...goal of this paper is to convey the conceptual meaning of rurality as it relates to oral health and its impact on advanced practice nursing. Purpose The purpose if this concept analysis is to present a theoretical understanding of oral health among rural populations. