Using the below listed case scenario you are to create a 1-2 page paper (excluding the title page and reference page). It is important that you review the APA sample paper and APA requirements for writing your paper. 

 11-year-old boy complains of wheezing and difficulty “getting enough air.” Notices it more when he is playing baseball and symptoms improve when exercise activity stops. He says that the symptoms are getting worse and the symptoms are even occurring at rest. Mother says the child is allergic to cat dander and his next-door neighbor in their apartment building recently began sheltering cats for the local humane society. Auscultation demonstrates wheezes on forced expiration throughout all lung fields.

Be sure that you are addressing the following within the body of your paper:

• Analyze processes related to cardiovascular and respiratory disorders
• Analyze alterations in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems and the resultant disease processes
• Analyze racial/ethnic variables that may impact physiological functioning
• Evaluate the impact of patient characteristics on disorders and altered physiology 

Make sure that you are following APA guidelines for writing your paper, in-text citation and references.

Write a 175- to 265-word response to the following:

• Should cultures within the United States be expected to set aside some traditions or beliefs and integrate under a united social contract?Why? 

If for any reason you do not respond to all three responses, not write a substantive post, or do not have a reference for the initial response formatted according to APA, there will be deductions. 

 Reflect upon your selected practice problem DIABETES and select one of the organizational or behavioral change models which were used in healthcare for many years up until the early 2000s. (PROCHASKA AND DICLEMENTI’S CHANGE THEORY) (KNOWLEDGE OF BEHAVIOR CHANGE THEORIES)  Due to the changing nature of our healthcare environment and the growing complexity of our patients, these older models and theories lost their ability to provide a successful framework in healthcare and are not currently used for translation science and nursing clinical practice change projects.

• Select one model or theory from the readings or lesson this week.
• Provide a description of the components in the organizational or behavioral change models or theory.
• Does the model or theory contain a component for appraising the evidence?
• Does the model or theory contain a component for networking with the stakeholders during the design phase and continuing through the sustaining phase of the project?
• Does the model contain components for identifying barriers and addressing barriers to implementation?

MY CHANGE THEORY PROBLEM IS RELATED TO DIABETES  PLEASE INCORPORATE WITH PROCHASKA AND DICLEMENTIS’S CHANGE THEORY,

Health Policy Brief -Assignment

 Below is the link for the Health Policy:

 https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/116/s3821/text 

Purpose: This assignment is for you to prepare a policy brief. The assignment engages you in learning about an issue and to accurately – and in a non-biased fashion — identify the policy and political issues that are central to that topic.

Guidelines:

· You will select a current healthcare related bill

· Review the resources provided regarding preparing a one-page policy brief.

· You will prepare a one-page health policy brief, often referred to as a one-page leave behind. 

· Your design format does not have to be exactly like any of the samples provided but must contain the same information.

· For the purposes of this assignment, you will assume the role of a group of registered nurses (should you decide that this is important to include in your brief).

· Your audience will be your senator and local delegate that you will be meeting with (hypothetically) soon.

· The sections must be divided by headings, as you will see in the examples.

· You may single-space.

· The brief should be visually pleasing and easy to read.

· You may want to Include bullets instead of lengthy paragraphs.

· Try to stick to only one or two references. There are to be in APA format (you may single-space.

*This is a sample layout. You can decide on your own design and even headings, as long as this information is provided.

Title: Name and number of Bill

Summary

· Statement of the Issue/Problem (aka introduction). This should be a brief (2-3 sentence) describing the issue. 

· Begin with a brief overview of the policy issue and state the

problem you hope to solve or the objective you hope to achieve.

· Map where your argument will take the reader and explicitly

outline your thesis/key point.

Background & Evidence 

· An explanation of the problem and its significance. 

· Briefly explain the history of the policy issue.

· Persuasively outline why your policy recommendation(s) will solve the problem or achieve the objective you highlighted in your introduction.

· Use evidence from research studies, case studies, legislative experiences of other jurisdictions, reputable polling/surveys and other sources to support your perspectives and advance your credibility.

Recommendation

· List recommendations about what you want your senator and delegate to do.

Reference(s) (of your information)

NOTE: See attachments for sample and rubric.

Assignment:

Write a scholarly paper in which you apply the concepts of epidemiology and nursing research to a communicable disease. Choose one communicable disease.

Epidemiology Paper Requirements

Include the following in your assignment:

1. A thorough description of the disease including causes, mode of transmission, symptoms, treatment and complications. Discuss the demographic most affected-incidence, prevalence, morbidity and mortality.
2. What are the determinants of health affecting this disease? https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundation-health-measures/Determinants-of-Health.
3. Identify the epidemiologic triad including host, agent and environmental factors as related to this disease.
4. Discuss the role of the public health nurse in relation to this disease. How is the public health nurse involved in finding, reporting, collection and analysis of data and follow up?

A minimum of three references is required. The written essay should be at least 1250 words in length.

APA format is required.

Assigned Website / readings:

• Healthy People.gov. (2020). Determinants of health.