Capella University Analyze a Current Healthcare Problem or Issue

Capella University Analyze a Current Healthcare Problem or Issue

Capella University Analyze a Current Healthcare Problem or Issue

Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or Issue.

For this assignment, you will analyze the current health care problem or issue of interest to you, which you used in the Unit 4 Assignment. You selected one of the problems or issues from the media resource linked below. Capella University Analyze a current Healthcare Problem or Issue

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To explore the chosen topic you should use the first four topics of the Socratic Problem-Solving Approach Media for critical thinking that were introduced in the Unit 4 Assignment. These are also linked in the resources of this unit. Start by defining the health care problem or issue on the health care topic of your choice, then provide details about the problems or issues that are part of the chosen topic, and identify causes for the problems or issues. Identify at least three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles about the topic you are discussing by using articles found in the Unit 4 Assignment or searching the Capella Library using the applicable undergraduate library research guide. To complete this assignment you will need to:

1.Use scholarly information to explain a health care problem or issue.

1.Assess the credibility of information sources.

2.Assess the relevance of the information sources.

2.Analyze the problem or issue.

1.Describe the setting or context for the problems or issues.

2.Describe the reasons that make the problems or issues important to you.

3.Identify groups of people affected by the problems or issues.

3.Discuss potential solutions for the problems or issues.

1.Describe potential solutions.

2.Compare and contrast your opinion with other opinions you find in sources from the Capella Library.

3.Provide the pros and cons for one of the solutions you are proposing.

4.Analyze the ethical implications if the potential solution was implemented.

1.Describe what would be necessary to implement the proposed solution.

2.Provide examples from the literature to support the points you are making.

3.Discuss the pros and cons of implementing the proposed solution from an ethical principle point of view.

5.Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

1.Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.

2.Assess the relevance and credibility of information sources.

6.Write following APA style for in-text citation, quotes, and references.

1.Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.

2.Apply the principles of effective composition.

3.Integrate information from outside sources into academic writing by appropriately quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing following APA style.

4.Submit your assignment to the Turnitin Assignment area: u09a1: Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or Issue.

Organize your paper using the following structure and headings:

Title page. (A separate page.)

Introduction. (A brief statement about the purpose of the paper.) (One paragraph.)

Identify the elements of the problem or issue, or question.

Analyze, define, and frame the problem or issue, or question.

Consider solutions, responses, or answers.

Choose a solution, response, or answer.

Implementation of the potential solution.

Conclusion. (One paragraph.)

Other Requirements

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

1.Length: At least 4–6 typed, double-spaced pages, not including the title page and reference page.

2.Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

3.APA Template: Use the APA Style Paper Template and APA Style Paper Tutorial (linked in the Resources).

4.Written communication: Use correct spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

5.Content: Integrate information from outside sources to include at least three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles on health care.

6.References: Use at least three scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles and three in-text citations within the paper.

7.APA format: Follow current APA guidelines for in-text citations of outside sources in the body of your paper and also on the reference page.

8.Turnitin: Submit your paper to Turnitin.

Note: Read the Analyze a Current Health Care Problem or Issue Scoring Guide to fully understand how your paper will be graded.

Example assignment: You may use the assignment example, linked in the Resources, to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like.

Submit the paper for evaluation by clicking on the assignment title in the unit and uploading the paper as a Word document.

 

 

attachment_1Tuberculosis: Diagnosis, Test Accessibility and Prevention

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Developing Health Care Perspective

Perspectives on the Health Care Industry

February, 2019

Introduction

Tuberculosis (TB) is a preventable and curable disease; but, it kills more people than any other infection.2 TB is produced by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The bacteria usually infect the lungs, but it may attack any part of the body like the kidney, spine, and brain. Another fact about TB is that not everyone infected develops the illness.1

The proper identification of those infected with TB is a vital component of any plan for lowering incidence of transmission. Accurate, fast, and cost-effective screening tests are needed to improve early detection and precise diagnosis along with drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis is crucial for reaching worldwide control of this infectious disease. Some factors such as housing, working conditions, incarceration, low household income, malnutrition, co-morbidities, exposure to tobacco and silica dust, are obstacles to accessing proper medical care.4

Health care workers (HCW) are a population considered as high-risk of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) because of the risk of exposure. HCW’s may encounter undiagnosed, unknown or unsuspected cases of active TB, which raises the exposure of LTBI. HCW’s employed in emergency, intensive care, internal medicine and radiology, are at a higher risk of acquiring Mycobacterium tuberculosis (M. tuberculosis). TB is a consequential occupational disease; therefore, HCW’s with negative TST results must undergo annual LTBI screening as mandated by their respective State Department of Health.

