.... Health Promotion Pamphlet Critique Health Promotion Pamphlet Critique The function of a health promotion brochure is to present information to the community on different topics with the intention of improving the health and well-being of individuals through the implementation of health education. In order for a brochure to be effective, the message must be clear, precise, and totally understood by the individual. Some health promoting brochures can provide incentives to maintaining wellness promoting behaviors. Brochures outlining strategies for preventing diseases such as diabetes can provide information to attain a stable lifestyle. The information however, has to be properly presented to get those results. According to Jamison (2004) implementation of even one healthy behavior can have an ubiquitous health benefit, it is therefore suggested that suitably formulated health information brochures inform and encourage the adoption of healthy behaviors (p 262). The title of the brochure is Diabetes and it is meant to educate those who want to learn more about the disease. Source and Topic Diabetes is a major problem in the Unite States. The total prevalence of diabetes in the Unite States, all ages is 18.2 million people which accounts for 6.3% of the population that has diabetes. Of this only 13.0 million has been diagnosis and 5.2 million undiagnosed cases (Center for Disease Control). Diabetes shortens life expectancy by about...
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...Ways of Knowing Carper’s Ways of Knowing consists of four different patterns. The ways of knowing patterns are empirical, personal, ethical, and aesthetic. This theory help bring all four ways of knowing into patient care and into the nursing process. Empirical knowing is the scientific knowledge or science of nursing. A 69 year old man under my care in the Emergency Room presented with palpitation with slight chest discomfort. After initiating standing orders for chest pain, labs, IV access, oxygen by nasal cannula, and EKG, his potassium level came back highly elevated. I notified the doctor right away since he had not yet seen the results of the blood work. The proper medications were ordered to lower the patient’s potassium level. Having the empirical knowledge of blood levels and knowing the symptoms of the patient allowed me to treat this patient correct away. The personal knowledge pattern of knowing in the nursing is ‘concerned with the knowing, encountering and actualising of the concrete, individual self…standing in relation to another human being as a person.’(Carper, 1978, p. 18) I have been on the same side as a patient. One common complaint that is seen in the emergency room are the dreaded kidney stones. The last two ER jobs I had, I was unable to pass a kidney stone while at work. The pain had become so intense I had to get registered myself and become the patient. I had to be admitted due to the size of the stone and for pain control. It was an overwhelming...
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...In the 19th century Florence Nightingale was born and grew up to become “the pioneer of modern nursing.” She drastically changed sanitary conditions which ultimately led to sterile technique, decreased communicable disease rates, along with lower hospital acquired infections. With long struggles, hard work, and extensive travels Dorothea Dix wrote a “memorial” and lobbied for institutions supported by the states for care of the patient with mental illness’ and in 1856 it was with great success that the first States Hospital opened. And in 1873, the very first nursing school was established ("Timeline of nursing history," 2012, para. 1-5). As a result of the extensive history of nursing and the increasing demand for nurses there have been several nursing schools throughout the years. Today it doesn’t matter which program is chosen, upon graduation every nursing school graduate must take the National Council of State Boards of Nursing RN exam (NCLEX-RN). The NCLEX-RN is a multiple choice exam that assesses safe nurses based on minimal competency. Because of this, the NCLEX-RN pass rate is not a good indication of the differences of Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) or Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (BSN) (National Council of State Boards of Nursing, 2002). There are several different nursing school options available for students seeking to become a nurse. The first option for nursing school is the diploma program. Diploma...
