public health field. If it was not for the assistance of the pioneer nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing by her
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The History of Public Health and the Role of the Community/Public Health Nurse Walden University NURS 4010 Section 04‚ Family‚ Community‚ and Population-Based Care 10 / 21 / 2012 The History of Public Health and the Role of the Community/Public Health Nurse Overview Public health‚ a population-centered nursing had been in existence since the late 1880s under the guise of different names. The focus of public health nursing was on sanitation‚ communicable disease
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FAR EASTERN UNIVERSITY INSTITUE OF NURSING GRADUATE STUDIES Community Acquired Pneumonia Concept Mapping Prepared by: Miguel‚ Stefani Gil M. Case RP is a 72 year-old male who was admitted to the hospital from his long-term care facility after 1 week of dyspnea and cough. He was seen by a staff physician at the longterm care facility and was diagnosed with a COPD(Asthma) exacerbation. He has been suffering of Osteoarthritis since he was at the age of 56. Consequently‚ He is now taking steroid drugs
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Human Body: Health & Disease June 6‚ 2014 Pneumonia Pneumonia is a serious infection or inflammation of your lungs. The air sacs in the lungs fill with pus and other liquid. Oxygen has trouble reaching you blood. If there is too little oxygen in your blood‚ your body cells can’t work properly. Because of this and spreading infection through the body pneumonia can cause death. Until 1936‚ pneumonia was the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. Since then‚ the use of antibiotics brought
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Dealing with childhood pneumonia in developing countries: how can we make a difference? The past few years have seen renewed attention focused on the persistent burden of childhood mortality globally. Of the 10.6 million deaths of children under 5 every year‚ the vast majority occur in a mere 42 countries of the developing world. It is also apparent that despite advances in understanding the pathophysiology and significance of the major causes of child death‚ most of the known killers such as diarrhoeal
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genetics also predisposes a person to inherit risk factors involving health such as cancer‚ diabetes‚ or cardiovascular disease. Yet‚ unlike visual genetic factors‚ health related factors are not as easy to identify. Not only do families share similar genetic makeups‚ they also share similar life patterns‚ and environments that can alter health and wellness. The purpose of this paper is to present a detailed family health history of a patient‚ including the genetic risk factor identified and the nurse’s
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Complete Health History Assignment STUDENT NAME: Biographical Information • • • • • DOB: 10/06/1987 Gender: female Race: Caucasian Ethnicity: French Additional (Insurance information) Source and Reliability • • Where does the information come from What indicators of reliability are there Reason for Seeking Care • CC: headache History of Present Illness (HPI) • Throbbing for the past two hours‚ can feel pulse in temples‚ 4 on a scale of 1-10‚ started while in
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Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING PRACTICE Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Denise Streater GCU Family Centered Health Promotion NRS429v Turner‚ Hortense March 18‚ 2012 Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Health Promotion has been defined as the process of enabling people to increase control and improve their health (WHO Ottawa Charter 1986) along with optimizing the quality of life. Ennis et al (2006) has described health promotion as behavioral‚ cognitive‚ and an emotional
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A part of me Our bodies mean a lot to us‚ every part‚ every hair‚ and every drop of blood. Some of us take these things for granted‚ such as complaining about having hands or feet that aren’t proportionate to our bodies or being too short or too tall. Well what if we lost one of our disproportionate feet? Or maybe both? Our hands? A leg? People have been facing this problem for an extremely long time. Losing limbs in battles‚ accidents or just birth defects. This tale is nearly as old as time itself
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Complete Health History • Biographical Data J.S. 67 year-old‚ white-female‚ widowed‚ resides in central Florida‚ retired RN‚ adopted (parents unkown). • Source of History Client-patient. • Is this a reliable source? Yes. • Reason for Seeking Care Routine visit. • Present Health or History of Present Illness Irregular bowel movements: constipation “Constipation aside I feel healthy and happy. It’s unfortunate how uncomfortable not being able to move bowels are. Everyday it’s the same thing and
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