 

Tuberculosis: Diagnosis, Test Accessibility and Prevention

Tuberculosis is spread through the air from one person to another. The bacteria get into the air when a person with TB of the lungs or throat coughs, speaks, or sings. People may breathe in these bacteria and become infected. TB may not be spread by handshakes, sharing food or drinks, sharing toothbrushes, or kissing. Once the TB bacteria settles in the lungs it begins to grow and it can move from there through the blood to other parts of the body like the kidneys, spine, and brain. TB disease in the lungs or throat is infectious and can spread to other people. TB in other parts of the body are usually not infectious.

People who have acquired Tuberculosis may develop symptoms between 8 to 10 weeks after exposure to the disease giving no chance for their immune system to fight it off.  Some of the symptoms are fever, night sweats, loss of appetite, weight loss, fatigue, cough (with or without blood), pain or tenderness in the lymph nodes, chest pain or difficulty breathing.

Some other people may be considered to have Latent TB infection (LTBI), this means they may have been exposed to tuberculosis, but they don’t develop symptoms and may never develop the disease. If someone with LTBI becomes immunocompromised, then the risk of developing the disease is very high.

There are two types of TB testing, Mantoux Tuberculin Skin Test (TST)and TB blood test, also known as Interferon-Gamma Release Assays (IGRAs).  TST requires the administration of 5ml of tuberculin in the lower part of the arm, just under the skin creating a “bubble or bump”; then, is followed up for reading within 48 to 72 hours.  If the “bubble or bump” has gotten raised or swollen and measures over 10mm, then it is considered positive to LTBI; however, if the “bubble or bump” has gotten flat, then it is considered negative for the presence of LTBI.  The TST may be repeated 2 weeks after the first one, to rule out the presence of the TB Disease, this is done primarily at health care facilities and repeatedly annually as part of their TB Surveillance Program.

In the United States, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved for two types of the TB blood test, (IGRAs), the QuantiFERON®–TB Gold In-Tube test (QFT-GIT) and the T-SPOT® TB test (T-Spot). A positive blood result means the person has been infected with TB bacteria and further tests are required.  A negative result means there is no presence of the TB disease.  The blood test is done on people who have received the TB vaccine bacille Calmette–Guérin (BCG).

There is a need to develop accurate, fast, and cost-effective screening tests for Tuberculosis. This is a very preventable disease that may be easily control. A plan for prevention and treatment need to be put in place for people with limited resources housing, working conditions, incarceration, low household income, malnutrition, co-morbidities. Capella University Analyze a current Healthcare Problem or Issue

References

  1. Centers of Disease Control and Prevention (2016). Tuberculosis (TB). Retrieved from https://www.cdc.gov/tb/topic/basics/default.htm
  2. Datta, S., Saunders, M. J., Tovar, M. A., & Evans, C. A. (2017). Improving tuberculosis diagnosis: Better tests or better healthcare? PLoS Medicine, 14(10), 1–4. Retrieved from https://doi-org.library.capella.edu/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002406
  3. Hajoj, S. A., Varghese, B., Datijan, A., Shoukri, M., Alzahrani, A., Alkhenizan, A., . . . Alrajhi, A. (2016). Interferon gamma release assay versus tuberculin skin testing among healthcare workers of highly diverse origin in a moderate tuberculosis burden country. PLoS One, 11(5). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1371/journal.pone.0154803
  4. McLaren, Z. M., Schnippel, K., & Sharp, A. (2016). A data-driven evaluation of the stop TB global partnership strategy of targeting key populations at greater risk for tuberculosis. PLoS One, 11(10). Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1371/journal.pone.0163083
  5. Walzl, G., McNerney, R., Nelita, d. P., Bates, M., McHugh, T. D., Chegou, N. N., & Zumla, A. (2018). Tuberculosis: Advances and challenges in development of new diagnostics and biomarkers. The Lancet Infectious Diseases, 18(7), e199-e210. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org.library.capella.edu/10.1016/S1473-3099(18)30111-7