Employee Health
You are working in Employee Health at your local hospital today. Kelsey comes in for yearly bloodwork. She states her cholesterol was high last year and she wants to see if it has improved. She also tells you her blood pressure has been running a little high. She has seen a cardiologist but doesn’t understand “what the big deal is about my heart”.
For this discussion, you want to educate Kelsey on her heart\’s health.
How would you explain heart health to her?
Why is heart health “a big deal”?
How would you tell her to care for her heart?
What are some things she can do to prevent heart disease?
Discussion Board Requirements
Responses can be addressed to both your initial thread and other threads but must be:
Your own words (no copy and paste)
Unique (no repeating something you already said)
Substantial in nature, which means there must be some meat to the reply, not something like: “Good job, Kate, your post is excellent.” A substantial post will do one of the following:
Extend the conversation deeper
Challenge the post being responded to, or
Take the conversation on a career-relevant tangent
Remember that part of the discussion grade is submitting on time and using proper grammar, spelling, etc. You\’re training to be a professional—write like it!
Submission Details:
There is a 250 word minimum for your initial post. There is a 75 word minimum for each of your two classmate responses.
You must use at least 1 APA style reference to support your discussion.
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