Name Mental health I had been having periods of anxiety for over eight months which were characterized by sleepless nights and difficulties in concentration. Before then‚ I had been taking care of my father after my mother became ill and passed away two years ago. She had looked after my father and me in a loving manner and always took good care of us. I am a single women aged 26 years. I recently resigned from work in order to be present with my father as I take care of him. The problem got worse
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Health Care Delivery Models March 10‚ 2015 Leanne McLeod LBWCC The primary goal of all health care facilities is to provide safe‚ quality cost-effective to all patients. This is best accomplished when the number of staff members are closely matched to the number of patients. According to Cherry and Jacobs (2014)‚ patient care delivery systems detail the way task assignments‚ responsibility‚ and authority are structured to accomplish patient care. Through different delivery systems different
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What is a nursing practice model you might ask. It is a model that reflects nursing values that exemplify the culture of an organization. The dominant attributes shared among models and featured in these organizations includes nursing autonomy‚ empowerment and cost effective quality care. The goal of the practice model is to support the relationship between the nurse and the patient. The nursing care model witnessed by this writer in the long term care facility was based on a team approach. A team
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lives in poverty; (Haggerty 1999) a higher percentage of children live in poverty than any other age group. As pediatricians‚ we know that children in poverty experience a double jeopardy. First‚ they are more frequently exposed to risks to their health and development (such as lead poisoning‚ malnutrition‚ and family dysfunction). Second‚ children suffer more negative consequences (such as developmental delay and school dysfunction) from such exposure than do children with more advantaged socioeconomic
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methodology‚ sampling‚ data analysis‚ discussion‚ ethics‚ implications for practice and conclusion. The researcher has reported findings from a qualitative study carried out on peer and neighbourhood influences on teenage pregnancy and fertility. Using face-to-face and semi structured interviews‚ 15 mothers under 21years of age and 9 coordinators took part in the study. The findings suggest that there is no evidence suggesting peer influence on the outcome of teenage pregnancies even though this
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Process Recording Steve Hardesty The University of Akron Author Note This paper is in fulfillment for the course: Mental Health‚ 8200:380:001. Due September 17‚ 2013. Introduction K.M. is a 23 year old single‚ bi-racial male‚ self-admitted to Interval Brotherhood Home. He has resided in Cuyahoga Falls‚ Ohio for his entire life. K.M. has a black father and a white mother. His father left the family when he was twelve years old. K.M. was extremely upset with his father’s
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Health Promotion in Nursing Care Many years ago‚ people focused on disease and illness and not staying healthy or preventing illness from occurring. People did not go to the doctor for wellness checks but rather only if they had an ailment. Immunizations have removed some of the diseases that were causing death among the individuals that had contracted the illness. Health promotion has come to the forefront in medical practice since the movement of Healthy People that focuses on health and not
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The Effects of Health Promotion on Nursing With the health care field changing so rapidly‚ especially with The Affordable Care Act coming into play‚ it is crucial for nurses to teach health promotion to the patient population. Nurses have the responsibility to care for their patients and this includes educating them about their healthcare. There are three different levels of health promotion: primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary health promotion. Although the three levels have different focus aspects
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way society doesn’t end up scrounging off of the state for them to provide a living for people. Holistic health: This is the approach where it will focus on many different concepts of a person’s health. Instead of focusing on the known problem or illness it will look further into the social interactions and lifestyle of that person to understand his/her problem better. A holistic concept of health looks at the physical‚
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Using Storytelling in the Classroom as a Form of Teaching Storytelling and narrative have both been used as a teaching device for hundreds of years. Their roots have surrounded religion‚ generally as an easier way of understanding the beliefs better. From the early views of Animism and Taoism‚ later to the views of Judaism and Christianity‚ and throughout time to today‚ stories have been used to teach the young and old. However‚ stories are not only used to teach about religious beliefs. Parents
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