Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS-429 November 24‚ 2013 Family Health Assessment As nurses it is essential to use appropriate tools to assess individuals‚ families‚ and communities. Throughout this paper the writer used The Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns as a guide to assess a family. This family included a mother‚ a father‚ one son‚ four daughters‚ and two grandsons. The writer developed two to three open minded‚ family focused questions for each of the 11 functional
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Abusive head trauma (AHT) is the most common finding of NAI leading to death in children under 1 year old (22). Even a low suspicion of AHT should require appropriate follow-up imaging given the morbidity and mortality traumatic intracranial injury (22). Injuries includes collision with a stationary object‚ direct impact to the head‚ and alternating acceleration and deceleration (22). Infants are particularly at risk for traumatic brain injury as a result of being shaken due to the relative weight
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The diagnosis method for ADHD is a subjectively answered scoring system where doctors present symptoms of inattention and hyperactivity to their patients. If the patients believe that they exhibit a sufficient amount of symptoms in daily life‚ an ADHD diagnosis takes place. As a result of the subjectivity of the testing‚ there are misdiagnoses‚ incorrect treatments given‚ and a glaring lack of education about medications used to alleviate the symptoms of this disorder. While doctors argue that
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Diagnosis of Holden Caulfield Holden Caulfield is a troubled 16 year-old teen who has just been expelled from his fourth school. He has a younger sister whom he deeply cares for‚ and a deceased younger brother. Also‚ Holden appears to isolate himself and has few social relationships with others. Over the past few days‚ Holden has been enraged by his roommates‚ avoided conflict with confronting his parents‚ been beaten up‚ contemplated suicide‚ and abused himself physically by smoking‚ drinking
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Functional Health Patterns Concept Maps with Related Nursing Diagnoses. Retrieved from GCU online at http://wps.prenhall.com/wps/media/objects/3918/4012970/NursingTools/FunctionalHealthPatterns.pdf on October 7th 2013 .Weber‚ (2005)‚ 5th edition. Nursing Diagnosis (Wellness‚ Risk and Actual) Grouped according to Functional Health Patterns. Retrieved from GCU online at http://jxzy.smu.edu.cn/jkpg/uploadfiles/file/TF_06928152357_nursing%20diagnosis%20grouped%20by%20functional%20health%20patterns.pdf on October
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In the 2002 APTA Presidential Address‚ Mr. Massey made the point that direct access was not a new issue in physical therapy (Massey‚ 2002). In fact‚ by 2002 “the battle” for direct access had already been going on for two decades (Massey‚ 2002). It was a battle that was fought state by state. Three decades later‚ the US Virgin Islands‚ the District of Columbia‚ and all 50 states allow direct access of physical therapy services as of January 1‚ 2015 (Direct Access at the State Level‚ 2015). Direct
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later modified to A.S.P.I.R.E resulting in the systematic nursing diagnosis stage being brought in; By completing the initial assessment stage‚ it will help to establish the nursing diagnosis which involves making a decisive statement concerning the client’s needs (George 1995). This is often referred to as a Systematic Nursing Diagnosis; which involves identifying the patient needs from a nursing perspective. This nursing diagnosis differs greatly from that of a medical as it emphasises the holistic
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Prenatal and Postpartum Scenario PSY 280 5/19 Prenatal and Postpartum Scenario There is importance to providing a safe and healthy environment for your child to develop and grow‚ whether it be during gestation or the first few months of life. In this pamphlet we will discuss the activities that a pregnant or postpartum woman can do to positively affect their infants future development. There will be discussion as to why each activity is important and also how it will affect your Childs
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Should People Be Labeled With a Psychiatric Diagnosis? II. Thesis Statement Throughout this paper‚ issues will be discussed regarding the question of whether labels should be placed on the people who have been diagnosed with a psychiatric illness. I believe that the current methods of classifying and identifying these individuals does not have the patients bests interests in mind‚ partly due to the negative stigmas that come hand in hand with the label. I find that aside from the benefits that
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Gender Specific Treatment: Dual Diagnosis Guretha Pettway Masters Project University of Bridgeport March 21‚ 2014 Introduction The treatment of clients who have been diagnosed with both a substance abuse and mental health disorders will require an integration of services from treatment facilities set up to treat both disorders accordingly. Facilities need to have in place a conceptual model for treating dually diagnosed clients that consists of four treatment phase: assessment‚ engagement
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