Out-of-Class Activity: Common Health Issues
During this week you will spend at least 2 hours educating men and women on common health issues. For example: family planning, safe sex, Pap test, self-breast exam (men and women), prostate exam, or testicular exam.
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Assignment Requirements
Before finalizing your work, you should:
- be sure to read the Assignment description carefully
- consult the Grading Rubric (under the Course Home) to make sure you have included everything necessary;
- utilize spelling and grammar check to minimize errors; and
- review APA formatting and citation information found in the KU Writing Center, online, or elsewhere in the course.
Your assignment should:
- follow the conventions of Standard American English (correct grammar, punctuation, etc.);
- be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful;
- display superior content, organization, style, and mechanics;
Out of Class Activity Written Guide for Endocrine, Women’s, or Men’s Health Education
Advanced practice nurses spend a great deal of time promoting health by educating patients and their families on how to prevent illnesses or diseases. For those patients who currently have a chronic health issue it is important to educate them on how to better care for themselves to prevent the condition from worsening or causing other problems. Create a template for an endocrine issue in week 4, women’s health issue in Unit 7, and for a men’s health issue in Unit 8.
- Health issue
- Brief Pathophysiology of health issue
- Patient education
Please make sure you refer to your 6th edition APA book for correct formatting of paper. Always have a title and reference page.
All References should be with 5 years and should come from textbooks, journals, or evidenced-based websites only (ex. CDC, NIH, ADA, etc.) Points will be deducted if these guidelines are not followed.
