Introduction The Primary Community and Continuing Care (2009) state that public health nurses (PHNs) provide preventative and curative care within specific geographical regions to people of various age groups. Mulcahy et al (2012) describe PHNs as ‘population based generalist nurses’. Public health nurse’s areas of care vary from wound dressing clinics to postnatal home visits. Placement in this area involved experiences such as the addiction clinic‚ breastfeeding clinic and first postnatal visits
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the 1960s‚ concurrent with the growing attention on mental health‚ the promotion of community mental health centers became a major federal initiative after the U.S. passed the Mental Retardation Facilities and Community Mental Health Centers Construction Act in 1963. The construction of mental health centers in local communities exploded. Their bold agenda in transitioning patients out of state psychiatric hospitals and into communities was aimed to promote more humane treatment and foster social
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Importance of Family Health History Your Patients’ and Your Own JoAnn Grif Alspach‚ RN‚ MSN‚ EdD‚ Editor As much as we might anticipate that the most cutting-edge scientific approaches to health assessment would afford the most reliable indicators for guiding health care decisions‚ that isn’t always the case. Researchers at the Genomic Medicine Institute’s Center for Personalized Genetic Healthcare at the Cleveland Clinic recently reported that when an assessment of family health history was compared
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This paper received all 4s on the grading rubric. I mention this so you can eval the paper appropriately. I hope it helps. Community Health Nursing Community Description and Interpretation of Data America’s Finest City‚ San Diego‚ California is located in the southern most county in California‚ San Diego County. “San Diego is the second largest city in California”‚ (Wikipedia‚ 2013). Bordered by Orange and Riverside Counties to the north‚ Imperial County to the east‚ the Pacific Ocean
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from the economy‚ health and illness‚ and familial structure breakdown. This has caused a change in the way the homes in the area appear. Currently‚ many of the homes have lost their curb appeal. At one time this neighborhood had beautiful maintained lawns‚ many of the homes had fresh paint or siding applied‚ and during spring or income tax time you could count on watching many neighbors being in their yards spring cleaning and fixing up. There was a time when the community had tool borrowing
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A geopolitical community is a community‚ which is either man-made or surrounded by natural boundaries. It is considered a traditional point of view about communities. Man-made boundaries could be the towns where we live‚ work‚ or go to school. Natural boundaries could be the land formations that separate and isolate groups of people (Maurer & Smith 2008). The geopolitical community I live in is Nassau County‚ Long Island in New York. Nassau County is made up of many suburbs and towns and is located
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The aim of this case study is to provide a detailed account of a patients holistic health care needs from a health promotion perspective utilising the Tannahill Model which will be described. In promoting the health of the patient maintaining individuality within a diverse community will also be discussed by the application of the model to the patient. Mary‚ the patient the study focuses on (surname withheld to uphold confidentiality)‚ was chosen due to the writers involvement throughout the duration
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In this essay‚ it is about the journal article that I had presented in the Journal Club. In the following‚ I am going to summarize the concerned clinical issue / practice presented in the journal article. In the second part of the essay‚ I will analyze the concerned clinical issue / practice and relate to my prior learning and/or experience. Next‚ I will discuss on what I have learned from the concerned clinical issue / practice. Lastly‚ I am going to recommend strategies to facilitate my learning
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A critical analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of urbanization in Malawi In Malawi urbanization is defined as a process whereby the functions of a rural settlement increasingly become oriented towards non-agricultural activities (United Nations Malawi‚ 2011). Malawi is rated as the fastest urbanizing country in the world with 20% of its population classified as urban and it is estimated that about 44% of the country’s population will be urban by 2015 (Gondwe‚ Feng & Ayenagbo‚ 2011). It
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The History and Research of Health Unit Coordinator Clover Park Technical College Brandy Richardson The History of Health Unit Coordinator I am going to give you the reader‚ an in depth look at my future career and what Health Unit Coordinating is and how it became along with an interview from Miss Clarissa English Snow from one of the top hospitals in Pierce County‚ WA. This will help you understand the responsibilities of a Health Unit Coordinator (Desk Nurse) VS. Registered
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