Read Ch. 12 of Anatomy, Physiology & Disease: An Interactive Journey for Health Professions (80 words on your input)

https://phoenix.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781323006…

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Read “Heart” from Today’s Science in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Discuss your thoughts (80 words)

http://tsof.infobaselearning.com.contentproxy.phoe…

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Review “Types of Health Care Providers” on the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus website.

Discuss your thoughts(80 words)

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001933.htm

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Review the Clinical Specialties and Research page on the Mayo Clinic: Mayo Medical Laboratories website.

Discuss your thoughts(80 words)

https://www.mayomedicallaboratories.com/test-info/…

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Watch “Cardiovascular System” on the U.S. National Library of Medicine, MedlinePlus website.

Discuss your thoughts (80 words)

https://medlineplus.gov/ency/anatomyvideos/000023….

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Watch “Circulatory System: The Plasma Pipeline” in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Discuss your thoughts(80 words)

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Discuss some of the common diseases of the cardiovascular and circulatory system. (80 words)

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What is the function of blood? Why is it important to the body?(80 words)

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Resources: Use your internet browser to search for newsletter templates. A newsletter template is required.

Imagine you are an office manager at a health care facility that includes the following departments: cardiology, respiratory, gastroenterology, and urology. As the office manager, you have been asked to create a newsletter for new and existing patients. The newsletter will inform patients about different body systems, including their structure, function, and different diseases that affect that system. Patients will learn how a disease is diagnosed in a particular system and the type of doctor they will need to see if they have an ailment within a specific body system.

You will create 260 word section for your newsletter. This week is about CARDIOVASCULAR.

Think of your audience when writing your newsletter; make it informative as well as visually appealing.

Create an informative newsletter for your patients. Use the following prompts as sections for your newsletter:

Part 1: Cardiovascular and Circulatory System

Identify the structure and function of the cardiovascular and circulatory system.

Identify the major structures found in the system.

Define the function of this system.

Describe major diseases that affect the cardiovascular and circulatory system.

Identify one to two major diseases that affect the system.

Describe the disease(s) identified.

Describe major laboratory and diagnostic tests that are used to assess cardiovascular and circulatory diseases.

Using the disease(s) discussed in the previous prompt, identify the most common laboratory and diagnostic test used to assess the disease(s).

Describe the test identified.

Describe the main health care providers for the cardiovascular and circulatory department.

Identify the main health care providers in this department.

Describe the roles they play (to the patient, facility, or community) and the types of patients they see (typical demographics, age, gender, etc.).

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.