Home Health Nursing Concern for health and wellness in the community has a substantial history in nursing. Home health‚ one component of community health nursing is rapidly growing due to the rising costs in health care. The purpose of this paper is to discuss the history of public health nursing‚ and the impact that home health has on the nursing practice. History of Public Health Nursing The concept of caring for the sick in the community was first introduced in 1601 when the Elizabeth Poor
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a differentiation of a person resulting to a boundary between “us” and “them” (Link and Phelan 2001). These affect consumers in a way they are discriminated and treated differently because they have mental illness. The effect of stigma can take away the rights of consumers who are suffering from mental illness causing social dilemmas (SANE Australia 2013). A survey shows 74% of consumers experience stigma from school‚ work‚ and social activities. Consumers had only one feedback‚ to reduce stigma so
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Background Mental Health has always been a troubling issue in Australia‚ not to mention the world with recent statistics by the ABS stating that approximately 40% of people will have suffered a mental health issue or know someone who has in the last 12 months at any given time‚ and that the majority of the population will suffer form of mental illness in their lifetime (Australian Bureau of Statistics‚ 2008). As a result‚ Australia has many policies and programs in place within the mental health sector
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My personal statement Mental health I have chosen this field of nursing as I find all the elements fascinating due to the different challenges I would have to face. Nursing is a very challenging and demanding career; and this field especially so‚ however I feel the rewards would be great and that I am ready to embark on this career. I am ready and very eager to accomplish this career where i can help and care for people to the best of my ability and becoming a mental health nurse would allow me to
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Mental Health Issues in Adults Mental health is defined in Healthy People 2020 as encompassing the ability to engage in productive activities and fulfilling relationships with other people‚ to adapt to change and to cope with adversity (USDHHS‚ 2010). In the United States nearly 57.7 Million adults (18 years and above) suffer from a mental health disorder in a given year and 6% of the population suffers from a serious mental illness (NIMH‚ 2010). The purpose of this paper is to look into the perspective
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Maternity Health nursing Kholud Rajab Yousef is 29 years pregnant woman in her 32 gestational weeks‚ G: 8. P:4 admitted to antenatal wards at 6/12/2011 with complain of dizziness ‚ shortness of breath‚ palpitation and fatigue‚ she also have history of varicosities since 5 years ago‚ which cause acute pain in her legs. The pt. is on regular diet‚ not smoker‚ educational level is high school‚ she is house wife‚ her husband educational level is secondary school‚ he work as taxi driver ‚ he is
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Nursing Care Model Nurses are the first line of defense in patient’s care and are essential in the healthcare system. They are not only delivering care to the patients‚ but they also teaching‚ advocating for their patients‚ and providing comfort and support for the patients and their families. The way the nurses deliver the care to the patients is guided by the nursing care model that is used in the facility. According to Finkelman (2016)‚ “nursing practice models have been used to implement recourse-intensive
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Introduction To lead effectively‚ you have to strike the difficult balance between communication and accountability. Different situations call for different leadership approaches‚ depending on corporate needs‚ objectives and available resources. Ultimately the goal of any leader is to get results. Here’s a list of the various common leadership types. Types of Leadership The Autocrat The autocratic dictator is the one of the most common types of leaders. The autocrat’s approach is to make unilateral
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Change Management Individual Assignment Individual Assignment: Leadership and Change Management Workplace change‚ due to a sustainable workplace Author: Nasrin Solati Class: Master of Science in Facility management Term: Spring 2013 Deadline: 05 June 2013 © 2013 ZHAW Institute for Facility Management I Change Management Individual Assignment Summary This report bases on a hypothetical organization‚ which is going to apply a change process in whole organization
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assessments used on this client and discuss the holistic needs of the client. My placement area was with a Community Mental Health Team and so the assessment tool used was the Community Mental Health Team Assessment and Progress Record. Carpenito-Moyet (2005‚ p.231) defined an assessment as “the deliberate and systematic collection of data to determine a client’s current and past health status and to evaluate the client’s present and past coping patterns”. Harrison et al (2005) explain that the aims
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