University of Phoenix NUR/408 December 2012 Neighborhood News Abstract Public health is an intervention to improve the health and quality of life through prevention and treatment of disease‚ including physical and mental diseases. It focuses on the community as a whole and the health status of the community. Neighborhood News Neighborhood News contains episodes concerning public health issues in two different communities. One of the issues is an environmental issue with water pollution
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Homelessness and HIV/AIDS NUR 408: Epidemiology: Global and Public Health University of Phoenix Epidemiology is the study of the distribution of diseases in populations and of factors that influence the occurrence of disease. Epidemiology examines epidemic and endemic diseases; it is based on the observation that most diseases do not occur randomly‚ but are related to environmental and personal characteristics that vary by place‚ time‚ and subgroup of the population. The epidemiologist attempts
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Concept Analysis of Self-Mutilation Pamela C. Williams Grand Canyon University: NUR-502 08/24/2011 ConceptAnalysis of Self-Mutilation Many health professional have a difficult time defining self-mutilation. Often times individuals who present with self-inflicted injuries are said to be suicidal. This is not always the case. In order to guide nursing research and develop effective nursing interventions‚ the concept of self mutilation needs to be examined closer. Nurses need to have a
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Critical Care Family Needs Inventory for the emergency department. J Adv Nurs. 2004;45(1): 95-104. Koller PA. Family needs and coping strategies during illness crisis. AACN Clin Issues. 1991;2(2):338-345. Kleinpell RM‚ Powers MJ. Needs of family members of intensive care unit patients. Appl Nurs Res. 1992;5(1):2-8. Al-Hassan MA‚ Hweidi IM. The perceived needs of Jordanian families of hospitalized‚ critically ill patients. Int J Nurs Pract. 2004; 10(2):64-71. Norheim C. Family needs of patients having
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Clinical Educational Experience University of Phoenix NUR/405 Carolyn Jaffe MSN‚ PHN‚ RN. July 21‚ 2014 Clinical Educational Experience Educating the family and or the community is a role that every nurse must participate in to promote‚ maintain‚ and restore health among them. To accomplish such requires family members receive and have a practical understanding of health-related information. One method to accomplish such is to develop a health educational plan. The health education plan
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properly treated. Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Ronya Bentz NUR/440 February 27‚ 2010 Pauline Rogers Vulnerable Population in the Workplace Most staff members become anxious when asked to speak with a group of teachers about educating children with Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity-Disorder
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Vulnerable Population in the Workplace When diagnosed with breast cancer‚ “Older women face a range of issues that differs greatly from those of younger women” ("Breast cancer issues for older women‚" 2011‚ para. 2). For example‚ older women often think about how to keep their remaining years more meaningful. Whatever choice for treatment is‚ when a member of this vulnerable population is diagnosed‚ there is the strong possibility that she may not have a sufficient support system. This paper
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Diabetes and the Effects on Wound Care Gordon State College March 13‚ 2013 NURS 1901 Diabetes and the Effects on Wound Care Whether a patient has Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes makes no difference when it comes to the effects on wound care. Several problems arise with diabetics and the way there body works to heal a wound and what problems they face. Throughout all of the articles I reviewed they each list common issues patients face with wound healing. There are several
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Comparison Paper Cynthia Caston NUR/408 September 30‚ 2013 Amy Reagan Comparison Paper This paper will explore county‚ state‚ and national public health resources as compared to community health resources. We will look at the public health time line but‚ in order to do this properly we need to define public and community health. Community health deals with an individual or sub population and public health has to do with a whole community as you told me and explained in my feedback. Duval
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Professional Values for the BSN Nurse Theresa Andrews-Robinson NUR/403 May‚ 21‚ 2012 Barb Juarez‚ MSN‚ RN Professional Values for the BSN Nurse Define: | Identify how nurses demonstrate this value. | Discuss how you demonstrate this value. | Altruism-Altruism is described as the “unselfish attention to the needs of others. It has also been defined as “sacrifice as a benefit for others” (Haigh‚ 2010). | Nurses demonstrate this value by reflecting a caring attitude at all times‚ providing
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