To begin with upstream‚ it is defined as the level in which we use primary prevention methods before the person gets the disease. (Levels of Disease Prevention‚2009) Primary prevention aims to prevent the disease from occurring. So primary prevention reduces both the incidence and prevalence of a disease. (Levels of Disease Prevention‚2009). In primary prevention‚ choices are encouraged that will promote the overall health of an individual‚ population or community. Basic healthcare choices such as
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Nursing Philosophy Paper Nursing Philosophy Paper The principals I will build my nursing practice on follow my faith and life experiences. I am a Christian and it has played an enormous role in becoming a nurse and I have found it has strengthened my faith to be in school. When I started taking my anatomy classes I was afraid I might question my faith as I learned to think scientifically‚ but that never happened. The more I learned to admire the awesome human body‚ the more my faith
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knowledge of the foundations and history of nursing helps nursing practice today because it shows not only how far we have come in healthcare and nursing but also how important education has been and still is for nurses. Looking back on history and research of practices help us understand why we do some of the things we do today as nurses such as something as simple as washing our hands. It is also amazing how far medical technology has come. Three trends in nursing practice: 1. The training and education
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placement. It will discuss several issues binding nursing practice with issues of ethics and the model of reflection which provided me with a good structure and which I found most appropriate‚ is Gibbs model (Gibbs 1988). This particular model incorporates - description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and the action plan. I have examined my own values and beliefs to the individual receiving care and have integrated and explored theory related to this in order to discuss and debate these
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Introduction The profession of nursing main factor is to improve the health and quality of life. That is geared towards individuals‚ families‚ and communities/ population depending on area of interest. Which allows certain skills and qualities that is required by nurses to be carried out by their roles and responsibilities. The foundation that represents the nursing profession is the conceptual framework pillars of nursing. For example‚ public health nursing to use the philosophical skills and practices
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(David‚ 2004). In this essay I am reflecting on an incident that happened in my earlier years of working as a professional nurse. The incident I am sharing and the subsequent learning I have gained by reflecting it helped me in the later years of my nursing career. During my career as a professional nurse I have worked in several hospitals also attended several cases and those provided me with lot of insights and leanings. As per NMC 2002 guidelines‚ for protecting identify of the patient‚ names have
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International University SCHOOL OF BUSINESS COURSE SYLLABUS1 Project Management Note: The outline with specific venue and time‚ and updated learning materials for the current semester will be provided to the enrolled students by the lecturer 1. COURSE STAFF Lecturer: Room: 207 Telephone: E-mail: Consultation Hours: 8.00 – 11.00 Thursday morning or by appointment Teaching Assistant: 2. COURSE INFORMATION 1 2.1 Teaching times
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differential relay. 1 3 Protection Of Transmission Line : Over current protection‚ distance protection‚ pilot wire 2 protection‚ carrier current protection‚ protection of bus‚ auto reclosing‚ 1 1 4 Circuit Breaking : Properties of arc‚ arc extinction theories‚ restriking 1 voltage transient‚ current chopping‚ resistance 2 switching‚ capacitive current interruption‚ short line 2 interruption‚ circuit breaker ratings. Testing Of Circuit Breaker : Classification‚ testing station and
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NURSING PRACTICE: CARE OF COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PRACTICUM PROJECT PLANNING SHEET This portion of the assessment is to determine how a disaster would impact the daily activities and health care need of the community aggregate. 1. Describe‚ in detail‚ specific to their age‚ health conditions‚ or other factors‚ what resources the members need to assemble prior to a disaster where evacuation or sheltering in place is required. Every community does have its problems and every community is
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Moules and Ramsay (1998) identify many areas for child health promotion. This includes smoking‚ exercise‚ diet and nutrition‚ sexual health‚ dental health‚ skin care and the sun‚ accidents‚ alcohol and drug abuse. As with the other branches of nursing‚ health promotion can take forms of primary‚ secondary or tertiary intervention. Interventions may depend on the age of the child. Younger children‚ for example pre school aged children will benefit form health promotion aimed at the parents. Health
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