...Term Definition Use the term in a sentence as it applies to the health care industry. Health Promotion Helps clients reduce the risk of illness, maintain optimal function and follow healthy lifestyles through a wide variety of assistance and activities.(Peggy S. Stanfield 2012) The US health promotion has been successful in reducing cardiovascular and tobacco related disease, it increases the people awareness about the side effect of smoking to one’s health. Disease Prevention Activities designed to protect patients or other members of the public from actual or potential health treats and their harmful consequences (Mosby’s Medical Dictionary 2009) The government practices disease prevention procedures to reduce the chance of epidemics. Diagnosis The determination of the nature of a disease, injury, or congenital defect (Medical Dictionary 2006) Keeping an accurate history of a patient’s health is a doctor’s most important tool in making correct diagnosis. Rehabilitation To restore or bring back something to its original form. Rehabilitation plays an important role in health care it helps patients to get back to their normal daily routine. Department of Health and Human Services The U.S. government’s principal agency for protecting the health of all Americans and provide essential human services, especially for those who are least able to help themselves (Peggy S. Stanfield 2012) The Department of Health and Human Services provides a lot of long term care for its state residents...
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...Introduction: There are a lot of abbreviations used in the United States health care delivery systems. A list of some of these abbreviations that are used by physician’s offices, hospitals, nursing homes, and other ambulatory care services are listed in this paper. 1. AMR - The definition of an Automated Medical Record, otherwise known as an electronic medical record, has been set forth by the 2003 IOM Patient Safety Report as the: • "collection of electronic health information for and about persons" • "provision of knowledge and decision-support systems [for] support for efficient processes for health care delivery" • "electronic access to person-and population-level information by authorized users" ("Definition Of Automated Medical Record", 2012). 2. CMR – According to "Mortality Frequency Measures" (2012), Crude Mortality Rate. The Crude Mortality Rate is the mortality rate from all causes of death for a population during a specified time period. • Mortality rates measure the frequency of occurrence of death in a defined population during a specified interval. • There are several specific kinds of mortality rates, but we will focus only on the ones that are used most often in infectious disease epidemiology. • To calculate a simple mortality rate, we need to know the number of deaths in a given population during a specified time period, and the size of the population in which the deaths occurred...
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...TASK: Using examples clearly distinguish between the following. a) Clinical psychology, Health psychology, psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine b) Show how the other three are interrelated with health psychology Clinical psychology is both a health care profession , and a health-related scientific discipline (Carr, 2012). As a profession clinical psychology involves using clinical judgement to apply knowledge from the scientific discipline in clinical practice with clients and patients. Clinical practice involves the assessment, treatment and prevention of psychological problems in a range of populations. For example helping a boy who is failing in school and defiant with his parents and teachers; helping a woman with depression regulate her mood more effectively; helping a family of a person whose psychotic whose psychotic symptoms have been reduced through using medication to develop a supportive style to prevent relapse. Scientific knowledge about clinical psychology is developed through initial academic training, ongoing continuing professional development and research. As a scientific discipline, clinical psychology entails research conducted to find out how best to understand, assess, treat and prevent psychological problems and also to find out how widespread psychological problems are (Carr, 2012). The result of clinical psychology research provides information for planning services for whole populations, and evaluating and treating individual cases in evidence-based...
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...DRUG DIARY If you haven’t already, start your drug diary. A good way to start is to get a small book with alphabetical tabs/ markings in which you can record medications according to their generic names. Here are some common medications you might want to start with: Morphine, Aspirin, Metoprolol, Digoxin, Paracetamol, Metoclopramide Information you should include: Generic name Trade name Classification Dose Route Frequency Action Side effects Precautions Patient education Here is an example for you: Generic Name: Glyceryl Trinitrate Brand names: Transiderm-Nitro, Anginine Classification: Anti-anginal Agent Dose: 600-900mcg Route: Sublingual or Buccal Frequency: Taken at first sign of angina or before activities known to induce angina Action: -Relaxes smooth muscle, including vascular muscle, causing vasodilation -Reduces myocardial oxygen demand -Reduces preload and afterload -Effective in 2-3 minutes Side effects: -Throbbing headache -Dizziness and tachycardia -Hypotension, syncope Precautions: Contraindicated if there is marked hypotension or cerebral hemorrhage. Patient Education: -Sit down when taking tablet and for 20 minutes after -Don’t swallow the tablet – allow to dissolve -Take half a tablet first -Keep tablets airtight in dark container out of sunlight -Tell family where your medications are kept -Take Anginine with you on outings A tip: Drug knowledge is much easier to develop...
