Nursing: Physical and Health Assessment While Maria has been working around the clock and walking an hour daily to campus‚ there might be something more to the pounds addition. As a nurse‚ additional information that would be important to gather from Maria is to ask her if she is under stress. The reason why I would ask Maria this question is because “stress is linked to weight gain since a high degree of the stress hormone cortisol has been proved to increase appetite‚ cause junk food cravings
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What is a health needs assessment? A health needs assessment (HNA) is a systematic method of identifying unmet health and health care needs of a population and making changes to meet those unmet needs. It provides information: (1) to improve health; (2) for service planning; (3) for priority setting and (4) for policy development. Health needs assessment is not a health status of population assessment. It aims to improve health and it incorporates the concept of a capacity
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429V Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University Introduction Family Health Assessment plays significant role in formulating an appropriate healthcare plan within a family setup. An appropriate health assessment is utilized as a tool for the evaluation of health issues for understanding health choices and assistance in making appropriate health - related choices for a targeted family. Every family is unique having variety of perceptions and different ways of life style. Health care professionals
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Health Self Assessment In order to improve one’s health and quality of life‚ it is important to be aware of an individual’s health status. Our textbook authors‚ Meeks‚ Hait & Paige (2009) describe the importance of self-appraisals and health behavior inventories in teaching students about their practices that will impact their health. In order to become an effective teacher who is enthusiastic about health education‚ the author of this paper focuses on gaining a comprehensive understanding
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Community Health Assessment: Case of King County My community is King County in Seattle‚ WA; the county is faced with many socio-economic and political challenges. For example‚ a considerable percentage of its population comprises low-income earners with some having low education levels; as a result‚ they also face major health threats. In addition‚ there is a shortage of healthcare facilities and providers‚ and hence the entire population faces major health challenges. To conduct an analysis and
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Family Health Assessment Cassandra Hyden Grand Canyon University NRS 429V October 19‚ 2014 Family Health Assessment A family is a body of individuals that are related by blood‚ adoption‚ cohabitation‚ or marriage who reliantly perform important capacities by satisfying certain roles. Important family capacities incorporate practices and qualities put on wellbeing (Rentfro‚ 2014). Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns help arrange essential family assessment data. Assessment incorporates
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FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Boretzky Family Health Assessment Michelle Phoebe Baltazar Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V September 8‚ 2012 Boretzky Family Health Assessment Gordon’s functional health pattern assessment is a tool that nurses can use to analyze a person’s whole being that incorporates every aspect of that person. Through this approach‚ nurses can ensure that holistic care is provided. The Boretzky family was therefore interviewed to analyze each functional health
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The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a set of questions used to examine an individual’s ethnic‚ cultural and religious heritage. HAT can be used to understand an individual’s health traditions. The answers to the questionnaire can be used to evaluate how an individual views of health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration. The author will review three different individuals culture heritage using the HAT. The cultures that are being compare for differences in health traditions of
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Personal Health assessment Jessie Sanders SCI/100 April 8‚ 2013 Tamera Young Personal Health assessment The three dimensions of health that I am strongest in are Social health‚ Emotional health‚ and Intellectual health. I am stronger in Social health I get along with everyone‚ I try to see the good in my friends‚ and I am a good listener. My second highest score came in Emotional health. I believe I am
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Health History and Screening of an Adolescent or Young Adult Client Save this form on your computer as a Microsoft Word document. You can expand or shrink each area as you need to include the relevant data for your client. Student Name: Mary Koke | Date: December 6th‚ 2012 | Biographical Data | Patient/Client Initials: A.K. | Phone No: 222-555-1234 | Address: 123 Smith St. | Birth Date: September 8‚1999 | Age: 13 yrs. | Sex: Male | Birthplace: Racine‚ WI
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