Prostate Cancer in African American Men Prostate Cancer is the gland below a man ’s bladder that produces fluid for semen. Prostate cancer is common among older men. Prostate cancer is a silent killer‚ and because it grows slowly‚ many men have no idea it ’s there It is rare in men younger than forty. Risk factors for developing prostate cancer include being over sixty five years of age‚ family history‚ being African American‚ and some genetic changes. There is an estimated of 241‚740
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Patient presenting with Motor Neuron Disease suffering with a Decubutis Ulcer: A Care Study. Word count: 4‚800. Table of contents Introduction...............................................................page3 Patient presentation..................................................page4 Diagnosis....................................................................page Overview of nursing models and nursing process.....page Roper‚ Logan‚ and Tierney Model................................
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Understanding Pratt After talking to students in classroom who were assigned to do a project on Pratt‚ getting a frequent response “I didn’t read it‚ it’s too hard to comprehend” was an ordinary thing. Therefore‚ writing a response to Pratt’s essay in a language that is comprehendible by regular people can be very helpful to those struggling students. In "Arts of the Contact Zone" Pratt discusses the mix of two different cultures in one area. Where one person is born and lives in a "contact zone"
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Every day nurses interact with numerous people; the most important of these are their patients. For this interaction to be meaningful and have a positive impact on the health outcomes of the patient‚ the nurse needs to build interpersonal connections with the patient to form a therapeutic relationship. The nurse also needs to be aware of the patient’s culture and practice in a culturally safe way when establishing this relationship. In this essay the main characteristics of both interpersonal connectedness
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The increasing cultural evolution that is occurring throughout the world is making it imperative for health care professionals to achieve and implement cultural competent congruent care (Jeffreys‚ 2015). The purpose of this discussion is to define cultural diverse assessments‚ describe the key components of a comprehensive cultural assessment in my own words and identify the five communication skills that facilitate culturally competent care. Cultural diverse assessment is a culturally responsive
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Congruence with current nursing interventions or therapeutics. 3. Evidence of empirical setting‚ research support and validity. 4. Use by educators‚ nursing researches or nursing administrators. 5. Social relevance 6. Transcultural relevance 7. Contribution to nursing 8. Conclusions and recommendations. The middle-range Theory of Comfort by Katharine Kolcaba described the concept of comfort as existing in three forms (relief‚ ease and transcendence)
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Forum. 40 (2) Retrieved October 30‚ 2010‚ from: EBSCOhost. Henrici‚ R (2007) Homophobia: Does it Affect Quality of Care. Journal of Undergraduate Nursing Writing. Vol 1 (1). 56-62. Retrieved November 17‚ 2010 from EBSCOhost. Leininger‚ M. (1995) Transcultural Nursing: Concepts‚ Theories‚ Research and Practices. McGraw-Hill. 1995. Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary. (n.d.) Retrieved November 16‚ 2010‚ from http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/homophobia. Neville‚ S.‚ & Henrickson‚ M. (2006).
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and Judith Wrubel all have care as their core concept. This paper will compare and contrast these theorists on what caring is to each of them. Madeleine Leininger first developed her theories about caring in the 1950s. She is the proponent of transcultural nursing and human care theory. According to Cohen (1991) “Leininger’s definition of caring states that caring is the central and unifying domain for the body of knowledge and practices in nursing. Caring in the generic sense refers to those assistive
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and sporadic. The change in the ethnic composition of the U.S. has challenged nurses to incorporate the needs of their patient into their daily nursing practice. Society expects todays nurse to be culturally competent. Earlier a focus was on transcultural nursing
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Quiz 1 and 2 Blueprint and Study Guide There are 50 multiple choice questions total. Chapters included in this test as outlined in your syllabus: 1‚ 2‚ 9‚ 10‚ 13‚ 15‚ 18‚ & 38 This study guide is intended to facilitate your studying of the topics covered in class‚ from supplemental resources and in your textbooks. *Identify the central mission of community health nursing. *Know the levels of prevention. *Distinguish between health promotion and wellness and identify factors influencing
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