and Local Health Departments. Community/public health nursing practice: health for families and populations (3rd ed.‚ p. 727). St. Louis‚ MO: Elsevier/Saunders. References Agar‚ M.H. (1973). Ethnography and the addict. In Nadar‚ L.‚ and Maretzki‚ T.W.‚ (eds.) Cultural Illness and Health. Washington‚ DC: American Anthropological Association. Agar‚ M.H. (1986). Speaking of ethnography. Beverly Hills‚ CA: Sage Publications American Nurses Association (ANA) (2007). Public health nursing: Scope and
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Assignment: Summary essay on an evidenced based nursing research article on Nursing Assessment of the Pulmonary System. Title of article: Research to Support Evidence-Based Practice in COPD Community Nursing I found this article to be very interesting. The article explained how nurses have a vast selection of resources to strengthen their understanding and use of research and evidence in their practice. It was noted that community nurses in particular may greatly benefit from finding
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nation in 1965‚ Singapore has undergone significant socio-economic changes. The infant and under-5 childhood mortality rates are among the lowest in the world. A number of “new morbidities” have been identified to pose major challenges to child health in the next decades. They are chronic medical illnesses‚ developmental disabilities‚ learning problems‚ injuries and neglect‚ behavioural disturbances and disorders‚ sequelae associated with unhealthy life-styles‚ and social and emotional disorders
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nur/405 University of Phoenix Material History of Community Nursing Matrix Complete the matrix with the following concepts‚ and relate the concepts to two different periods of time in history and the present time: • Describe each period briefly. • Clarify the differences during each period with public health nursing and community health nursing. • Describe the key health issues. • Identify community health partnerships used during this period of time. • Describe
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Community Assessment Pebble Creek Pebble Creek is a senior only community within the city limits of Goodyear‚ AZ. The subdivision is not open to the general public‚ allowing only residents and guests of residents to use the grounds and amenities (Welcome to Pebble Creek). This paper will discuss Pebble Creek’s population’s health needs‚ including any environmental needs‚ identifying appropriate intervention strategies‚ and suggestions for evaluation of the effectiveness of interventions. A description
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Assessment of the Family: A Nursing Priority Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Terese Verklan December 7‚ 2014 Assessment of the Family: A Nursing Priority Family Health is very important in the nursing assessment. The patient outcome and recovery depends on the family support of the patient. One way to assess a family is by using Gordon’s Health Patterns. Gordon’s functional health patterns provide a holistic model for assessment of family because assessment
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Purpose The community assessment and health needs project of East Harlem‚ New York‚ seeks to explore the community in relation to its landscape and demographic characteristics taking into consideration its population‚ health‚ resources‚ and its shortfalls amongst other benchmarks of the city. With these statistics and characteristics‚ it paints a clearer picture of the strengths and weakness of the community making informed needs about the community. This assessment will seek to give a vivid characteristic
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COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS PLANO‚ TEXAS Community Assessment and Analysis Plano‚ Texas Eunce Enuka‚ Beth Hogan. Doris Udosen‚ Donna Vasichko Grand Canyon University Concepts in Community and Public Health NRS-427V Leslie Greenberg September 20‚ 2012 Community Assessment and Analysis Plano‚ Texas The city of Plano is located in the United States in the state of Texas and has two counties in the city limits (Denton and Collin). The city is in the Central
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. . A geopolitical community is defined by Maurer & Smith (2013) as "a spatial designation--a geographical or geopolitical area or place. Geopolitical communities are formed by either natural or human-made boundaries." A river‚ mountain range‚ or a valley may create natural boundaries. An example of this is most of the villages in Nepal‚ the country where I was born. Nepal is full of mountains‚ rivers‚ lakes‚ valleys and plateau. Most of the villages are naturally divided by hills‚ mountains and
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Nursing and Health Promotion Casey M. Smith Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V April 21‚ 2013 The World Health Organization (WHO) describes health promotion as allowing society to control elements of personal health‚ through intelligent‚ healthy decisions. Health promotion improves the resourcefulness of people to be accountable‚ and the capacity of organizations and communities to guide the determinants of health. Due to the multitude of determinants of health‚ health promotion needs
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