Health Assessment is an important process that identifies specific needs of a person‚ collecting subjective and objective data. It is a procedure that allows health professionals to assist in health promotion and risk reduction. As a novice nurse evaluating my patient through this assessment‚ I am able to use a problem- solving approaches that allows me as a novice nurse to identify my patient’s problems and potential risks my patient may encounter‚ as well as plan and evaluate a nursing care plan
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OF FATIMA UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF NURSING NCM 101 COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING Health Promotion and Public Health Health • A State of complete physical‚ mental and social well- being‚ not merely an absence of disease or infirmity (WHO‚ 1948). • A State of being well and using every power the individual possesses to the fullest extent (Nightingale‚ 1969). • Optimum Level of Functioning (OLOF) Determinants of Health (World Health Organization) • The health of individuals and communities
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and Local Health Departments. Community/public health nursing practice: health for families and populations (3rd ed.‚ p. 727). St. Louis‚ MO: Elsevier/Saunders. References Agar‚ M.H. (1973). Ethnography and the addict. In Nadar‚ L.‚ and Maretzki‚ T.W.‚ (eds.) Cultural Illness and Health. Washington‚ DC: American Anthropological Association. Agar‚ M.H. (1986). Speaking of ethnography. Beverly Hills‚ CA: Sage Publications American Nurses Association (ANA) (2007). Public health nursing: Scope and
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illness‚ have negative perceptions on mental health nurses‚ viewing it as less desirable‚ requiring little knowledge and giving no opportunity for professional progression. (Ng‚ et al. 2010) This is because mental health problems are harder to portray and understand than physical health problems‚ along with the fact it is easier to sympathise with someone who has a visible illness. (Angermeyer & Schulze. 2003) Students looking to move into a mental health nursing career are frequently recommended to study
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Life Changes Leading To Career Changes All my life I wanted to be an elementary school teacher‚ the opportunity to help young children grow and learn was very enticing to me. Growing up‚ I constantly played school‚ and I was‚ of course‚ the teacher to anyone or anything that would sit still long enough for me give them my daily lesson. That was until August 2011‚ when my Grandma finally went to the doctor because she had not felt well for months. She was diagnosed with ovarian cancer and
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post! I think that many of the points you make are very good. I do see more resistance to change from some of the other nurses that I work with and I also see more resistance when the change is being mandated from the top down. One major change that is going on now at my clinic is that we are expanding hours and services. While no one is really ever excited about this change if those involved in the change had a say‚ that it would be more receptive (Sanford‚ 2016). For example‚ the hours on the weekend
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Training for Health Care Transformation Conference The Ten Pillars Shaping the Future of Health Science Education: External Forces‚ Ongoing Evolution and Future Trends Jeffrey P. Gold‚ MD Chancellor & Executive VP Health Affairs Executive Dean‚ College of Medicine & Life Sciences The University of Toledo The Education & Training for Health Care Transformation Conference The Ten Pillars Shaping the Future of Health Science Education: External Forces‚ Ongoing Evolution and Future Trends
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NURSING HEALTH HISTORY Nursing Health History is the gathering of subjective and objective data from the patient and his/her significant others through an interview‚ physical assessment‚ reviewing his/her past health history and through his/her medical records upon admission. Vital data of the patient are stated in chronological order to effectively assess patient’s needs‚ complaints and problems and to provide individual care. These vital data provide a conceptual baseline data utilized in developing
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Change is inevitable as we progress through the years. Various techniques become available‚ new diseases are discovered‚ and we discover new treatments based on evidenced based practice. However‚ change can sometimes be hard for people and organizations. The purpose of this discussion board post is to discuss why it is essential for nurses to be a competent leader to effectively manage change and innovation. I will provide two examples of how change has been successfully (or unsuccessfully) managed
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Public health nursing evolved to teach us that wellbeing needs to move outside the individual‚ to include the family and community‚ to make all of the population healthy (Truglio-Londrigan‚ & Lewenson‚ 2013‚ p. 5). Public nursing started out as district nursing‚ in England‚ where nurses transitioned from the hospital‚ to work with the sick poor in their homes. They took care of patients‚ families‚ and communities by protecting the poor from unsanitary conditions and teaching them hygienic routines
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