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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Community Teaching Work Plan Proposal Directions: Develop an educational series proposal for your community using one of the following four topics which was chosen within your CLC group: 1) Bioterrorism/Disaster 2) Environmental Issues 3) Primary Prevention/Health Promotion 4) Secondary Prevention/Screenings for a Vulnerable Population Planning Before Teaching: Name and Credentials of Teacher:NNEKA EZIKE Estimated Time Teaching Will Last:30 MINUTES Location of Teaching:WORLD ANOINTING
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For my final exam question my choice was: Discuss research utilization in nursing practice versus evidenced based practice of nursing. Are the definitions interchangeable? The reference chapter used was chapter 17 in the text book titled Using Research Findings in Practice Settings. I would like to start off by defining Research Utilization and Evidence Based Practice. Research utilization refers to using research knowledge to change an existing clinical practice or profession situation
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A career in nursing can be the most rewarding occupation most people can think of. It truly takes a unique person with a strong sense of discipline‚ diligence‚ responsibility‚ and a love for mankind to take on such a role. While nursing for most is very rewarding‚ it is also an occupation that can very easily overwhelm employees and requires most of the time more so then none‚ a great tolerance to stress. For some when the stress becomes overwhelming‚ it may lead to addiction‚ especially in the
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Description It is my first day of work after graduating from nursing school. I am currently in a remote island of Maldives. It is a small hospital consisting of 50 beds and almost 20 staffs working in 3 shifts. I came for morning duty and the nursing in-charge shown me maternal and surgical ward as my first work place. After taking handing over from the night shift staff I made everything ready for the ward round as the doctors will be here in no time. Just before the doctors arrival we got a patient
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