Community Health in the Event of a SARS Outbreak The SARS Outbreak of 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus‚ originally reported in Asia in February 2003 and spread to over two dozen countries before being contained (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2005). Once infected‚ individuals with SARS initially develop a high fever and other flu-like symptoms including headache‚ body aches and “overall feeling of discomfort” before
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Christian Ethics Project #3 1. The biblical basis of Jubilee 2000’s call for the immediate canceling of all debts of HIPC’s is found in Leviticus. This bible book states that “you shall not oppress one another.” Also in the book of Leviticus in the case of someone who becomes poor and in turn to sells his possessions then his relative may redeem the possessions he sold. Or if the man has no one to redeem it but he himself becomes able to redeem it then let him count the years since the sale
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Dennis Thomas Mr. Hale IS3110 PROJECT 2 TASK 3: DISATER RECOVERY PLAN Step One - Organize the Project Appoint coordinator/project leader‚ if the leader is not the dean or chairperson. 1. Determine most appropriate plan organization for the unit 2. Identify and convene planning team and sub-teams as appropriate (for example‚ lead computer support personnel should be in the team if the plan will involve recovery of digital data and documents). 3. At the unit level a. scope - the area
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Advocacy As most of us have heard through our nursing career‚ nurses play many roles in their profession including being an advocate and a leader. As Dye (2010) mentioned‚ “leaders are advocates for personal and professional needs” (p. 85). Advocacy Needs Tomajan (2012) described advocate as a person who tries to protect others’ interest and needs (p. 2). Therefore‚ wherever there is a need‚ there can be advocacy as well. Nurses can be advocate for their patients‚ co-workers‚ the nursing profession
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Introduction The American Heritage Medical dictionary (Website one‚ 2007) defines community psychology (CP) as “the application of psychology to community programs for the prevention of mental health disorders and the promotion of mental health.” Public health (PH) on the other hand is defined as “the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community as by preventative medicine; health education; control of communicable diseases; application of sanitary measures and monitoring
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According to the article “The voice of Florence Nightingale on Advocacy”‚ Florence Nightingale was born on May 12‚ 1820 as the second daughter to English parents. She was intelligent‚ and as a young woman learned several languages. Nightingale was known to be most comfortable in the solitary activities of reading‚ writing in her journals and attempting to discern purpose in her life (Selanders & Crane‚ 2012). However‚ Florence Nightingale believed in making mankind’s life better. With these thoughts
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article in OJIN titled “Registered Nurses as Caregivers: Influencing the System as Patient Advocates” by Michelle A Lucatorto‚ Timothy W Thomas‚ and Terry Siek located in Vol-21-2016 September. Patient advocacy is of the utmost priority for a nurse. We are the primary caregiver‚ and most influential part of the patient’s healthcare experience. The article addresses barriers within the healthcare system which inhibit nurses in their roles of patient advocate. I am writing this letter in agreement with
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are out and someone is getting beaten up screaming for help.” Another reason for my statement is that the people/friends he surrounded himself around are not the best because of the setting where they live. Yes‚ there are some nice people in the projects but kids do not have a lot to do there so they look for trouble. Most of the kids are either in jail or in a detention center. I do not think it is there fault the way they live because once again the setting is not the greatest place you want to
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Health Care Reform Project‚ Part I HCS/440 November 10‚ 2014 Health Care Reform Project‚ Part I A current health care economic issue in the United States is the prescription drugs many patients must obtain because of the doctor’s orders to help with their health condition. In the United States‚ there are many individuals needing to consume their prescription drugs on daily basis. Although‚ these prescriptions are prescribed by their doctors many insurance companies did not have coverage
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product they want to sell. Organizations are releasing more modern and advanced products all the time and so are their competitors but the question we all want to know is what’s next? The answer to that question is Razor’s upcoming gaming tablet “Project Fiona” which has been renamed as “The Razor Edge Tablet”. In this paper you will read an overview of the organization‚ a description of the product or service‚ a SWOT analysis of the organization and offering‚ a competitive analysis of the organization
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