History of Informatics Concepts of Health Care Informatics HCI/500 Abstract The history of health care informatics began with Gustav Wager‚ Germany (Westphal‚ 2012). Wager was the first professional organization that used informatics began in 1949. Those same beginnings are used today with of course with some upgrades. In this paper it will cover the definitions of various informatics‚ history‚ creation‚ evolution‚ and milestones and how they relate to the evolution throughout
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Care Plan 2 Psychiatric/Mental Health PATIENT CARE PLAN Client Initials: H.C. Admission Date: 01/14/13 Unit: 4 South Age: 28 Sex: Female Race/Culture: Caucasian ASSESSMENT Presenting Problem: This is a 28 year-old Caucasian female who was admitted to Doctors Hospital Psychiatric Unit 4 South due to an overdose on multiple medications. The patient was found by the police on January 13th picking through garbage near
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actually did a complete discharge from beginning to end by myself. At our patient care plan meeting on Wednesday my patient and her husband agreed that it was not safe for her to return back home. They decided that they would like to have a skilled nursing home placement near the Kinston area. We were able to have her placed at Signature Healthcare in the heart of Kinston by the hospital. She and her husband were very pleased that she was able to stay nearby. The discharge process begins after the
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Health Promotion and Nursing Practice Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V September 19‚ 2013 Health Promotion and Nursing Practice Heath promotion as defined by the World Health Organization (WHO‚ 2013) is “the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions.” It is the intention of this writer to present health promotion in nursing practice and relate this
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History of Occupational Health and Safety Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) has been a topic of concern since the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire of 1911. The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire occurred on March 25‚ 1911 in New York City (Stein‚ 1962‚ Von Drehle‚ 2003). 1911 employers’ attitude toward employees was that of harshness. The employers would lock the employees inside the building to ensure that they would work and not wonder off. Employers locked doors. The fire occurred on the
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Upper airway obstruction condition in which sites of anatomic narrowing such as the hypo pharynx at the base of the tongue and the false and true vocal cords at the laryngeal opening are obstructed. Vasogenic edema an accumulation of fluid in the cerebrum that is typically caused by an increase in capillary endothelial cell permeability and usually occurs near a tumor. Ventilation-perfusion ratio (V/Q) the relationship between ventilation and blood flow in the lung that is measure by calculating
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Community health Nursing is a population based nursing practice which promote and protect the health of a population‚ while Public health nursing is “the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing‚ social‚ and public health sciences” Public Health Nursing Section (2013).It focuses on improving all population health by emphasizing prevention‚ and attending to multiple determinants of health. It is almost impossible to talk about public health without
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head: LEVELS OF HEALTH PROMOTIONS IN NURSING PRACTICE Levels of Health Promotions in Nursing Practice Patricia Hartman Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotions NRS429V July 15‚ 2012 Levels of Health Promotions in Nursing Practice Dimensions of the environment are not only physical but also psychosocial and spiritual care and involvement. Health promotions are identified as participation of individuals and family with care delivery. The community health profession teaches
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This paper aims to define the term primary health and explain its origins and development; also touching on the impact of primary health on the nursing profession. It will commence with an introduction to primary health and primary health care. Covered in this paper will also be the influence that primary health care has had on nursing and any alterations associated with its implementation. Primary health care aims to provide a health care framework that steps away from the acute care focus and brings
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Risk Management in Long Term Care Cornelia R. McCoy HCS/451 March 6‚ 2012 Shelby Frutchey Risk Management in Long Term Care In any occupational field‚ risk management refers to liability‚ proactively and reactively. Risk management‚ when it comes to health care‚ honors the safety of patients‚ quality assurance and patients’ rights. The potential for risk infuses all aspects of health care‚ which includes medical errors‚ the keeping of electronic records‚ and provider facilities along with
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