12 A Community Assessment Comparative Analysis of Price County and Milwaukee County Community Nutrition November 25‚ 2012 12 A Community Assessment Comparative Analysis of Price County and Milwaukee County Community Nutrition November 25‚ 2012 Table of Contents page Definition of the Community……………………………………………………………….…...1 Goals………………………………………………………………………………………….….2 Objectives………..………………………………………………………………………….….. 2 Methods………………………
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COMMUNITY NURSE The gradually shifting of health care from the acute to the non-acute setting is also changing some of the professional nurse’s training. A number of colleges are integrating a more in depth training in community nursing. They are including skill‚ role‚ and competencies required to function as a community health Register Nurse (RN). Examples include an epidemiologist‚ case manager‚ coordinator of services provided to a group of patients‚ occupational health nurse‚ school nurse
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Today‚ community hospital becomes a fast-paced environment. The growing number of consumers‚ including the median age from 40 to 41 years old in the American health care system; the community hospital strategic management is a fender-bender with the country economy and politic. In the same vein‚ the Patient protection and Affordable Care Act expansion of health care of many New Jersey’s people have allowed some things that were limited. People with a pre-existing condition and the children who remain
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Heart Healthy Family African American and Heart Disease Heart disease is the #1 killer for all American’s‚ and the fourth leading cause of death. As scary as this sounds African-Americans are at a much higher risk for getting heart disease‚ 44% men and 48% women. There is good news however‚ African-Americans can improve their odds of preventing this disease‚ by taking simple steps to prevent them. First you need to understand how the heart works. The heart is muscle‚ with blood vessels leading in
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Potential Community Health HESI Topic Areas These are some additional areas you may want to considering being familiar with: Ancathosis nigricans A skin condition characterized by dark‚ thick‚ velvety skin in body folds and creases. Most often‚ acanthosis nigricans affects your armpits‚ groin and neck. There’s no specific treatment for acanthosis nigricans — but treating any underlying conditions‚ such as diabetes and obesity‚ may cause the changes in your skin changes to fade Characteristics
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How can community health nurses apply the strategies of cultural competence to their practice? Provide at least one example from each of four strategies: cultural preservation‚ cultural accommodation‚ cultural repatterning‚ and cultural brokering. What is a possible barrier to applying the strategy/example chosen? Use an example that is different than the postings of other students. As an OB nurse‚ I care for many Hispanic women having babies. One of the culturally challenging barriers I have come
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this partial database‚ this would not be possible without the gathered efforts of everyone belonging to the first group for the first Community Health Nursing rotation. Without which‚ the data gathered were all hard works from the group to be able to come up with a partial diagnosis that may help in taking immediate actions to the severe problems of the community. The raging heat of the sun and the strong rain pour were all worth it because nothing can beat something that is worth the experience
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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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Introduction The American Heritage Medical dictionary (Website one‚ 2007) defines community psychology (CP) as “the application of psychology to community programs for the prevention of mental health disorders and the promotion of mental health.” Public health (PH) on the other hand is defined as “the science and practice of protecting and improving the health of a community as by preventative medicine; health education; control of communicable diseases; application of sanitary measures and monitoring
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Community and Population Health Task I By Charity Baker Introduction I currently reside in Denver County‚ Colorado. I have chosen to assess and analyze this community for this assignment. Denver‚ Colorado is located east of the Eastern Foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Denver County is centrally located within the city of Denver‚ Colorado and includes the Denver International Airport located north-east of the city. The elevation of this county is 5‚277 feet and therefore is nicknamed the
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