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...insurmountable? Provide a nursing diagnosis with interventions and outcomes to assess the patient's behavior changes. Using the health belief model the nurse has to determine the patients understanding of how changes in his eating habits and activity can affect his recovery status post myocardial infarction (MI). Follow the health beliefs model of “individual perceptions or readiness for change.” (Edelman, Mandel, P. 248, 2010) The nurse would develop a plan around the information obtained regarding patient’s previous behaviors and the necessary changes needed to recover post MI. The plan would include multiple small changes that would equal a healthier lifestyle. The most appropriate plan would be negotiated between the patient and the nurse. The small changes won’t be as overwhelming to the patient as a huge instant change would be and would be easier for patient to comply with. An example would be teaching the patient to not fry foods in butter, try broiling or baking instead. Don’t add salt when cooking instead use a salt substitute. Explain the effects of butter and salt on the damage heart and provide a list of alternatives that could be used. Slowly increase activity. Participate in cardiac rehab and follow their recommendations for activity increase. Nursing Diagnosis for status post myocardial infarction patient: Activity intolerance related to imbalance of oxygen supply and demand as evidence by fatigue and weakness. Nursing Intervention:...
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...Cheska Mae Edrozo December 4, 2014 Period 3 SIGNIFICANT EVENTS Although the origins of nursing predate the mid-19th century, the history of professional nursing traditionally begins with Florence Nightingale. Nightingale believed that well-educated women, using scientific principles and informed education about healthy lifestyles, could dramatically improve the care of sick patients. Moreover, she believed that nursing provided an ideal independent social freedom for women, who at that time had few other career options. One of Nightingale’s significance in history was that she was a great prolific writer, authoring texts, journals, reports and more than 200 personal letters to accomplish her goals. It emphasizes her focus on the environmental aspects of nursing pure air, light, cleanliness and pure water. Nightingale was a visionary who saw the big picture and had a clear sense of purpose. She was probably the most famous for her work during the Crimean War (1854-1856). Nightingale became famous for her dedication toward the welfare of her patients, earning the nickname “The Lady with the Lamp” for her tending the sick through the night. Florence began studying nursing in earnest, reading everything that had been written about volunteering at hospitals and visiting a nursing institution in Germany for training several times. She began to notice that many of the popular treatments available administering infusions of mercury and opiates were actually killing more patients...
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...Family Nursing Diagnoses NUR/405 Family Nursing Diagnoses Community Nursing The community health nurse has a primary role to assess the relationship of variables in the community with how they relate to patients and health. Cultural, religious, ethnic, and personal upbringings are variables that are considered to gain a basic understanding of the community framework. The purpose of this paper is to discuss three nursing diagnoses related to AL and his family living in a suburban community in Staten Island, New York. Interventions and outcomes will be expected for each diagnosis and will be integrated into the care plan and educational program specially designed for the chosen family. Family Assessment AL is a 65 year old man with an Italian ethnic background. He is a smoker who has been recently diagnosed with Type II Diabetes Mellitus, mild obesity, and a history of coronary artery disease with one stent last year. His physician stated he is borderline diabetic that could be managed through diet and lifestyle modifications, and could not advance if he is compliant with suggested regimens. He lives in a two-family residence with his wife, and his father who lives in the side apartment downstairs. He has two adult children who live within close range and visit several times a week. Jean Watson’s Theory of Human Caring When caring for a special population group within a community, the nurse must integrate clinical thought to assimilate specifically designed...
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...healthcare providers’ obligation to themselves, their patients, and to society as a whole. The nurse is an integral part of the healthcare team that contributes to accountability realm. How does this concept translate into everyday professional nursing practice? According to the American Nurses Association, “accountability means to be answerable to oneself and others for one’s own actions. The nurse acts under a code of ethical conduct that is grounded in moral fidelity and respect for the dignity, worth and self-determination of patients.” (p. 9). The ANA developed the Code of Ethics for Nurses as a tool or guideline for the nurse to “carry out nursing responsibilities in a manner consistent with quality in nursing care and the ethical obligations of the profession” (ANA, n.d.). Nurses have a responsibility for the care they provide during their nursing practice. To whom is the professional nurse responsible and accountable? Nurses are accountable to the profession, their patients, their employers, and to themselves. Using evidence based practice encompasses all aspects of this obligation. This paper will explore this fundamental idea. Nurses have the responsibility to their patients to be clinically competent and provide safe nursing care to them. Nurses need to have a strong knowledge base to provide care in this ever...
