PHYSICAL/HEALTH ASSESSMENT Assessment is a core activity of nursing practice. It includes gathering information about the health status of a patient/client‚ analyzing/inspecting and interpreting the data and deciding how to use the information in the patient’s plan of care‚ and evaluating the quality of the plan of care. It also includes assessing community‚ or population and using the information in planning and delivering care. ***How has your practice in nursing enabled you to apply the principles
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directs an individual’s thinking‚ doing and being. Within the context of nursing practice‚ cultural backgrounds can influence views on health and well-being and illness‚ which in turn might have an effect on their perceptions on healthcare and healthcare outcomes. Due to the recurrent concerns regarding the challenges encountered in the care for culturally diverse patients‚ transcultural care has become an important aspect of health care. Nowadays the goal of the medical system is to provide optimal and
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Definition of Nursing: Nursing is the protection‚ promotion. And optimization of health and abilities‚ prevention of illness and injury‚ alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response‚ and advocacy in the care of individuals‚ families‚ communities‚ and populations. (ANA) Person: Is the individual and the family. When we care for a patient we need to remember that their families are affected by the acute illness or dealing with the chronic disease also. Environment:
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Chapter 1 Nursing Images throughout History 1) The angle of mercy 2) The handmaiden 3) The battle-ax 4) The naughty nurse 5) The military image A. Nurses on the battlefield Hospitalers – specialized soldiers who at the end of battle returned to the outposts to care for the sick and injured Army nursing service – organize nurses and hospitals and coordinate supplies for the soldiers during the Civil War Clara Barton a. Provided care in tents set up close to the fighting b. Did not discriminate
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Metaparadigm in Nursing Demonstrate the ability to incorporate the dimensions of a person‚ nursing and enviorment to promote the health in a various nursing situations. The different metaparadigm in nursing: Nursing Paradigms are patterns or models used to show a clear relationship among the existing theoretical works in nursing. At present‚ many nursing theories are focused on relationships among four major concepts (metaparadigms: Greek “meta“-with and “paradeigma“-pattern): The 4 metaparadigm
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Nursing career is one of the few fastest growing fields in the health care industry‚ not only in the United States‚ but also in the world. Nurse practice has drastically changed in the last decade and as a result the need for changes in nursing practice is becoming more and more important. The Affordable Care Act of 2010 (ACA) will place many demands on health professionals and offer them many opportunities to create a system that is more patient centered. The legislation has begun the long process
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ROLE OF COMMUNITY RADIO IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT Aim: To analyze how effectively the community radio can be used for the community development. Objectives: • To identify how far the community radio has played its role in creating awareness about the local issues such as social‚ environment and economic. • To analyze the reach of community radio among public. • To identify what genre of program is attracted by the public in community radio. • To analyze how far the community radio has created a change
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in a variety of fields for many years. Within nursing‚ the term ‘mentor’ denotes “A nurse‚ midwife or specialist community public health nurse who facilitates learning and supervises and assesses students in a practice setting”‚ (Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) 2005). The essay will explore the role of the mentor in the field of nursing‚ with personal reflection on the authors experience as a mentor in my current role as a community mental health nurse (CMHN). The mentor-mentee learning relationship
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This essay will debate whether or not that the social determinants of health can help reduce health inequalities within the nursing workforce and the Australian Health Care System. To define the social determinants is “how people are born‚ how they grow‚ live‚ work and age which are influenced by the distribution of money and power”. These social determinants are the main reason for most health inequalities. 1. Inequality refers to the state of being unequal. It implies that the distribution of
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the Metaparadigms of Nursing Selina Bickle Camosun College Understanding Metaparadigms of Nursing The metaparadigm views of nursing involve the understanding and analysis in four parts: the person‚ environment‚ health care‚ and nursing care (Potter‚ Perry‚ Ross-Kerr & Wood‚ 2010). In the past‚ nursing theorists have shown that the language used when referring to individuals being cared for has an impact on the person‚ the care provided and the entire scope of nursing practice (Potter et
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