Caring for Populations: Part I Huntington‚ WV was named by the Center for Disease Control in 2010 as the least healthy city in the least healthy state of America in the most overweight nation in the developed world (Kilmer‚et.al‚ 2008). Jamie Oliver‚ known as the Naked Chef‚ came to Huntington in the fall of 2010 to try to teach the school cooks how to prepare a healthier menu that the school children would eat. He was not met with open arms by the school cooks‚ the school system or children
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Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis Krystle Gonzales Chamberlain Community Health Nursing 443 Prof Schoenberg November 20‚ 2014 Introduction A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text‚ “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population
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Caring for Vulnerable Populations Rebecca Bennett Legal Nurse Consulting/Phase 2 IP 1 Colorado Technical University Online August 27‚ 2011 Vulnerable Populations When referring to vulnerable populations‚ it means there are different subpopulations that sometimes have a higher risk for being unhealthy‚ and having very little access to health care (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2008). The community is trying to help these vulnerable populations get proper health care‚ but needs to identify factors
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Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis Krystle Gonzales Chamberlain Community Health Nursing 443 Prof Schoenberg November 20‚ 2014 Introduction A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text‚ “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population
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are the primary user of healthcare in the United States. The older adult population is expanding‚ living longer‚ with multiple chronic conditions. Understanding and managing their needs over time is an integral part of defining successful aging. “Population health is used to describe the measurement and health outcomes of a population” (Tkatch‚ 2016 1). One way population help the older generation is education and intervention. Sessions are held to make sure the older people have exceptional knowledge
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Study Title and Researchers The Caring Campus: An Intervention Project The study is funded Movember Canada and involves Queen’s University‚ University of Calgary and Dalhousie University Study Description The goal of this study is to monitor and try to reduce substance abuse on campus. The survey took 20-30 minutes and consisted of 2 parts‚ the first of which I took first semester. I also took it both semesters 1st year‚ and I’m pretty sure they try to follow the same students for their academic
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Adrian Keeley 15 September 2013 Ms. Mydosh Paper #2 If there is one thing that I truly and honestly deep down are passionate about is my faith in Christ Jesus. I am a Christ follower but my denomination is called Baptist. The reason I care about it so much is because I know he is my Lord and savior. I have been going to church my entire life so I have been taught and have learned a lot about what it means to be a Christian. I have had many mentors like Sunday school teachers‚ youth pastors
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of Caring By: Shari Semelroth RN‚ BSN Mennonite College of Nursing Abstract Do we honestly make an effort to improve the environment‚ care‚ medical treatment‚ and interactions with those patients who are suffering a loss? Do we adequately provide the care that they need? These questions are answered in Swanson’s Middle Range Theory of Caring. We examine the five caring processes and their applications to one’s daily nursing routines. Many healthcare organizations have adopted the caring theory
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Universal Intellectual Standards by Linda Elder and Richard Paul Universal intellectual standards are standards which must be applied to thinking whenever one is interested in checking the quality of reasoning about a problem‚ issue‚ or situation. To think critically entails having command of these standards. To help students learn them‚ teachers should pose questions which probe student thinking; questions which hold students accountable for their thinking; questions which‚ through consistent
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nursing environments. In the article Comfort Theory and it application to Pediatric Nursing applies comforting interventions to pediatrics during stressful procedure and operations. Comfort is one aspect of nursing that is integrated into the role of the nurse. To care for a patient is to give comfort to the patient and family. There are three types of comfort such as standard comfort (interventions to maintain homeostasis and control of pain)‚ coaching relieve anxiety by reassurance‚ information and listening
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