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...Fill in form (fax/email), or Pick up from Shop Textbook Requirements Retail Prices 15% Discount Semester 1 NRSG 353 Acute Care Nursing 2 Smeltzer & Bares Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing 3rd Ed 2013(Web Code 9781920994648) Bullock: Pack Principles of Pathophysiology + Access Card 2012 (Web Code 9781486094011) Bryant: Pharmacology for Health Professionals 4th Ed 2014 (Web Code 9780729541701) Tollefson: Clinical Psychomotor Skills (5 Point) 6th Ed 2016 (Web Code 9780170382786) $179.00 $163.95 $135.00 $79.95 $152.15 $139.36 $114.75 $67.96 $59.95 $179.00 $92.50 $163.95 $135.00 $74.95 $50.96 $152.15 $78.63 $139.36 $114.75 $63.71 NRSG354 Clinical Integration: Complex Care Brotto: Clinical Dosage Calculations 2nd Ed 2016 (Web Code 9780170352659) Smeltzer & Bares Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing 3rd Ed 2013(Web Code 9781920994648) Forrester: Essentials of Law for Health Professionals 4th Ed 2014 (Web Code 9780729541664) Bullock: Pack Principles of Pathophysiology + Access Card 2012 (Web Code 9781486094011) Bryant: Pharmacology for Health Professionals 4th Ed 2014 (Web Code 9780729541701) Tiziani: Harvard’s Nursing Guide to Drugs 9th Ed 2013 (Web Code 9780729541411) Semester 2 NRSG355 Clinical Integration: Towards Professional Practice NRSG370 Clinical Integration: Specialty Practice Levett-Jones: Clinical Reasoning: Learn to think like a Nurse 2012 (Web Code 9781442556621) $82.95 $70...
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...Basic concepts in nursing science School of Nursing Medical University March, 2005 Introduction 1. Definition of nursing science 2. Four basic concepts that affect and determine the nursing practice (1) Human being (2) Environment (3) Health (4) Nursing Human being 1. The human being is a uniform whole （entirety） (1) Concept of a whole (2) The uniform whole of human being 1) Physiological 2) Psychological 3) Social 4) Spiritual 5) Cultural 3. The human being is an open system (open whole) (1) Close system (2) Open system 4. The scope of human being in nursing (1) Individual (2) Family (3) Community (4) Society Basic goal of human being: To maintain the balance of organism 1) Balance among subsystems of an organism 2) Balance between organism and its environment (internal environment and external environment) 2. Basic need of human being (1) Definition of basic need 1) Need 2) Basic need of human being (2) Types of basic need 1) Physiological need 2) Social need 3) Affective need 4) Cognitive need 5) Spiritual need (3) Characteristics of basic need 1) Approximately same basic need 2) The importance of each need for each person is different 3) All the basic needs are interconnected and interactive (4) Factors that affect meeting needs ...
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...Post Week 1 Health Care Information Systems Terms HCS/483 Healthcare Information Systems - Week 1 Name: Guidelines: Please use this form to submit your assignment and NOT the one on the UOPX website. Define the following terms. Your definitions must be in your own words; do not copy them from the textbook. After you have defined each term in your own words, describe in at least 50 words the health care setting in which each term would be applied. Utilize a minimum of two research sources to support your claims—one from the University Library and the other from the textbook. Be sure to cite your sources in the References section consistent with APA guidelines. This assignment is due Week One. 1. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Definition This was a federal law placed to protect patient information. How Used in Healthcare HIPAA is used to safeguard and protect patient information and without the use of HIPAA, private patient information could be exposed. HIPAA is critical because it could have an effect on health care workers, patients and the health care facility as well. Violation of HIPAA laws could cause a health care worker to lose their job, it could violate a patient’s rights, and it could damage the facility’s credibility. 2. Electronic medical record Definition An electronic medical record is a computerized medical record used to store patient information. How Used in Healthcare Electronic medical records...
