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
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A geopolitical community is the most traditional view of a community. It consists of a geographical community and a political community. It is geopolitical because a geographical boundary is usually what is followed when creating a political boundary. An example would be a river that separates two counties. In my community‚ the Cooper River separates Berkley county South Carolina and Dorchester county South Carolina. A phenomenological community shares the same mind-set in values‚ beliefs‚ interests
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Interacting Amongst Different Communities Preface The topics chosen for discussion throughout my essay reflect the history of my interactions with individuals from different cultures and societies that have so greatly impacted my life‚ and in addition‚ have helped shape my personality to make me the person I am today. The audiences I imagined while writing this essay could consist of almost anyone who wants to read it; however‚ more specifically‚ our college writing class. The audiences imagined
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Chapter 1 Introduction Factors of Community Health * Physical factors – industrial development‚ community size‚ environment‚ geography * Social and cultural factors – beliefs‚ traditions‚ and prejudices; economics; politics; religion; socioeconomic status; social norms * Community organization – identify problem‚ mobilize resources‚ work toward change * Individual behaviors – takes the concerted effort of many—if not most—to improve community health Chapter 2 Organizations under
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Health care regulatory agencies supervise professional of the health care profession such as physicians‚ hospitals‚ and labs. Providing information in regards to changes in health care along with ensuring the safety and legal compliance and the quality of services provided to the public is the duty assigned to the agency. These agencies can range from the federal‚ all the way to the local level with the task of establishing rules and regulations for the health care industry to
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Health Level 7 For my presentation I chose the topic HL7. After doing the bit of research on the internet I found what HL7 was? The question that I will address is what does the name HL7 means‚ and why and how it was organized. What is HL7? Health Level Seven is one of the several American National Standards Institutes (ANSI) to give credit for standards Developing Organizations (SDOS) operating in the healthcare place. Health Level Seven controls in clinical and administrative data. The
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Community Health Nursing Reflection Maria Jelyn Engelhardt-Parales NUR/405 August 27‚ 2012 Amy Weaver Community Health Nursing Reflection Community health nursing practice aims to improve community health by promoting a healthier group of people‚ individuals‚ families‚ and residents within the community. The goal is to maintain‚ preserve‚ and promote health by providing information‚ education‚ teachings‚ and health care services to the population. The focus is on the collective good of
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by the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) in 1994. Standard was created mostly by clinical interface experts‚ and was designed to provide a framework in which data could be exchanged between distinct clinical systems. HL7 international community has compiled a collection of message formats and related clinical standards that loosely define an ideal presentation of clinical information‚ and together the standards prove a framework in which data may be exchanged. HL7 standard is broadly divided
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Community Health Article On January 9‚ 2007 an article was published in the LaCrosse Tribune which touched base on living donors. A lady named Cindy Stambach needed a kidney once her own kidney failed after chemotherapy to treat ovarian cancer. A total stranger named Rick Gardner‚ who is a nurse at Franciscan Skemp in Stoddard Wisconsin‚ decided to give up one of his kidneys to her. Rick stated that he had seen so many people waiting for a transplant and that he wanted once less person to have
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Public Health agencies played a significant role in the past and continue to contribute in improving the overall health of communities through various interventions‚ focusing on prevention rather than treatment. These preventative measures include but are not limited to sanitizing drinking water‚ implementing immunizations to eradicate infectious diseases‚ and creating many programs that promote behaviors beneficial for a healthy community. What is a healthy community? According to the publication
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