Nursing and Technology In his textbook‚ Medical Sociology‚ 12th edition‚ Dr. William Cockerham (2007)‚ a medical sociologist at the University of Alabama‚ Birmingham‚ describes nurses as being ultimately responsible for the nature and quality of all nursing care patients receive during their stay in a medical setting. According to Cockerham (2007)‚ they also are responsible for following the instructions of physicians in order to ensure the best plan of action is implemented to better serve the
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Community Assessment Troy Hills Parsippany NJ 1 Community Assessment of Troy Hills Parsippany Richard Sakyiamah Lehman College Professor Marcia Skeete HIN 269 December 5‚ 2012. A community assessment gives emphasis on evaluating agencies‚ community members and systems so as to learn more about circumstances within such community. The goal of community assessment is to gather pertinent information from a personal walk or drive through the community
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Community Care for the Elderly provides community-based services to assist seniors aged 60 and older. Case Management is a method used by professionals who work with elders in need of services. They work with the elder and their families to evaluate needs‚ develop a plan of care and coordinate services to maintain the elder’s well-being. You can look in the Yellow Pages or in the Community Directory section of the telephone book for local resources that provide services to elders‚ those with certain
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E-Tivity 2: Community of Inquiry Introduction The area we choose for Community Profiling was the town of Portlaoise‚ Co Laois. Rationale The rationale for this area was to pick an area that would be useful to one of the three of us rather than an area that would not be beneficial to any of us. The consensus then was the Portlaoise town as the Community Nurse covers that area and is reasonably new in her position. It also allowed the Community Nurse to become more aware of what was
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Community Health Nursing I Assessment and Diagnosis As a community health nurse a community assessment can be used to assess the community’s health competencies‚ as well as the connection amongst members of the community. It can serve as a starting point to address problem areas within a community; as well as be the foundation for strategizing to make conscious changes in the community. According to The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention “a community assessment is a valuable
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Nursing professionals are to be advocates for patients and always looking out for the patient’s best interest. Likewise‚ nurses should use the same example in their daily profession and strive to be the best professionally as he or she can be (ANA1). In doing so‚ nurses act as a leader without holding a leadership title. Leadership is defined as the use of individual traits and abilities to adapt to the environment or a particular situation and the ability to creatively solve problems identified
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Competence in Nursing Shannon Karlsson California State University‚ Chico Introduction According to the United States Census Bureau (2010)‚ over 30% of the total population in the United States is comprised of various ethnicities other than non-Hispanic Whites. This statistic highlights that the United States (US) has a significant multicultural population today. These diverse cultures bring with them new languages‚ religious beliefs and practices‚ social structures‚ and health care beliefs
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The emergence of public health informatics as a professional specialty is part of a larger development of informatics in related health fields‚ such as medicine‚ nursing‚ pharmacy‚ and dentistry. Interest in informatics as a specialty in these areas reflects the importance that information collection‚ analysis‚ evaluation‚ and utilization now play in the health care division. One of the primary inventions of clinical medicine is the patient medical record. Practitioners use the record to capture
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There are two distinct models of disability that seek to empower those with disabilities- the medical model and the social model. The medical model refers to a disability as a “physical or mental impairment of the individual and its person with social consequences. It regards the limitations faced by people with disabilities as resulting primarily‚ or solely‚ from their impairments” Wasserman et al (2011). Under the medical model people are defined by their illness or medical condition. The medical
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Communities of Practice (CoP) & Communities of Interest (CoINs) Prepared By: Trung Phat Lam (LAM09310251) For: Villem Van Ree Date: 21 March 2011 Course Title: Diploma of Business [International Business] Course Code: BSB52004 Module Title: Analyse Consumer Behaviour for Specific International Markets Module Code: BSBINT502A Executive Summary * The report was created in order to learn about Communities of Practice and Communities of Interest and the differences between
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