The two most important things to know about the evolution of health policy include the access and quality of care‚ and financing care. How healthcare is delivered and who has access to care‚ and how will we offer affordable care through a universal health plan are all important things to focus on as healthcare continues to evolve of the years. Health care policy in the United States is now driven primarily by financing and health insurance mechanisms‚ particularly the federal Medicare program and
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Being an active member of the Quincy Public School community for the past nine years has allowed me to give and gain much. Everyone benefits when members of the community partner with schools to provide quality education. In elementary school‚ parents wanted their children to get more exercise and spend more time outside. I benefited from Reebok’s partnership with my school to pilot an early morning exercise program. The Parent Teachers Organization wanted to build an outdoor learning space‚ but
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Identify one area of nursing research that has improved patient outcomes. State the study and its impact on patient care. How have these findings changed your nursing practice? The American Association of Colleges of Nursing ‚ believes that education has a major impact on the knowledge and competencies of the nurse clinician. AACN helps employers to get benefit on the education and experience provided by the different educational programs leading to the registered nurse description by using these
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Health Promotion/Community Health Project and Paper Focus Group of Forest Park Howard Mohr Community Center After-School Program Forest Park‚ IL By Susan Reighard Population Health Loyola University New Orleans Online Course Instructor: Dr. Angelique White-Williams May 2010 Health Promotion/Community Health Project and Paper: Focus Group of Forest Park Howard Mohr Community Center After-School Program‚ Forest Park‚ IL The purpose of this paper is to summarize and detail the observations
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Alcohol consumption poses a threat for many public health harms. Impaired driving is one of the largest contributors to motor vehicle crashes (Burris‚ Grunwald‚ Anderson‚ &ump; Filippoli‚ 2011). In the United States each year roughly 13‚400 people die and an additional 255‚500 are injured in motor vehicle crashes involving an alcohol-impaired driver according to Burris et al.‚ 2011. In 2006‚ these crashes accounted for almost a third of all U.S. traffic-related deaths (Burris et al.‚ 2011). Alcohol
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Public Funding: The Great Impact On the Community Supersized digital displays‚ retractable roofs‚ luxurious suits and seats‚ brand new state of the art technology‚ all things that are publicly financed by taxpayers and host cities of professional sports teams for their stadiums. Public subsidization is a policy that needs to stay around. Public funding of sports stadiums will boost the economy of not only the city‚ but the region around the city as well. When cities are willing to bring in and subsidize
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ROLE OF NURSE IN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH INTRODUCTION The trend in psychiatric care is shifting from that of inpatient hospitalization to a focus of outpatient care within the community. Community mental health services include all those activities in the community connected with mental health other than the institutional or hospitalized setting. The community approach focuses on the total population of defined geographical area rather than individual patient. Emphasis is mainly on preventive services
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Bloom ’s Taxonomy and Nursing Education Beverly Andrus NUR/427 Health and Chronic Disease Management January 9‚ 2012 Myra Ball Bloom ’s Taxonomy and Nursing Education Bloom’s Taxonomy model has three domains. These are cognitive‚ affective‚ and psychomotor. Nurses use these three domains when they are teaching patients. It takes knowledge‚ attitude‚ and skills for patients to learn something new that they will need to know to take care of themselves effectively. Nurses use Blooms educational
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Community Health Practicum “Childhood obesity in Bridgeport‚ Connecticut” Naomie Trofort Western Governors University February 16‚ 2013 Outline A. Introduction B.1. Community Assessment B.2. Genogram B.3. Health Concern B.4 Population B.4a. Health Inequity B.4b. Data B.5 Resources and Partners C.1. Diagnosis D.1. Outcomes or goals E.1. Nursing Actions E.2. Work to Improve Health Concern E.3. Partnership E.4. Objectives E.5. Timelines F.1. Evaluation G.1. Conclusion Abstract Nursing
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In this paper‚ I will be talking about the nursing theory that I choose and it is my job to explain to the audience how my theory applies to my change project and what expected changes we can expects if it is applied to the change project. Fundamental Concepts The nursing theory that I will be using is the Health Promotion Model‚ the health promotion model was created by Nola J. Pender. This model basically defines health as a positive dynamic state rather than simply the absence of disease. The
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