As mental health nurses‚ we are granted a seemingly disproportionate power and latitude to practise when compared to our colleagues in general nursing. This is due to a number of factors; firstly‚ that mental illness is difficult to define‚ in the eyes of the public it constitutes an intangible wrongness about an individual that cannot be measured or even seen clearly. Due to misrepresentation and scaremongering by the media‚ mental health services are often viewed as taking the role of protecting
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The meaning of the term culture in nursing has changed significantly in recent decades. Culture may be seen as the learned‚ shared value and beliefs of a particular group (Spence‚ 2001). Cultural expression assumes many forms‚ including language‚ traditions‚ stress‚ pain‚ anger‚ sorrow‚ spirituality‚ decision making and even world philosophy (Catalano‚ 2006).Cultural safety is a process that involves the individual knowing of their self and their own culture‚ becoming aware of‚ respectful of‚ and
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NUR 420 Fall 2013 Final Exam Focus Areas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Health care for homeless‚ why is it so costly? They typically have to stay in the hospital for a longer amount of time because they have a lot more co-morbidities that need to be treated. Being brought to the ED is extremely expensive. Critical interventions are very costly‚ and so are all the diagnostic tests that must be done. They usually don’t have
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Fortinash: Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing‚ 5th Edition Chapter 08: Culture‚ Ethnicity and Spirituality Case Studies - Critical Thinking Answer Guidelines CASE STUDY: HOLISTIC ASSESSMENT The patient is a 66-year-old woman who has been hospitalized for an extensive period (approximately 6 weeks). The initial problems were major depression‚ anxiety‚ and a degenerative spinal condition that required several surgeries. The spinal condition is treatable‚ but the process will leave her with
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Infectious Mononucleosis and Community Health Nursing Infectious mononucleosis (IM)‚ or "mono‚" is a communicable disease that is most commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). EBV is one of the most common human viruses found all over the world‚ and most people will become infected with it at some point in their lives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2014a). However‚ not all people infected with EBV will develop IM. By understanding the epidemiologic triangle of IM and
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Therapeutic communication is a core factor in mental health nursing. It is important for a mental health nurse to have knowledge and interpersonal skills to communicate with a client who is experiencing a mental health disorder. Therefore‚ it allows a good relationship between a nurse and a client. Communication is an involvement with thinking‚ feeling and behaviour either its verbal‚ in writing or non verbal. Therapeutic communication is mostly client focused and is towards patient’s “goal directed”
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Community Health Nursing Task 1 Jeanne MacDonald Western Governors University Student ID 000287537 I chose as my community El Dorado County in the foothills of Northern California. I live in this community. We are a very healthy and active community with a large
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Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two Tonya Krell Phoenix June 28‚ 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two The aspects of community and aggregate are closely connected and people tend to use the terms interchangeably. The best way to explain the difference between the two concepts is by examples to differentiate and get a clearer understanding of the difference between the two concepts. This paper will define aggregate and community giving a brief support from current literature
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Public and Community HealthTanyale BellHCS/457October 27‚ 2014 Rebecca BrownPublic and Community HealthIn today’s 21 century there are many national‚ state‚ local government‚ and health agencies with large amount of information that reflects on teenage pregnancy. For a long time teenage pregnancy has been a number one issue in the United States. Within‚ my paper you’ll find actually facts showing on how the information overlap‚ the type of structure you see at each levels of government‚ what functions
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Community Health Strategies Nursing /405 June 25‚ 2010 Community Health Strategies Alcohol abuse and alcoholism affects every gender‚ race‚ and nationality. Abuse of alcohol is a major cause of preventable deaths associated with violence‚ motor vehicle crashes‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ and is a leading cause of death among youth (Ringold‚ 2006). According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA)‚ (2010)‚ approximately 17.6 million people in the United States (about one in every 12
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