Discussion: Drug Treatments for HIV/AIDS
While HIV/AIDS is still currently incurable, the prognosis for patients with this infectious disease has improved due to advancements in drug treatments. Consider the case of Kristy Aney. Kristy was diagnosed with HIV in 1992 and was told she would survive, at most, 10 more years. Despite unfavorable odds, Kristy is still alive 20 years later. Since her diagnosis, she has witnessed tremendous improvements in HIV/AIDS treatments which have helped patients live longer with fewer side effects. While she acknowledges that these drug treatments have kept her alive, she fears that improvements in drug therapy have led to more people becoming complacent about the disease (Idaho Statesmen, 2012). In fact, the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United States is higher than it has ever been (CDC, 2012). This poses the question: Is there a relationship between drug advancements, societal complacency, and infection?
To prepare:
· Review Chapter 49 of the Arcangelo and Peterson text, as well as the Montaner et al (2014) articles in the Learning Resources.
· Reflect on whether or not the prevalence of HIV cases might be attributed to increased complacency due to more advanced drug treatment options for HIV/AIDS.
· Consider how health care professionals can help to change perceptions and make people more aware of the realities of the disease.
· Think about strategies to educate HIV positive patients on medication adherence, as well as safe practices to reduce the risk of infecting others.
With these thoughts in mind:
Write
· An explanation of whether or not you think the prevalence of HIV cases might be attributed to increased complacency due to more advanced drug treatment options.
· Then, explain how health care professionals can help to change perceptions and increase awareness of the realities of the disease. 
· Finally, describe strategies to educate HIV positive patients on medication adherence, as well as safe practices to reduce the risk of infecting others.

Use critical thinking and diagnostic reasoning skills to formulate differential diagnoses, medical diagnoses, and an evidence-based action plan.
Include sections 1 and 2 of the SOAP note with recommendations (incorrect or omitted data) based on feedback provided for the previous sections of the SOAP note.
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 Please write a care plan research paper (see attachment) in APA style format. Please discuss the following diseases: Diabetes, Hyperlipidemia, CHF (congestive heart failure). Please make sure to label each sections as states in the attachment. Please be sure to add medication for each diseases. 

Sanitation inspection of cruise ships. Refer to the data on sanitation levels of cruise ships, presented in Exercise 2.35 (p. 47). These data are saved in the SHIPSANIT file.
a. Use the box plot method to detect any outliers in the data.
b. Use the z -score method to detect any outliers in the data.
c. Do the two methods agree? If not, explain why.
Exercise 2.35
Sanitation inspection of cruise ships. To minimize the potential for gastrointestinal disease outbreaks, all passenger cruise ships arriving at U.S. ports are subject to unannounced sanitation inspections. Ships are rated on a 100-point scale by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A score of 86 or higher indicates that the ship is providing an accepted standard of sanitation. The latest (as of Jan. 2010) sanitation scores for 186 cruise ships are saved in the SHIPSANIT file. The first five and last five observations in the data set are listed in the following table:
a. Generate a stem-and-leaf display of the data. Identify the stems and leaves of the graph.
b. Use the stem-and-leaf display to estimate the proportion of ships that have an accepted sanitation standard.
c. Locate the inspection score of 69 (Albatrass) on the stem-and-leaf display.

A: Plans and coordinates staff activities such as new product development and new facility locationB: Oversees the movement of goods throughout the supply chainC: Oversees the workforce and resources required to produce the firm’s productsD: Negotiates contracts with vendors and coordinates the flow of material inputs to the production processE: Applies the tools of lean production to reduce cycle time and eliminate waste in a process.