Community Health Assessment Alex Goenaga Lehman College Assessment of a community for health care purposes revolves around the goal of treating the community as a client and improving its overall heath. This involves knowing the customs of the community‚ identifying their needs‚ and the usage of their current resources and optimally applying them. Beyond these measures nursing intervention can also include advocating for the community through legislative procedures
Premium Health care Health Nursing
Case Study Parkinson’s Disease Scenario L.C. is a 78-year-old white man with a 4-year history of Parkinson’s disease (PD). He is a retired engineer‚ is married‚ and lives with his wife in a small farming community. He has 4 adult children who live close by. He is taking carbidopa-levodopa‚ pergolide‚ and amantadine. L.C. reports that overall he is doing “about the same” as he was at his last clinic visit 6 months ago. He reports that his tremor is about the same‚ his gait is perhaps a little more
Premium Parkinson's disease Dopamine
The role of nurses in Transitional Care is an innovative topic in the healthcare arena. According to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) more than one-third of Medicare beneficiaries who are discharged from a hospital are re-hospitalized within 90 days and most of these are preventable. This indicates a need to improve coordination of post-discharge care. Health Care Reform’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Section 3026: Directs the Secretary to establish a Community-Based
Premium Health care Nursing Health insurance
released a report in October 2010 that set out to answer the question‚ “what roles can nursing assume to address the increasing demand for safe‚ high-quality‚ and effective health care services?” . Three ways that the report suggests to do this are to utilize nurses to their full extent of education and training‚ a higher level of education for nurses and a stronger leadership role. . Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care workforce and have the capacity to positively impact healthcare in
Premium Nursing Health care Medicine
Types of consent Consent comes in a form of implied and expressed consent. In nurses’ day-to-day dealing with patients‚ consent is secured from patients frequently. Implied consent refers to nonverbal acknowledgement of a health care provider’s request to provide treatment (O’Keefe‚ 2001). An example of implied consent would be when a nurse walks to the patient and inform the patient that she is going to administer an antiemetic injection and the patient rolls up his/her sleeve and brings his
Premium Informed consent Ethics Nursing
The nurses primary roles of promoting health‚ preventing illness‚ restoring health and alleviating suffering places the nurse in a position to always remain an advocate for their patient. A scenario has been created in which a terminally ill patient has asked the doctor about alternative healthcare treatment options. The doctor in this case dismisses them as "quack" practices. What role does the nurse play in this situation? “When the patient’s wishes are in conflict with others‚ the nurse seeks
Premium Nursing Medicine Alternative medicine
Nursing Implication Health workers like nurses have the responsibility to provide health services to patients. By doing so‚ nurses are expected to contribute to the preservation of health‚ and thus save the lives of their patients. Health workers like nurses are tasked to save the lives of their patients‚ however‚ as lifestyles are rapidly changing‚ there are instances in which health workers have to deal with cases which involve life taking like abortion. In this regards‚ nurses could not avoid from
Premium Decision making Patient Human rights
Community Health Assessment of 78382 Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-443 Fall Session‚ November 2012 Audrey L. Hendrix Community Health Assessment of 78382 Introduction In an effort to promote the health needs within a community‚ a successful community health nurse (CHN) must focus on the entire population. In order to accomplish this task‚ the CHN utilizes a scientific approach to determine the priority population focused health needs for the community. According to Nies & McEwen
Premium Obesity Nutrition United States
Woman Health Nurse Practitioner Over the past decade the nursing field has experienced a growth in demand. Hospitals‚ clinics‚ doctor’s offices‚ and or other health providers have increasingly scouted to employ the best nurses. This growth has also pushed for nurses to seek upgrading their careers status; they do so by choosing a specialty. Specialties vary to include from pediatrics to adult health. The specialty I chose to discuss is women’s health nurse practitioner. There is an educational
Premium Registered nurse Healthcare occupations Medicine
How can community health nurses apply the strategies of cultural competence to their practice? A nurse can be a part of helping a patient’s cultural preservation in their practice. For example‚ some people in the Jamaican culture hold nine-day wakes for deceased persons. The wake is a time for respecting and honoring the departed soul. For nine nights‚ relatives and friends share food and sing hymns‚ thus saying goodbye to the departed one (). A nurse can advocate for a patient from Jamaican
Premium Medicine Culture Jamaica