Task 1 To help you improve your overall physical fitness‚ produce an information sheet that describes one method of assessing the main components of fitness i.e. flexibility‚ strength‚ BMI‚ speed‚ power and aerobic and muscular endurance. P1 Flexibility- The range of movement possible at joints The sit and reach test is a common measure of flexibility‚ and it specifically measures the flexibility of the lower back and hamstring muscles. This test involves sitting on the floor
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Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Courtney Austin NUR/405 8/11/2014 Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Maricopa community schools are the local schools for the Gila River Indian Community. Native American children attending these schools are generally obese and do not participate in extra-curricular activities. The Leading Health Indicator (LHI) that applies is Children and adolescents who are considered obese. Recognizing this LHI‚ nursing diagnoses can be generated
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and procedures to gather‚ sort‚ analyse‚ evaluate‚ and distribute pertinent‚ timely and accurate information for use by marketing decision makers to improve their marketing planning‚ implementation‚ and control". Figure below describes the major components of an MIS‚ the environmental factors monitored by the system and the types of marketing decision which the MIS seeks to underpin. The marketing information systems and its subsystems The explanation of this model of an MIS begins with a description
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What is public health? What makes a good public health practitioner? Word count: 658 The health of an individual is highly determined by the health of the population in defined settings. Therefore‚ we should widen our vision to go beyond the individual level and incorporate the health of the population i.e. public health. Public health is more about collective actions and implies the science and the art of enabling‚ and organizing the community so as to prevent disease‚ prolong life and promote
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Introduction The Primary Community and Continuing Care (2009) state that public health nurses (PHNs) provide preventative and curative care within specific geographical regions to people of various age groups. Mulcahy et al (2012) describe PHNs as ‘population based generalist nurses’. Public health nurse’s areas of care vary from wound dressing clinics to postnatal home visits. Placement in this area involved experiences such as the addiction clinic‚ breastfeeding clinic and first postnatal visits
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Public Health Nursing (PHN) helps establish and identify health inequalities within the community‚ national and global levels. Public Health Nurses collaborate with local and government agencies to discuss various health issues and how policies and procedures can assist with implementing change. Public health nurses advocate to bring health disparities within diverse populations to the forefront. Furthermore‚ educating the world regarding health issues that may not receive coverage. The Core Public
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1. Define public health PG.6 What we as a society collectively do to ensure that conditions exist in which people can be healthy. Mission in public health is to generate organized community effort to address the pubic interest in health by applying scientific and technological knowledge to prevent disease and promote health. Examples: access to care‚ healthy food‚ clean water and air‚ roof overhead. 2. Contrast medical vs. public health impact on the gains in life span years Medical:
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Public Health Nursing Public health nursing (PHN) is looking at and supporting the health of the whole community. PHN takes responsibility for improving population health (Garcia‚ Schaffer‚ Schoon‚ 2014). They work in lots of different areas of government and a variety of community agencies and organizations. PHN use three core functions and ten essential services to care for the communities they service (Garcia‚ Schaffer‚ Schoon‚ 2014). Compare and Contrast A family care nurse would care
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There are five essential components of scientific inquiry teaching that introduce students to many important aspects of science while helping them to develop a clearer and deeper knowledge of some particular science concept and/or process. Research has demonstrated that student involvement in the inquiry process provides a much needed connection and ownership of scientific investigations that will lead to a deeper conceptual knowledge about the content. Inquiry can be labeled as “partial”
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Public Health Reflective Assignment The following assignment will analyse and reflect on a communication situation which I observed during my practice .To be able to reflect upon this situation I will use Gibbs(1988) reflective model that will allow me to analyse the communication process between health visitor and client .It will also identify importance of reflective practice and will draw out conclusion for my new leadership role as health visitor .Epstein and Hundert(2002) stated reflective
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