Being an outward‚ creative‚ and passionate individual‚ I consider my skills and dedication towards my education‚ particularly in the field of engineering‚ and the education of others to be a strong qualification for pursuing a high level of learning. Through my experience as a leader in my Robotics Club and overseeing the education of hundreds of underclassmen‚ I understand the value of learning and the unique ways people interpret and absorb information. The most enjoyable part about being the
Premium Education Teacher School
EMPOWERMENT : THE HOLY GRAIL OF HEALTH PROMOTIONS: CHRISTOPHER RISSEL PG 197-207 Empowerment: there is much disagreement around pinning a definition due to not being able to measure it. Rappaport (87): Empowerment cant be measured‚ must be considered on a case by case basis Due to is lack of clear concept and definition‚ empowerment has evolved‚ it is complex and has borrowed from many bodies of literature. 1960’s rooted in civil rights and women’s movements 1980’s where distinctions were
Premium Sociology Problem solving Holy Grail
Tara is a 32yo‚ G3 P2002‚ who is currently 22 weeks 2 days. She follows in the High Risk Obstetrical Clinic secondary to a history of chronic HTN. She also has a history of preeclampsia in both her prior pregnancies. She reports that her high BP developed in her 1st pregnancy. Around 2 years later she had a stroke that she reportedly thinks was related to uncontrolled HTN. There has been some question in her history about a thrombophilia specifically factor V Leiden‚ although we do have a negative
Premium Patient Blood Myocardial infarction
Community Diagnosis A Community Health Epidemiology Study with Community Diagnosis HGT Community Health Practicum/HAT1 Erika J. Schnell‚ R.N. 11/05/2012 Western Governor’s University Community Diagnosis Abstract The following is an assessment of an Eastern Washington Community known as Chelan/Douglas Counties which will lead to a community diagnosis. This community diagnosis is based on publicly available statistical data gathered using the concepts of epidemiology of birth rates and leading
Premium Household income in the United States Crime Health care
Health Promotion in Nursing Care Many years ago‚ people focused on disease and illness and not staying healthy or preventing illness from occurring. People did not go to the doctor for wellness checks but rather only if they had an ailment. Immunizations have removed some of the diseases that were causing death among the individuals that had contracted the illness. Health promotion has come to the forefront in medical practice since the movement of Healthy People that focuses on health and not
Free Public health Nursing Health care
COMMUNITY HEALTH INSURANCE IN INDIA – A STRATEGY TO COVER THE INFORMAL SECTOR Dr. N. Devadasan Research Fellow Institute of Tropical Medicine‚ Antwerp AMCHSS‚ SCTIMST – Trivandrum. Correspondence: C/o The Valley School Thatguni Post (Kanakapura Road) Bangalore – 560062 Tel +91 94484 91355 deva@devadasan.com Overview of health insurance in India Health care in India is financed traditionally from two sources. The government is both the funder and the provider of health care and has a wide
Premium Health care Health insurance Health economics
1. A home health nurse knows that a 70-year-old male client who is convalescing at home following a hip replacement‚ is at risk for developing decubitus ulcers. Which physical characteristic of aging contributes to such a risk? A) 16% increase in overall body fat. Feedback: INCORRECT B) Reduced melanin production. Feedback: INCORRECT C) Thinning of the skin with loss of elasticity. Feedback: CORRECT D) Calcium loss in the bones. Feedback: INCORRECT Feedback: CORRECT
Premium Nursing
52 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Malaysian Journal of Medical Sciences‚ Vol. 11‚ No. 1‚ January 2004 (52-59) PHYSICAL AND MENTAL HEALTH PROBLEMS OF THE ELDERLY IN A RURAL COMMUNITY OF SEPANG‚ SELANGOR Sherina Mohd Sidik‚ Lekhraj Rampal‚ Mustaqim Afifi Unit of Family Medicine‚ Department of Community Health‚ Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences‚ Universiti Putra Malaysia‚ 43400 Serdang‚ Selangor‚ Malaysia The prevalence of aging population is increasing not only in developed countries‚ but also in
Premium Medicine Selangor
public health field. If it was not for the assistance of the pioneer nurses‚ public health nursing would not be what it is today. Florence Nightingale‚ Lillian Wald‚ and Mary Breckinridge were all educated nurses who have played very significant roles in influencing and impacting public health nursing today. The founder of the nursing profession‚ Florence Nightingale‚ transformed the health care field. Ultimately‚ Florence Nightingale inspired the United States about public health nursing by her
Premium Nursing Nurse Florence Nightingale
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
Premium Health Health care Public health