consumption. As a brief summary, control of the following seven (7) steps is important to ensure production of appertised (commercialy sterile) shelf-stable cans.
Supply of cans from the can manufacturer
Source, supply and storage of the raw materials
Preparation of the product going into the can
Applying the lids
Retorting the cans
Cooling the cans
Storage and distribution of the cans
Of the steps listed above, state four (4) steps that are the most important to prevent leaker spoilage in a batch of processed cans. Explain why you have chosen each of them.
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Of the steps listed above, state three steps that are the most important in controlling unerprocessing, in a batch of processed cans. Explain why you have chosen each of them.
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Why is Liver broth (covered with a layer of 2% agar ) commonly used as a growth medium, when analysing cans to check for sterility or cause of spoilage?
Why is Dextrose Tryptone Broth commonly used as a growth medium, when analysing cans to check for sterility or cause of spoilage?
After inoculation of the food into the above media the tubes are incubate at two temperatures i.e. 300C and 550C. Why are both of these temperatures used?

Discuss FGF-7s role in wound healing and relate it to cancer development.

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critically analyse the effect: over-expression of FGF-7 has in breast and cervical cancer patients. emphasise greatly on cervical cancer patients. discuss changes in cell function such as cell migration, cell proliferation, cell viability. Discuss FGF-7s role in wound healing and relate it to cancer development.
Critically discuss the role of FGF-7 expression in embryonic development; and relate how it may impact or knowledge may be applied/beneficial to cancer research.
critically discuss the associations of over-expression FGF-7 has with cervical cancer and other types of cancer and how it may serve as a novel therapeutic approach for Tyrosine kinase growth factor inhibitors.

List the three major steps in cellular respiration

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Identify (list) the two basic types of cells.
Would you find proteins inside cells or cells inside proteins? (choose one answer)
What two things make osmosis a special type of diffusion?
What is a selectively permeable membrane? (Also called a semi-permeable membrane.)
Explain what happens to a cell when placed in isotonic, hypotonic and hypertonic solutions.
Explain the basic organization (main components) of a plasma membrane. Include at least 4 distinct parts.
Identify (a) a similarity and (b) a difference between facilitated transport and active transport; do not state they both move substances across membranes.
What is an organelle? Which organelle is a processing, packaging and shipping center for proteins and lipids?
Where would you find the nucleolus? What happens there?
What is the role of the ribosome?
Which organelle digests macromolecules, worn out cell parts, debris and disease-causing microbes?
What structures are associated with cell movement?
What is the most significant difference in structure between rough and smooth ER? What type of macromolecule do each produce?
Which organelle makes ATP?
What is the most important product of cellular respiration?
List the three major steps in cellular respiration. (3 pts)
How does the body use the oxygen that we breathe? In other words, what is oxygen’s final function?
What ATP producing process occurs during anaerobic conditions?
Glucose enters cells from the blood stream by what type of transport?
What are the 4 major types of tissue? (List.)
What type of epithelial cells are found in the lining of the nose?
The skin is the major organ of the _____________ system. The top layer of the skin is called the ______________. (2 pts)
What organs are part of the nervous system? What does the system do for the body?
Which organ system consists of glands that secrete hormones into the bloodstream?
List 3 organs found in the abdominal cavity.
Explain how a negative feedback mechanism differs from a positive feedback mechanism.