Running head: HERITAGE ASSESSMENT. Benchmark Assessment Ifeyinwa Alozie. Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0500 02/22/15 HERITAGE ASSESSMENT Identifying common Health Traditions Based on Cultural Heritage. Cultural heritage is the endowment of tangible artifacts and intangible characteristic of a group or society inherited from past generations‚ preserved in the present and bestowed for the benefit of future generation. Due to the growth of cultural diversity in the United
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selected items are included in assessment tools that are used frequently with LBP patients. Five items were derived from SF-12 41 which is a generic assessment tool‚ 2 items were derived from the BPI 38‚ a clinical pain tool‚ and one item was derived from ODI 41‚ a LBP functional disability assessment tool. However‚ there is no available LBP-specific HRQOL assessment tool; the tool developed in this study is considered to be a LBP-specific tool. Having a specific assessment tool (i.e. LBP-HRQOL) is likely
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Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis Krystle Gonzales Chamberlain Community Health Nursing 443 Prof Schoenberg November 20‚ 2014 Introduction A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text‚ “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population
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indicator for pain. 6. Recall question for initial pain assessment. Where is the Location of the pain‚ Duration: is the pain consent‚ does it keep you awake‚ quality: what does the pain feel like is the pain dull‚ burning‚ aching? Intensity of the pain: how strong is the pain on a scale of 0-10 zero being no pain and 10 being extreme pain. What makes the pain worst? What makes the pain better? 7. Select pain assessment tools that are appropriate for
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Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Version 3 October 22‚ 2012 Sheila De Vaugh‚ APRN‚ BC Assessment Tool Analysis Paper The “American Nurses Association” (2012) website describes the nursing process as assessment‚ diagnosis‚ outcomes/planning‚ implementation‚ and evaluation. Another important tool is getting to know the patient‚ to get a full picture of the patient’s physical and mental status. Although there are several assessment tools that can be used‚ three tools were chosen for the purpose
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The History of psychological assessment tools in America is a wide spread measure of testing that has historical roots. In this paper‚ I will examine the history of psychological assessment tools‚ the types of assessments being used today‚ and the validity of assessment tools. What is psychological assessment? Psychological assessment is a process that involves information from a series of sources‚ like personality tests‚ intelligence tests and personal interviews. Many psychologists do
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This essay discusses assessment and sets out to discover if assessment is one the most powerful tools for promoting effective learning. Some of the different forms of assessment and their advantages and disadvantages will be explored. Assessment the process of documenting‚ in measurable terms‚ knowledge‚ skills‚ attitudes and beliefs as well as how it is applied in the work of teachers on a daily basis will be discussed. Assessment is a global term and can incorporate oral‚ written‚ observational
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physical‚ or sociological standpoint. De Chesnay & Anderson (2012) explain the idea of an entire population being vulnerable as “a public health concept that refers to vulnerability by virtue of status: that is‚ some groups are at risk at any given point in time relative to other individuals or groups.” The chronically mentally ill and the elderly go under this definition of vulnerable populations and could be helped by two conceptual models of nursing. Because those with mental illness usually
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Aim I am going to compare and contrast 3 pain assessment tools‚ which would be appropriate for use in our clinical area‚ using current literature‚ benchmarks and practice guidelines. If pain is what the person tell he is (McCaffery M‚ Pasero‚ 1999) therefore pain assessment tools should be based on the patient’s own perception of their pain and its severity. But sometimes it ’s difficult to express the pain that we feel into words. Pain assessment tools have two main categories: multi-dimensional
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Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Week 3 January 1‚ 2014 Assessment is a vital aspect of nursing care. Assessment is the first phase of the nursing process. A thorough assessment involves gathering information and data about and related to the patient. The data that is collected includes physiological‚ psychological‚ environmental‚ sociocultural‚ economical‚ spiritual‚ and developmental history of the patient. Data may be objective or subjective. Objective data refers to the measurable
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