Community Health Assessment of 78382 Chamberlain College of Nursing NR-443 Fall Session‚ November 2012 Audrey L. Hendrix Community Health Assessment of 78382 Introduction In an effort to promote the health needs within a community‚ a successful community health nurse (CHN) must focus on the entire population. In order to accomplish this task‚ the CHN utilizes a scientific approach to determine the priority population focused health needs for the community. According to Nies & McEwen
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During this occupational study‚ it helped make it extremely clear to myself that this is definitely what field I would like to go into. I have always loved helping others especially when they are in need. My parents always told me that a nursing career would be a great job for me because I care so much. While at the job shadow‚ I thought everything that Nurse Whetzel had to do on an everyday basis was extremely interesting and I feel like I would enjoy doing what she did. Nurse Whetsell really inspired
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Health Line Chocolate and Heart Disease: Some Good News. The First Solid Chocolate became an available in The United States in 18th century. The First Chocolate bar appeared around 1910. In 1998 we consumed 3.3 billion pounds of chocolate or more than 12 pounds per persons (Leslie Chelsy‚ 2002). Since chocolate was valued for it stimulating effect‚ it became standard issue for the U.S. armed farces during word war II. Today‚ giving fine chocolates as an expression of love is a long standing tradition
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WHO‚ adherence means “the degree to which the person’s behavior corresponds with the agreed recommendations from a health care provider.” It may sound much of a hassle in the begging‚ though it will customarily become a routine. Once the patient starts ARVs therapy‚ adherence to the regime is crucial in order to allow the virus to replicate and suppress the viral load. It is important to provide the body with the same intake of ARVS within a period of 24 hours‚ thus it is a practical idea to adopt
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Written Assignment – Project‚ Part D I believe that WHS is extremely important and is an essential part of every day at work. Apart from the basic instinctive regard for our health and safety‚ there are many reasons why WHS should be priority in the workplace. They include: • Legal Obligations • Community expectations that organisations have a responsibility for those that work for them • Ensures a safe working environment for all staff • Insurable costs such as workers’ compensation premium that
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Community health Nursing is a population based nursing practice which promote and protect the health of a population‚ while Public health nursing is “the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing‚ social‚ and public health sciences” Public Health Nursing Section (2013).It focuses on improving all population health by emphasizing prevention‚ and attending to multiple determinants of health. It is almost impossible to talk about public health without
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Communicable Disease: Influenza Epidemiology Connie Gulick Grand Canyon University NUR-427V Community/Public Health Nursing Prof. Loria Hute October 1‚ 2014 Introduction The influenza virus‚ commonly referred to as the flu‚ is one of the most common syndromes of infection in human beings of all ages and demographics. The focus of this paper is to explore the epidemiology of the influenza virus. In order to thoroughly understand the virus there are several facets: First‚ to recognize the
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Community Health in the Event of a SARS Outbreak The SARS Outbreak of 2003 SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is a respiratory illness caused by a coronavirus‚ originally reported in Asia in February 2003 and spread to over two dozen countries before being contained (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2005). Once infected‚ individuals with SARS initially develop a high fever and other flu-like symptoms including headache‚ body aches and “overall feeling of discomfort” before
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How Much Protein Do You Really Need? Why is protein important? Protein is part of an important food group that you will need in order for your body to be able to function properly. As a macronutrient‚ protein allows your body to undergo proper growth and development‚ as well as to strengthen its immunity against various sicknesses and diseases. Protein is also responsible for acting as the main building block that repairs your tissues‚ organs‚ tendons‚ muscles‚ and even your bones‚ skin‚ and eyes
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are the insertion of dead or weakened pathogens into the body. The immune system uses the pathogens to create immune cells that kill the disease-causing pathogens when they attack in the future. Receiving a vaccine for disease will cause the person to be actively immune‚ protects the person and their loved ones‚ and can assist in wiping out a communicable disease altogether. Active immunity is exposure to antigens from pathogens entering the body. This results in the immune system producing its own
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