Answer the following 5 questions. please include reference for each answer.

1)    Select one of the epidemiologic core functions and provide an example of the how the core function might be demonstrated in clinical practice by an advanced nurse practitioner.

2)    You are working in a community clinic where you have been assigned to provide measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccinations to children entering kindergarten. Your first patient is a 5-year-old female accompanied by her mother. The mother expresses to you, “while I was sitting in the waiting room, there were several other parents discussing vaccinations and how dangerous they are. After listening to the other parents, I’m now hesitant to have my daughter vaccinated because I’m fearful that something might happen. I don’t know if I should have my daughter vaccinated.”
•    What information could you share with this parent that would educate her about the importance and the safety of vaccinations? How would you provide this information?
3)    Research eating disorders online (there are many videos available, try to watch one or several), and then discuss what you feel would be appropriate interventions for adolescents suspected of having an eating disorder. How would you as an advanced practice nurse initiate conversations with adolescents about this issue?

4)    Health promotion in young adulthood is very important as persons of this age are beginning to experiment with peer pressure and their sexuality. Please discuss what information the advanced practice nurse should be offering to a young adult to foster healthy sexuality? Additionally, contrast this to what information the advanced practice nurse would offer to an older adult?

5)    Because of the diversity of cultures, and an expanding migratory global population, you as an advanced practice nurse may be challenged with patients who are suffering from malnutrition. How would you address the issue of malnutrition with immigrant clients? What sort of strategies could you utilize to help you incorporate the client’s cultural preferences within the nutritional plan you are designing?