The role of a children’s nurse The Royal College of Nursing (2003‚ p.3)defines nursing as“the use of clinical judgment in the provision of care to enable people to improve‚ maintain‚ or recover health”. Nursing is a profession which is quite rewarding as it includes providing a range of care to patients and their families. There are four different pre-registration branches of nursing which allows them to work in different areaswith many different people. In this essay‚ it will primarily focus
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Role of health promoters: According to Tannahill (Naidoo and Willis‚ 2000) there are three different types of health promotion that all overlap: • Health education – this type of health promotion includes things like carrying out campaigns and official/formal health education programmes. It also includes advice‚ education‚ and information to people that is given by health practitioners (e.g. doctors‚ midwives‚ school nurses‚ health visitors‚ etc.). Health education is about giving people information
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In 1946 the World Health Organisation (WHO) defined health as “a state of complete physical‚ mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. This definition integrates the main concepts of health and identifies that health can be viewed differently by individuals and groups (Bowden‚ 2006). Health and well-being are the result of a combination of physical‚ social‚ intellectual and emotional factors (Dunkley‚ 2000a). The concept of health promotion has emerged with
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Men ’s health and well being is one of the contemporary issues amongst health care providers. There is an increasing number of people involving general practitioners‚ nurses‚ community health workers‚ psychologists‚ social workers‚ men ’s focus groups and members of the general community who are questioning and attending to issues related to the health and well being of men. There is a growing concern of a well known fact that health outcomes of men are generally poorer than that of women‚ which
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professional responsibilities of the nurse and their role in safeguarding vulnerable patients‚ all of which are based around a fictitious scenario. The scenario is centred on a patient named Margaret and is going to be used to identify any vulnerability issues Margaret may have. Margaret could be identified as been vulnerable‚ as she is an 89 year old lady who is suffering from a heart condition. Margaret is currently living with her daughter and has said that her mother’s health has begun to deteriorate. Margaret
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Ethical Leadership in Nursing Kevin L. Meek Western Governors University Professional Roles and Values NVT2 December 08‚ 2012 Ethical Leadership Ethical Leadership in Nursing As advances in healthcare continue to improve the ability to sustain life‚ as well as for individuals to live longer‚ bedside nurses are faced more and more with difficult situations related to advance directives‚ Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)‚ as well as to ensure they are functioning
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What is the difference between a group at risk for poor health and a group considered a vulnerable population? Provide an example of a group at risk and a group considered a vulnerable population. * Explain why members of these groups cannot advocate for themselves or why advocating for these groups would be beneficial. * What would you advocate for? * What risk are you taking as a community health nurse when advocating for the aforementioned problem? A vulnerable population is a group
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Health Promotion Teaching Plan Anita Moore Jacksonville University School of Nursing June 17‚ 2012 Health Promotion Teaching Plan My emphasis in this assignment is to develop‚ implement‚ and assess a teaching plan concentrated on good nutrition and daily exercise for school age children. The early years are a critical time for founding good eating habits and attitude about food and exercise. Children who are obese are more
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lead to high level of quality patient care as well as excellent customer service in the most cost-effective manner. A study of preceptors roles after looking at this the sequence of statements in the introduction‚ all the information does lead to the purpose of the study. This statement a background as to what the preceptor role of finding revealed that certain responsibility‚ including preceptor learning needs‚ and evaluating learning in the clinical setting. This article is content included in
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settings. Nurses of today have stressful work loads‚ combined with low wages and low social status. Two groups of nurses were chosen in this study‚ one nursed children and the other elderly. Does taking care of elderly cause more mental stress than taking care of children‚ since old people may need more social contact with the busy nurses and since elderly have a higher risk of dying compared to children. On the other hand experiencing the death of a child could be overwhelming. Nurses have
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