Aging Positively Abstract A functional assessment of the elderly involves a multi-dimensional diagnostic process designed to evaluate an elderly individual in terms of functional capabilities‚ disabilities‚ medical and psychological characteristics. These assessment tools provide objective data to detect potential impairments among our aging populations. With these tools we are able to evaluate how elderly individuals are aging‚ what assistance is need‚ how to make sure their environment
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look at the assessment tools used to provide holistic care for this client. It will examine the various assessments used on this client and discuss the holistic needs of the client. My placement area was with a Community Mental Health Team and so the assessment tool used was the Community Mental Health Team Assessment and Progress Record. Carpenito-Moyet (2005‚ p.231) defined an assessment as “the deliberate and systematic collection of data to determine a client’s current and past health status and
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Community Health Assessment Alex Goenaga Lehman College Assessment of a community for health care purposes revolves around the goal of treating the community as a client and improving its overall heath. This involves knowing the customs of the community‚ identifying their needs‚ and the usage of their current resources and optimally applying them. Beyond these measures nursing intervention can also include advocating for the community through legislative procedures
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Heritage Assessment Heritage assessment is quite crucial as it is used as a tool to acquire information about a community’s cultural background‚ traditions‚ spiritual life‚ lang8uage‚ health status and social life. Heritage assessment is employed in the healthcare sector for various functions like assessment of a people’s culture‚ providing awareness with regards to health restoration‚ protection and maintenance. Heritage assessment is also employed by the nursing fraternity in provision of medical
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Angina Chest pain signs clenching fist symptoms diaphoresis‚ cold sweats‚ pallor‚ grayness‚ Palpitations‚ dyspnea‚ nausea‚ tachycardia‚ fatigue Dyspnea Shortness of breath difficult‚ labored breathing- quantify exactly. Paroxysmal‚ (sudden increase in symptoms)‚ constant or intermittent‚ recumbent‚ paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea (PND) -- heart failure Orthopnea the need to assume a more upright position to breathe (note exact number of pillows used) Cyanosis/Pallor dusky blue mottling of the skin
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Community Health Assessment of 78382 Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-443 Fall Session‚ November 2012 Audrey L. Hendrix Community Health Assessment of 78382 Introduction In an effort to promote the health needs within a community‚ a successful community health nurse (CHN) must focus on the entire population. In order to accomplish this task‚ the CHN utilizes a scientific approach to determine the priority population focused health needs for the community. According to Nies & McEwen
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Functional Behavioral Assessment Ryan Williamson ECE 201 Maya Raimondi January 7‚ 2013 When it comes to adolescent children they endure several risk factors within their lives. Some of these factors often produce many glitches that have teachers speculating if there are ways they can help deal with behavioral problems that children have. Risk factors may be invisible and families may not recognize them (Kaiser & Sklar Rasminsky‚ 2012). Within this paper‚ there are three risk factors
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Assessment Feedback Sheet (This sheet must be completed for each assignment submitted) Learner name: Nasrin Begum Assessor name: Shwe yu moon Course title: Level 1 Diploma in Skills for Health and Social Care (Adults and Children) Course code: Group 4 Module: OCN UNIT (4 credits) Submission Date: 01/12/2014 Assignment title: Introductory awareness of health and safety in health‚ social care and children’s and young people’s settings Comments on content (based on the assessment criteria):
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care is an important part in the health care settings because it increases the coping ability to the patients against diseases and improves the speed of the recovery. “The spiritual dimension of humans has a multidimensional and complex nature with cognitive‚ emotional‚ and behavioral aspects” (Ebrahimi‚ Areshtanab‚ Khanmiri‚ & Jafarabadi‚ 2017). It is important to the health care providers to understand the patient’s spiritual care by performing spiritual assessment‚ so patient can receive quality
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University: Family Centered Health Promotion 2/16/2014 Health promotion is developing a guidance system to optimize the health and wellness of an individual‚ community‚ or nation. It takes into account and aims to balance the physical‚ spiritual‚ social‚ emotional‚ and intellectual aspects of the recipient‚ and assists them in achieving their goals. “Health Promotion is the art and science of helping people discover the synergies between their core passions and optimal health‚ enhancing their
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