1. The term health promotion is defined as: a planned action to help others improve their health. It involves political‚ educational‚ environmental‚ actions that support individuals‚ groups‚ and communities. The overall goal of health promoters is to improve the quality of life for everyone. They believe that quality of life and health status are linked‚ and if health status improves quality of life improves as well. Health promotion first started in the late 19th century to help prevent deaths
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Client mentions she suffers from the following medical conditions Hypertension‚ and depression. Client reported mental problem and she is currently attending individual session with Ms. Olga Vazquez-LCSW/Mental Health Clinician affiliated with the Institute for Family Health located at 16 East 16th St‚ New NY 1003 tel# 212-2065200. On 4/3/2017‚ client met with the onsite psychiatrist doctor and she was diagnosed with Axis! Severe episode of recurrent major depression d/o‚ without psychotic
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Cardinal Health‚ Inc. Company History Cardinal Health was founded in 1971 when founder Robert D. Walter opened a small distribution center in Columbus‚ Ohio‚ then named Cardinal Foods‚ Inc. In 1979 the food distributor branched out into pharmaceutical distribution when the company purchased a Zanesville‚ Ohio‚ drug distributor and became known as Cardinal Distribution ("Our history‚" 2011). The company evolved over the next several years; they went public and was renamed Cardinal Health in 1983
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1. Describe the population/community in terms of their demographics (age‚ gender‚ ethnicity‚ etc.) and their current health status (mortality‚ illnesses‚ etc.). How do you gather this data? Infant mortality is a huge issue affecting public health in the United States. For the past three years the maternal mortality rate in Miami-Dade County has been increasing‚ due to racial disparities. The percentage of preterm birth and births of low birth weight and very low birth weight babies are higher in
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in our scenario‚ many Americans have low health literacy skills. According to Davis et al
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Patient: Ms. Jane Doe DOB: 2/18/82 Address: Jones‚MS Civil Status: Married Nationality: Caucasian Religion: Baptist Admission: 9/7/12 Discharged: 9/10/12 Unit: Adult Type of Admission: Voluntary Ms. Doe is a 30 year old white female. She is married and lives at home with her husband‚ her four children (ages 11‚ 9‚ 6‚ and 4 yrs). Her youngest brother lives in the home with them‚ also. She is a graduate from Jones High School and is currently
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One of the key success factors for reengineering in health care is the ability of the nursing leader or manager to redefine their organizations in terms of process. Health care reengineering is a powerful practice that helps organizations reorder priorities‚ provide more cost-effective care‚ and increase value to patients. Reengineering is not a solution‚ it is a critical core competency and essential skill for health care organizations if they are to succeed under managed care in future. Therefore
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The Institute of Medicine reports that America is falling short of its health potential. Identify contributing factors that can explain the US life expectancy ranking as compared to other countries. The problem in the US is rooted in economics. The “Haves” continue to promote their big businesses by funding our legislators’ campaigns to entrench their for-profit-above-all philosophy. This is a supreme example of social engineering. This schema is what fuels and pervades medical and insurance related
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Health Composite Winston Salem State University Abstract The author of this paper has performed a health assessment on an adult patient and will discuss the findings in this paper. The author will introduce the client‚ complete the health history‚ and physical exam. While summarizing the findings‚ the nursing diagnosis and the plan of care‚ will be discussed in order to help the patient achieve health goals. Keywords: health history‚ nursing diagnosis‚ health assessment
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ACCELERATORS FOR THE MAJOR CLINICAL SERVICE AREAS IN ALEGENT HEALTH Goal : To create strategies for the major clinical service area. This will help to advance the health system’s objective of “changing the face of health care”. Recommended Action Plan : a) Diagnosis - Old fashioned system that was form through merging 2 religious-sponsored health care systems. It had its own managed care insurance program – implementing a consumer-directed health care program for its employees and had about 100 employed
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