Community Health Article On January 9‚ 2007 an article was published in the LaCrosse Tribune which touched base on living donors. A lady named Cindy Stambach needed a kidney once her own kidney failed after chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer. A total stranger named Rick Gardner‚ who is a nurse at Franciscan Skemp in Stoddard Wisconsin‚ decided to give up one of his kidneys to her. Rick stated that he had seen so many people waiting for a transplant and that he wanted once less person to have
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FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Julie Luciano Grand Canyon University NRS 429 Family Health Promotion November 2‚ 2009 Family Health Assessment Conducting a thorough assessment of a families health‚ and health beliefs is important in understanding the family as a whole unit. “A comprehensive family assessment provides the foundation to promote family health” (Edelman & Mandle‚ 2006‚ p. 154). Once a health assessment is completed‚ the nurse can initiate health promotion
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NURSING PRACTICE: HEALTH PROMOTION IN THE COMMUNITY GUIDELINES AND EVALUATION CRITERIA FOR FAMILY HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT Overall Objective: Using a nursing conceptual model as a framework‚ the student will complete a detailed health risk assessment of a well family. Specific Objectives: The student will: Describe the nursing conceptual model that will be used to guide the family health risk assessment. Use the guidelines below to complete a health risk assessment of a well family
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Family Health Assessment Cassandra Hyden Grand Canyon University NRS 429V October 19‚ 2014 Family Health Assessment A family is a body of individuals that are related by blood‚ adoption‚ cohabitation‚ or marriage who reliantly perform important capacities by satisfying certain roles. Important family capacities incorporate practices and qualities put on wellbeing (Rentfro‚ 2014). Gordon’s eleven functional health patterns help arrange essential family assessment data. Assessment incorporates
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FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Boretzky Family Health Assessment Michelle Phoebe Baltazar Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V September 8‚ 2012 Boretzky Family Health Assessment Gordon’s functional health pattern assessment is a tool that nurses can use to analyze a person’s whole being that incorporates every aspect of that person. Through this approach‚ nurses can ensure that holistic care is provided. The Boretzky family was therefore interviewed to analyze each functional health
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The Heritage Assessment Tool (HAT) is a set of questions used to examine an individual’s ethnic‚ cultural and religious heritage. HAT can be used to understand an individual’s health traditions. The answers to the questionnaire can be used to evaluate how an individual views of health maintenance‚ health protection and health restoration. The author will review three different individuals culture heritage using the HAT. The cultures that are being compare for differences in health traditions of
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Personal Health assessment Jessie Sanders SCI/100 April 8‚ 2013 Tamera Young Personal Health assessment The three dimensions of health that I am strongest in are Social health‚ Emotional health‚ and Intellectual health. I am stronger in Social health I get along with everyone‚ I try to see the good in my friends‚ and I am a good listener. My second highest score came in Emotional health. I believe I am
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Health Assessment Summary - UPT1 Delaney Stephens‚ RN 000352184 Western Governor ’s University Health Assessment Summary - UPT1 The patient is a 47 year old‚ well-nourished male. The head-to-toe assessment was insignificant for any abnormal findings. Mike is healthy‚ appears his age‚ and does not take medications on a daily basis. His vision is declining with age‚ but is easily corrected with prescription glasses. His weight has been consistent for the past several years. His BMI
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Kerry Murphy Family Centered Health Promotion March 15‚ 2014 Family Health Assessment When assessing a family‚ inquiries about the family function through a series of questions which will afford the nurse the information needed to prepare a complete family health plan. Marjory Gordon developed a series of questions in regards to 11 functional health patterns. This particular assessment not only pertains to
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{text:bookmark-start} Personal Health Assessment {text:bookmark-end} Now that I have talked about the three dimensions that are my strongest which of the three remaining dimension of health do I feel I need improvement? Out of physical wellness‚ emotional wellness‚ and environmental/planetary wellness I feel I need improvement in my physical wellness. Now why is this? I feel that I have bad eating habits I exercise but‚ I don’t exercise enough. I don’t get regular medical checkups and I know I’m
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