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...Unit: 7 Sociological perspectives in Health and Social Care P2 In this assignment I will be defining the different concepts of health& ill health and how theorists relate their theories to health. I will also assess the biomedical and socio-medical models of health. There are many definitions of health; many sociologists have a difficulty in finding a definition for the word health. Health can be defined in negative terms, as ‘the absence of disease’. According to http://www.who.int/about/definition/en/print.html this is contrasted with a positive definition such as the provided by the World Health Organisation (WHO) IN 1974: “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity”. A negative concept of health is therefore opposed to a positive concept of health as being worried with people’s physical, intellectual, social and emotional wellbeing. According tohttp://www.who.int/about/en/ The World Health Organisation is an organisation which directs and coordinates authorities for health in the United Kingdom. It is responsible for global health matters and shapes the health research agenda, setting norms, standards and providing support in countries. In the health and social care settings, health care professionals usually implement a holistic approach to care and support for people. They see their role as addressing the needs of the whole person rather than single matters or identified problems. A person with...
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...Health Influences Southern New Hampshire University Health Influence The World Health Organization defined Health on April 7, 1948. Health is defined as “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity,” (World Health Organization (WHO), 2003). This definition has not changed in over 67 years. The current definition of health is unrealistic when compared to our growing population. As our population ages, the environment changes, treatment modalities improve our symptoms but do not cure, it is impossible to have “a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being”. Many people are faced with multiple co-morbidities. We can focus on disease prevention and treatment of chronic diseases. The definition of health should reflect this change in our growing and aging population. Florence Nightingale Florence Nightingale was instrumental in influencing health care policy and the perception of health. Florence Nightingale contributed to the care of the sick and injured during her time, and to the modern practice of nursing care and policy. “In less than 100 pages, she gave the world a handbook for taking care of the sick and a blueprint for running a healthcare system,” (Lim, 2010). Florence Nightingale sought to improve the care and environmental conditions of each patient she treated. It is her hard work and determination that allowed for woman to be properly trained to “provide a safe and...
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...aftermath, conclusion, issue, end (product)”, which is a broad definition of a noun. The Pharmaceutical Medicine Dictionary (2001) defines Outcome in three different areas: clinical medicine, health economics and clinical trials. For clinical medicine, Outcome is “result or impact of medical or surgical intervention or non-intervention on the health status of an individual or a population” (n.d.), and for clinical trials, an Outcome is a measure and serves as comparison between treatments. In health economics, Outcome is a potential consequence of different interventions, despite their nature, and is associated with costs. These three...
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...Three Definitions of Abnormality 1. Deviation from social norms Abnormality can be defined as a deviation from social norms This means that we label people as abnormal if their behaviour is different from what we accept as the norms of society. Some social norms are explicit, which means they are legal written laws. While other social norms are implicit and are unwritten, or unspoken rules in society. If people break these rules, then they are deviating away from social norms and therefore, could be labeled as abnormal. This definition of abnormality can be applied to certain behaviours. For example, a type of behaviour that breaks implicit rules could be standing too close to another person in a face to face conversation, or dressing to a particular dress code. While explicit rule breaking can also include criminal behaviour. According to this definition anyone who break a social norm is abnormal. Limitations • Behaviour might deviate from social norms due to ‘eccentricity’ rather than abnormality. Therefore according to this definition people who break implicit social norms may be wrongly labelled abnormal. • Behaviour may appear to deviate from social norms because it has been taken out of context, rather than being due to abnormality. This is a problem because it may lead to individuals being wrongly identified as abnormal. • Social norms change over time and therefore it is problematic to determine abnormality as a deviation from social...