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...Development for Nursing Professionals October 12, 2013 Change As the US population continues to grow and become more diverse, health care needs must change and grow with it. The US Government passed the Affordable Health Care Act in March 2010. This gives an additional 32 million Americans an opportunity to have insurance coverage. This leads to an additional 32 million people that will be seen in health care facilities across the United States. In October 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) developed a report depicting the need for nursing to be transformed in the areas of practice, education and leadership to meet the changing health care needs. This will enhance quality, promote health, prevent illness, and care for people of all ages and ethnicities. Nurses are at the core of this change. They reside at the bedside and have an opportunity to make great changes and take on new opportunities to provide a seamless transition throughout this growth spurt. Education Nursing educations at all levels needs to provide a better understanding of and experiences in care management, quality improvement methods, system change management and re-conceptualized roles of nurses in a reformed health care system (IOM, 2010). With the diploma, ADN, and BSN avenues to becoming a registered nurse there are many different options for those desiring to enter the nursing field. The BSN will become a necessity and even more needed are nurse practitioners and those with doctorates...
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...Introduction and Case Study Creswell (2002) defines the interview as a method of qualitative research that seeks to describe central themes and meanings of various human phenomena and experience. A web dictionary defines the word “generative” as having the ability to originate, produce, or procreate. This implies that a generative family is a family which is able to multiply by producing new offspring. A family is a system or unit which is defined as a group of individuals who are bound by strong emotional ties, a sense of belonging, and a passion for being involved in one another’s lives (Wright, Watson & Bell, 1996). The family visited was a nuclear family. The term nuclear family was developed in the western world to distinguish the family group consisting of a father and mother, and their children, from what is known as an extended family (Wright & Leahey, 2005). Nuclear families can be any size, as long as the family can support itself and there are only the parents and children. The purpose of the interview presented in this paper was to discover and describe the experience of pregnancy by a married woman who is in her late twenties. The paper presents the findings observed in the interview and ends with a series of conclusions and personal reflections on the interview method. The confidentiality of the pregnant lady’s name and that of any member of her family will be respected throughout the paper. This essay is an example of a student's work Disclaimer This...
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...easily remembers information when she can apply them to a real life situation. When it comes to applying aural and visual learning it is best for the nurse to carry a conversation about what she has learned, but to also look at pictures and/or graphs so she can physically see and cognitively process the information that is at hand. Conclusively, there is reading and writing for the nurse, she will retain information better if she were to rewrite everything down into words or lists. The nurses preferred learning style happens to be the exact learning style she scored a 13 on, kinesthetic learning. During nursing school the nurse explains that she succeeded during her clinical rotations and in her skills lab, which primarily utilizes a hand’s on learning approach. She states that at a young age she realized that she was more of a “hand’s on” learner. She states that during nursing school she was able to retain a majority of information given to her when she was able to apply it to a real life event. The nurse also expresses that she felt more confident while she was being checked off for her skills lab or answering a question verbally than being able to answer a question on an exam. When it came to studying she would listen to lectures from her classes, read case studies, look up images, watch videos, join a study group and speak about the material they were to be tested on and practice procedures in the skills lab or borrow materials and...
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...IOM Report Influence Nursing? Grand Canyon University: 430V July 13, 2017 How Will the 2010 IOM Report Change Nursing? The Institute of Medicine is a nonprofit organization not related to the government, which provides unbiased advice to the general public as well as lawmakers in regard to healthcare decisions. The Affordable Care Act was signed into law in 2010 and this was the biggest health care reform in decades. The Afford Care Act provides millions of Americans with health coverage who previously were without. This will cause changes in our health care system and the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report in 2010 specifying what changes they think need to take place within the healthcare system to meet the needs of the public. This paper will discuss the impact on nursing resulting from the Institute of Medicine report: “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” Specifically it addresses the impact on education, primary care practice, and nurse leadership roles. The Impact on Education One key message in the IOM report states that nurses need to achieve higher levels of education by having a better education system that easily allows progress from one degree to the next. (IOM, 2010) In fact one of the recommendations is for eighty percent of nurses to have a Bachelors of Science degree by the year 2020. This is an increase of thirty percent. How is this report having an impact? According to the Future of Nursing Coalition for Change...
