Community Health Strategies Paper Access to Quality Health Care Access to quality health care is so vitally important in not only eliminating‚ but decreasing the prevalence of health problems and fatalities. By providing health care for all types of people‚ there will in turn be an increase in the years of life and quality for individuals involved. Healthy people 2010 strives to make health care accessible to all Americans no matter what their insurance‚ background or situation. The public
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Why I chose WGU for my degree? WGU employs a competency-based model where a student may earn college credits based on their knowledge‚ work experience and skills. In order to speed up your preparation for each course‚ you would typically take a pre-assessment test of a specified domain of competency‚ based on the result of which your mentor would work with you to create a study strategy to prepare you for your final test. This way you would save precious time by not having to study through the entire
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public and community health. “Public health nursing focuses on populations. It is not about the setting where care is delivered. It is first and foremost a philosophy applied in any setting where populations exist” (Stanhope & Lancaster‚ 2008‚ p.191). Public health is designed to help improve the health‚ safety and welfare of the general public looking at the long term‚ prospective health of the entire public. Public health involves the health of the county‚ state and nation. Public health protects
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Community Health Assessment: Case of King County My community is King County in Seattle‚ WA; the county is faced with many socio-economic and political challenges. For example‚ a considerable percentage of its population comprises low-income earners with some having low education levels; as a result‚ they also face major health threats. In addition‚ there is a shortage of healthcare facilities and providers‚ and hence the entire population faces major health challenges. To conduct an analysis and
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During the 1800’s the overall health of the public was extremely poor‚ children and babies were dying in their thousands‚ and adults would work in the most horrific of conditions. Families of 8 or 9 would live in 1 room where they all slept‚ ate and washed if they had the water to‚ the sewage was all over the place as there was no proper sewage lines‚ People had to bath in the same water they urinated in‚ they also had to drink this dirty water as it was the only water they had access to. The working
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HAT 1 – Task 2 A. Explain how your own perceptions about quality of life and health promotion might affect your care for a dying patient with a lingering illness such as cancer. My perceptions about quality of life would and have affected my care of dying patients. I have been asked in numerous situations for my opinion from a patient or family member and my answer is generally the same. You should do what you think is best for the patient. Take yourself out of the equation
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Christopher Mann Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing C228 VWT Task 1 August 4‚ 2015 Identification of Community Located in the north central part of the state‚ just south of Tallahassee and north of Orlando is Alachua County‚ Florida. Alachua County includes the cities and towns of Alachua‚ Archer‚ Gainesville‚ Hawthorne‚ High Springs‚ La Crosse‚ Micanopy‚ Newberry‚ and Waldo. Amongst these towns and cities‚ Gainesville is the largest and was appointed the county
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This paper will discuss the importance of the family health nursing for today’s nurses. It will also discuss the importance of understanding the history of the family and how it has changed and evolved. The paper will explore the concept of what constitutes a family today and will include a personal view of family health nursing. Family as an important focus for nurses In the ever-changing world of technology in the healthcare setting‚ it is important not to overlook the family as a very important
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mental health professionals outlined in this course and their effectiveness. Community Psychiatric Nurse (CPN) Community psychiatric nurses have a vast amount of responsibilities and roles within the mental health sector. They are a registered nurse that have undergone specialised training in mental health who work within the community. Some can be attached to general doctor surgeries‚ within the prison system‚ mental health units‚ homes and even the homeless and/or community mental health centres
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JDT-2‚ Task-1‚ Kenneth B. Davis Student #000166146 A. The Concept of Constructive Discharge. Constructive discharge is legally defined as a given set of working conditions that are so intolerable that a reasonable employee would be compelled to resign even though the employer has not issued a formal termination notice ("Constructive discharge law‚"). Given that the employee has resigned as a result of being required to work on a religious holy day‚ the following Supreme Court case law
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