Public Health – Need Universal EHR

The following principles, beneficence, autonomy, and dignity are discussed in this essay to support ethical decision-making processes in clinical practice. It has always been an earnest desire of mine to work in a health related career. During my senior year of high school, I sought out employment in a dermatologist’s office where I filed patient’s charts and took messages for the doctors, physician assistant, and nurses. There I met an experienced physician assistant who was well respected and trusted by her patients and physicians. I admired how everyone in the office spoke so highly of her and it sparked an …

Health Policy Brief Re: What necessary federal actions can be made to prevent the use of electronic cigarettes by adolescents? Statement of Issue: Electronic cigarettes resemble cigarettes, cigars or pipes that deliver nicotine or similar substances to individuals in the from of vapor (1). Due to marketing claims that promote them as less hazardous alternatives to cigarette smoking, these products have become highly popular (1). As of December 2018, the Surgeon General declared that e-cigarettes use as become an epidemic among adolescents. Their use has increased dramatically over the past 5 years, and is higher among high school students than …

Overall, clinical correlations was a great course. Each professor encouraged the group to collaborate and share their ideas, which improved my public speaking from previous sessions. I was able to apply concepts I learned from this course with my other classes and it will help me during clinical rotations. I believe it will help during rotations because we practiced how to present a patient comprehensively. This will allow us to present more confidently to each PA, NP, and attending we encounter throughout the year. In addition, when topics came up in other courses all three groups shared information with each …

Group 2: Common Cold Prevention with Vitamin C and/or Zinc Darya Kovtun, Angelina Gambino, Markenzie Jeanbaptiste, Farhana Chowdhury, Genna Giordano Clinical Scenario: It’s winter and you’re working in a family practice office. Many patients are coming in with runny noses and general malaise. Brenda, a 35 year old working mother comes in for a checkup and says “I’m busy between work and home that I definitely don’t have time to get sick. Can vitamin C or zinc pills I hear about prevent colds?”Clinical Question: In adult patients, does vitamin c and/or zinc decrease the incidence of the common cold? PICO …

Angelina Gambino

 Case Study – Alexi Burr

 Immunizations 
• Influenza – 1 dose annually 

 Screening 
 • Alcohol misuse 
• Depression 
 • Hypertension 
• Obesity
 • Tobacco use and cessation 
 • HIV infection 
 • BRCA gene screening – Alexi’s maternal grandmother and aunt had breast cancer. No breast cancer screening (mammogram) needed because of age
 • Intimate partner violence 
 • Cervical cancer – Pap smear every 3 years, or every 5 years with human papillomavirus cotesting starting at age 30

 Injury Prevention 
1. Traffic Safety 
 A. Infants – Seat should be rear-facing in the …