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...Theorist Selected: Dorothea Orem Description of Theory: This paper will discuss about Orem’s general theory of nursing and major concepts of her theory are person, health, nursing and environment. Orem’s general theory of nursing consists of three parts. Each theory is presented as a set of assumptions and propositions. According to Current Nursing (2012) (i) Theory of self- care includes: self- care means individuals perform activities on their own to maintain life, health, and well-being. Self- care Agency is a human ability to engaging in self-care conditioned by age developmental state, life experience, sociocultural orientation health, and available resources. Therapeutic self-care demand is,” totally of self-care action to be performed for some period of time by using valid method, sets of operation and action to meet self- care demands”(para.4). Self-care requisite includes three catagories: Universal self-care, developmental self-care, and health deviation self-care requisites. (ii) Theory of self-care deficit clarifies that when nursing is in need and five helping methods: Acting for and doing for others, guiding others, supporting another, providing an environment for personal development in order to meet future demands, and teaching another.(iii)Theory of nursing system describes how patient’s self-care needs will be meet by the nurse and patient. Orem identifies three classifications of nursing system to meet the self-care necessities of the patient are wholly compensatory...
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...are to explain the definition of health, contrasted with a positive definition, such as that provided by the ‘World Health Organisation' (WHO) in 1974, with its positive and negative concept of health and the definition of disease and its connection to the social model. It will then be followed by the study of Mildred Blaxter (1990). I will also be explaining the definition of the ‘sick role' which was introduced by Talcott Parsons, with its positive and negative effects on the society. Following by an explanation of the doctor-patient relationship with the theory of the functionalist approach by Barber (1963) and by also critically evaluating ways in which the medical profession exercises social control as well as their contribution to ill health and their strengths and weaknesses. Finally, I will analyse the key issues relating to the political economy of the health industry. Over the year's sociologist have tried to come up with a good definition of health, however, they were all elusive. According to the ‘World Health Organisations' (WHO) (1946), good health meant "Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity" its definition was seen as a positive concept as it focused not only on being free from any diseases but it emphasised in a mixture of physical, mental, emotional and social well-being, this was seen to be so complete but yet unachievable. The negative concept of health is opposed to a positive...
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...This brief abstract is a concept note on the subject of sociology of health and illness. It is going to give a brief sketch background of medical sociology, highlight various definitions of what is health, illness and how the production, distribution and patterns of diseases are influenced by the context in which they occur. The biomedical understanding of health and illness was entirely in the context of bacteriology and immunology dominated the subject of heath care systems for centuries. The history of medical sociology began in the 1800 with extensive contributions of Virchow to social medicine (Virchow, 1864). The resurgence of medical sociology and its institutionalization emerged in the 1960s and 1970s following the deficiencies of biomedicine to account various diseases which came about on the eve of industrialization and urbanization. Some diseases have their roots in the economic, social, cultural, political and environmental context. It is in these backdrops among other reasons that the sociology of health and illness gained recognition and institutionalization. Medical sociology did not discredit biomedical explanations and practice but have attributed that production, patterns, distribution and reproduction of health and illness is socially constructed (Waitzkin et al., 2001; Foucault, 1977; White, 2006). Sociology of health and Illness uses sociological perspectives such as the Sick role (Parsons, 1951), historical materialist approaches (Engels, 1844/1973), interactionist...
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...sometimes sent on hiking expeditions. Jones and Eyles (1977), in An Introduction to Social Geography, stated: "This book is largely about urban society ... this does not unduly distort the real situation because we live in a predominantly urban society and most of our problems lie in the city." Their view is reflected in the fact that recent interest in health inequalities has tended to be centred on the inner cities. Definitions of rurality in a health care context Definitions of rurality have been neglected in health research. Definitions of deprivation attract frequent papers, with debate over the 'best' definition (Campbell et al., 1991; Morris and Carstairs, 1991; Ben-Shlomo et al., 1992). Researchers into deprivation and health generally choose to use one of two or three main indices of deprivation, such as that described by Townsend et al. (1986), or Jarman (1983; 1984), and seldom omit to specify the definition of deprivation which has been chosen. In contrast, where research has been carried out into rural issues in health, the definition of rurality has attracted less attention. Definitions of rurality vary widely (Table 1) and in some papers no mention is made of how areas have been identified as 'rural'. This lack...
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