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... Historical Development of Nursing Science Timeline Paper * Stacey Simmons * NUR/513 * February 3, 2014 Rebecca Gesler Historical Development of Nursing Science Timeline Paper The historical development of nursing science began with Florence Nightingale’s influential Notes on Nursing. The science of nursing has grown and developed into an academically sound and proven study of nursing care. In the 150 years following Florence Nightingale’s innovative approach to nursing care, many influential nursing theorists have emerged. This paper will discuss the Florence Nightingale, the pioneer theorists from the 1950’s, the transitional theorists from the 1960’s, and the research theorists from the 1990’s. The Historical Development of Nursing Science and Theory Nursing science and theory began with Florence Nightengale’s Notes on Nursing. Florence Nightingale is remembered for building the foundations of modern nursing establishing nursing as a profession. “Her book, Notes on Nursing (Nightingale 1859) first published in 1859, was the first nursing text book. She wrote the first modern nursing curriculum for St Thomas's Hospital, London when she instituted nurse education there in 1860 and followed these with a number of other books, reports and pamphlets. (Stanley, D., 2007). However, it would be decades before her insights, observations and educational model would be acknowledged as the first nursing theory. In the 1950’s Columbia...
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...This class has been an eye opener for me especially in areas like why healthcare is driving toward the use of informatics. I have learned that the use of informatics is not only beneficial for health care team patients and their families but also and the community. The use informatics in nursing is so vital in every day work. As a nursing assistant for many years I have seen that without informatics and technology health system would not be as successful as it is today. Informatics technology improves communication among health care providers, research, documentation, diagnosis, treatment, education and error reduction in health care settings. With the constant stress in health care setting it would have been more stressful for nurses to...
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...relation to their health and their lives. No longer can they blame someone or something when their health declines. People must be held accountable for their life decisions in relation to their health. Purpose of Health Promotion The purpose of health promotion is to not only educate people in regards to their health, but also enlighten them to gain control over all aspects of their life which in turn affects their health. Health promotion also provides education in various forms to support the knowledge that people need to make informative decisions. Health promotion can be used on the private level, the public level, and also within the community (Edelman & Mandle, 2009), all of which are important when it comes to education. Nursing...
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...Description of Theory: Nightingales theory is based on natural laws ("Current Nursing ", 2012). Florence Nightingale uses an environmental model. It is based on the idea that healing comes from within the individual. The emphasis of care is on placing that patient in an environment conducive to being and becoming well (Cruz, n.d.). She felt that nursing was a calling and defined it as an art and a science that requires a specific educational base of knowledge. She also went on to say that nursing was separate from medicine and that the goal of nursing was to place the patient in the best possible state in order for nature to work ("Current Nursing ", 2012). Nightingales concepts of nursing have directed both theoretical thought and nursing practice that are being utilized and practiced today (Daniels , 2003). Theory’s Historical background: Florence Nightingale is considered the founder of nursing and some say, to be the first nurse theorist ("Current Nursing", 2012). Alligood (2010) stated, “Nightingales work stemmed from a desire to serve humankind” (p. 84). Her work, during the Crimean War in Scutari, Turkey, and her later teachings, “will forever be linked with modern Nursing.” Nightingale has influenced three areas in modern day medicine; infection control, epidemiology, and hospice medicine. Nightingale cannot claim sanitation theories as her own; however, the improvements and changes that she had made were obvious, to the degree that infected patients were treated...
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