Health Promotion in Nursing Practice EZIAKU J OLIVER Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion January 13‚ 2013 Health promotion is defined by the world health organization as the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve‚ their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions
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ASSESSMENT & CARE PLAN CLIENT CASE STUDY #2 Student: Fall 2010 Client Initials: VC Age: 82 Gender: Female Date Admitted to Nursing Home: 12/14/07 Assessment Date: 12/3/10 1. HEALTH HISTORY Brief description of health history and reason in nursing home: VC has a history of malignant neoplasm of her large intestine which lead to her colostomy status. She also has a history of fracture and fall. She was admitted to the nursing facility secondary to her alzheimer’s diagnosis
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Reflect on how socio-emotional and mental health issues or concerns are crucial to implement or continue a child care health advocate program. Identify challenging behaviors that you may have observed. Remember not to be specific related to confidentiality; please be generic. We need to beware of behavioral warning signs can be anything for hitting‚ biting‚ startled from routines or events‚ extreme mood swings‚ sudden behavior changes‚ withdrawn from playing with their peers are just some of the
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WHO (1946)‚” good health is a state of complete physical‚ social and mental well-being‚ and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” Not only physical health is important but also psychological health‚ and they both are regarded as the essential for social stability. However‚ mental health is not like physical health can be simply diagnosed by physical syndromes and it needs more evaluations so mental health is neglected easily. There is not a doubt that mental health is one of upsetting
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Beacon Behavioral Health is a freestanding community mental health center located at 3200 Ridge Lake Dr. Suite 100 in Metairie‚ Louisiana. The CEO is P. Sean Wendell. The interview was conducted with Gail Boylan‚ LMSW. Centers also exist in Baton Rouge‚ Houma‚ Northshore‚ and Lutcher. Beacon Behavioral Hospital also owns 2 freestanding hospitals‚ one in New Orleans and one in Lutcher. Beacon’s mission statement is “to provide unsurpassed patient care in a compassionate‚ cost effective and ethical
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My goal is to become a mental health counselor. This project helped me investigate all the details of that career. I was able to apply what skills I currently have and will gain to properly match myself to this profession. Not only did I explore why this career is right for me‚ but I also explored graduate school options and found the best one for me. I am now sure of my future and have set my goals accordingly. When I started this project I had no idea of what I wanted to do. I had a deep
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Mental Ill and Workplace Lack of Diversity Literature Review Introduction Being employed is a life experience which everyone wishes they could experience. Being employed allows an individual prospect of belonging‚ gratitude and allows them to build their self worth. People who have low self esteem believe that they are less fortunate in obtain employment then others. There are many obstacles that the mentally ill experience when trying to again employment. After conducting this research I have
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Family Care Plan Thomas Chamness University of Phoenix Nursing 467 Karen Jones November 20‚ 2010 Family Care Plan My family consists of a single mother‚ age 27. Her child is a 3-year-old male. The characteristics of the mother are unique; she had to deal with losing both of her parents at a young age. Her father committed suicide when she was nine and her mother was murdered in the line of duty while working as a state trooper. The mother also has no siblings. At the present time
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Health Care Professionals Denise Brinson Dr. Manuel Johnican Health Services Organizations HAS 500 007 May 30‚ 2011 Health Care Professionals 1. Identify and describe three reasons there may be a physician shortage rather than a surplus in the United States. One reason for shortage is widespread dissatisfaction‚ particularly in managed care. Both physicians and patients feel there is a limit on choice. “Medicine’s distaste of tightly controlled reimbursement and of non-physicians’
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million people‚ will be without health care insurance because coverage will be too expensive (CQ Health beat News‚ 2005). The United States spends more money on health care than other industrialized nations but is the only one that doesn’t ensure health care coverage for all citizens. Every year‚ approximately 18‚000 unnecessary deaths occur because of health insurance lacking in the United States‚ (Institute of Medicine [IOM]‚ 2002). Proponents of universal health care coverage say this problem is
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