Reference no: EM131270504
You are a Physician's Assistant and you are set to meet with a patient to talk about his cholesterol panel. The patient, Mr. Brown, is a 56 year old male who leads a largely sedentary lifestyle. He has admitted, in a previous visit, that his favorite activity is sitting on the couch and eating snacks while watching sports. He has also expressed concerns that you would try to drastically change his lifestyle (which he does not want to do) if his tests came back high.
The panel that came back on Mr. Brown contains the following results:
Test Result
Triglycerides 145 mg/dL
Cholesterol 210 mg/dL
HDL 33 mg/dL
LDL 160 mg/dL
Report the results to Mr. Brown - be sure to tell him his exact numbers.
SHOULD BE IN FIRST PERSON AS YOU TALK TO HIM
Interpret the results for Mr. Brown - are the results normal? Abnormal?
What are the normal/abnormal ranges for each test?
What are triglycerides?
What is cholesterol?
What are LDL and HDL?
Where is cholesterol produced?
What are the causes of high cholesterol?
What are the treatments for reducing high cholesterol?
What are the side effects of medication for treating high cholesterol?
Do the benefits of lowering cholesterol outweigh the risks of taking medication?
What options exist for a person to try and reduce his/her cholesterol without taking medication?
How would you alleviate any fears Mr. Brown may have regarding his condition?
What recommendations would you make to Mr. Brown knowing his concerns?
What approach would you take to encourage him to make any necessary lifestyle changes?
PAPER GUIDELINES APA FORMAT
I need 3-4 pages (approximately 900-1200 words not including title page or references), doublespaced, typed, 12-point Times New Roman font.
You may choose to write your paper in the format of a script (like a movie or television show)
Use simple terminology and avoid jargon
Use real-life analogies to explain the issues
Provide references in APA format as appropriate.
|
Unemployment changes over the business cycle
: 1. What is an economic variable? 2. Define a partnership. 3. Explain how unemployment changes over the business cycle. Why do these changes occur? 4. Explain why the monopolist has no supply curve?
|
|
Waste generation from produced water
: Discuss specific process-activity that generates the waste and quantity of waste generated (worldwide and in the UAE/Abu Dhabi)
|
|
Why it is appropriate to provide the theoretical foundation
: Why it is appropriate to provide the theoretical foundation for your problem statement?- How does a theoretical foundation specifically link to the problem statement for the study?
|
|
What is the reason for this difference
: The perfectly competitive firm exhibits resource allocative efficiency (P=MC), but the single-price monopolist does not. What is the reason for this difference?
|
|
What are the treatments for reducing high cholesterol
: Do the benefits of lowering cholesterol outweigh the risks of taking medication? What options exist for a person to try and reduce his/her cholesterol without taking medication? How would you alleviate any fears Mr. Brown may have regarding his condi..
|
|
Write a program that reads the files contents into a list
: Write a program that reads the file's contents into a list. The program should display the following data: The average annual change in population during the time period.
|
|
Advance or impede theories or models
: How do the results of research studies advance or impede theories or models?- How do you expect that the results of your dissertation study may advance knowledge of this theory or model? Explain.
|
|
What are the variable costs of producing too units
: a. What are the variable costs of producing too units. b. Write out the total cost equation assuming variable costs are linear. c. What is the marginal cost of the 50th unit of output? d. What is the average total cost of the 50th unit of output?
|
|
Competitive firm output of a tax
: Compare the effect upon a competitive firm's output of a tax of $1 per unit upon output versus a license fee of $200 payable each year regardless of output. Please Clarify.
|