quickly and a party of contagious kids was one way of getting this done. Now‚ chicken pox is something children do not have to “get”. The purpose of this paper is to discuss chicken pox in detail‚ explain the epidemiologic triangle‚ role of the community health nurse‚ and resources pertaining to chicken pox. CAUSES Chicken pox is extremely contagious virus that can affect anyone who has not had chicken pox before or has
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NURSES’ ROLE TOWARDS THE UN MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS The United Nation’s member states Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) for 2015 include reducing maternal and neonatal mortality rates‚ infectious diseases such as HIV/AIDS and tuberculosis. Significant progress has been made and the member states particularly developing countries made substantial headway so far in attaining these goals. In the Philippines‚ one of the main reasons for the country’s relentless pursuit of ensuring access
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Communicable Disease Paper The Dengue virus is known to be a mosquito-borne viral infection and is a major threat to health worldwide. It is a mosquito-borne infection that causes a severe flu-like illness and is also known as break bone fever. Fifty to one hundred million people are infected each year mostly in tropical and sub-tropical climates of the world. In the U.S‚ cases seen affected with the Dengue virus are mostly from Americans who traveled out of the country. Infection of the dengue
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Role of Home Health Nurse St Clair College 0689028 NRS63171-16F Professor Gina Bondy & Debbie Ferraari October 31‚ 2016 Page Break Home health nursing is an independent form of nursing. It allows patients to maintain living in their home while a nurse comes by and assists them. It is defined as " the provision of healthcare services and equipment’s to client’s and families in the homes" (Potter & Perry‚ 2014). The purpose of this paper is to gather an insight on the role of a home health
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Assessment: Nurses have the skills and knowledge gained from the multidisciplinary team‚ profession and semi-profession personnel which can be used to acquire an insight information about the patient. Assessment and follow up by the nurse in community helps to identify the risk and level of care needs (Ryan et al 2006). This helps the nurse to plan interventions and develop programs for best practice care. For example‚ if a person presents with any signs of dementia‚ it is very important to get an
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Unit One: Role of the Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse Scope of the Problem How many people ages 15 – 54 had a psychiatric or substance abuse disorder in their lifetime? Name the top three medical morbidities in the developed world: How many of the 15 leading causes of disability in developed countries are mental problems? 25% affected in a year 1 in 5 children in U.S. 18 million in U.S. have problem with etoh 23 million in U.S.
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Community Emergency Preparedness and Response Emergency preparedness is the ability of individuals‚ organizations‚ and communities to respond to public health emergencies‚ such as natural disasters‚ bad weather‚ bioterrorism‚ outbreak of diseases‚ accidents casualties‚ and chemical or radiation emergencies. The most indigenous role of the federal‚ state or local government is to protect and prevent citizens from injury or potential harm‚ which involves helping people to prepare and respond to emergency
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DESCRIPTION OF A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER A community health worker is one who provides basic community health care services for promotion of health‚ prevention of illness‚ simple treatment and rehabilitation. The services utilizes the philosophy‚ content‚ method and skills of public health care. While most nurses care for one patient at a time‚ public health nurses care for entire populations. By working with whole communities‚ public health nurses are able to educate people about health issues‚ improve
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According to the World Health Organization (WHO)‚ non-communicable diseases (NCDs) kill approximately 38 million people each year and often occur in low/middle income countries. In the United States‚ cardiovascular disease (CVD)‚ cancer‚ respiratory diseases‚ and diabetes account for eighty eight percent of the total deaths. Although the US is a high income country NCDs account for more than three fourths of the total deaths. Rural areas in the US are more likely to be affected by NCDs due to food
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than cure”‚ population health is the approach that looks at the broader picture of developing and maintaining a realistic and culturally acceptable health plan for the Australian Aboriginal communities. Rather than merely addressing the management of diseases‚ population health goes deeper by aiming to manage the factors that may have caused or developed the diseases‚ and ensure that the World Health Organization’s (cited in Queensland Health 2012‚ p. 1) definition of health as “a state of complete
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