For this assignment, you will compare/contrast two controversial topics in lifespan development.
For the first one, your patient is a 43-year-old female. She is 4 months pregnant for the first time, and she never expected to get pregnant as she believed herself to be infertile. She has enjoyed 2 glasses of wine each night her entire first trimester because she read a few articles by some renowned international obstetricians who suggested that having a glass of red wine during pregnancy is healthy to maintain normal blood pressure and reduce anxiety levels.
Your patient, Claudia, wants to know if it’s important for her to stop drinking her red wine each night, or if the warnings given by her family are just “super strict and overly protective.” Claudia needs facts to change her mind about this topic. As her nurse/healthcare investigator, can you explain to her what the risks are for her to continue drinking 2 glasses of wine every night while she is pregnant? Do you think that you should also address other factors like her age, first-time pregnancy, etc.? Use your nurse/healthcare investigator skills and present the facts to her.
Next, you will explore the immunization controversy in the medical profession. Be certain that your answers are cogent, well-formed, and supported by outside research rather than based on personal opinion.
Write about the immunization controversy in the medical profession. Be sure to address why people delay immunizations and why some refuse all immunizations for their children. As a medical professional, how might you educate these caregivers about their child’s health and development concerning this issue? What is your role in this process/situation? How can you best respect the caregiver’s wishes and provide the best healthcare in this situation?
Assignment Template
Title of Assignment (In Bold)
(Skip two double spaces)
Your Name
Chamberlain University
Psy290 Lifespan Development
Dr. XXX
Date
CASE STUDY 1- Healthcare Investigator
This is your introduction paragraph. Here, summarize the case study outlined in the instructions. Do that in 2 sentences. Then outline the three main healthcare concerns (her age, drinking habits, and that compounding effect) to be discussed in the remainder of this paper. Do this in 1 sentence. This section should be 3-4 sentences in length ONLY. Write in third person.
Fetal Development
Here you do NOT get into the impact of the case study. In this section you are simply going to explain the stages of fetal development. Make sure you address normal physical development and brain development. Write academically. That requires writing in third person (do not write as though you were having a conversation with the patient but rather as though you were educating a group of people), base your claims off of your reading (EDAPT Concepts and required article), include facts and findings to back up your claims, AND demonstrate support by using APA style in-text citations.
NONE of this information should be direct quotes. Instead, all information should be paraphrased or summarized AND include APA style in-text citation. This section should only be a paragraph in length. Remember all paragraphs should be between 3-4 sentences long.
Risk: Environmental and Biological Factors that Affect Human Development – Patient’s Age, Major Teratogens in the Prenatal Stage of Development
Here you present the impact of the case study. Discuss the risks associated with environmental factors like alcohol, drugs, and biological factors like patient’s age on fetal development. Discuss the risks associated with drinking during pregnancy. Look at this from both an impact to those developing structures in-vivo (fetal develop, and those developing structures [both brain and body]) and impacts seen AFTER birth (low birth weight, alcohol dependency, learning disabilities,




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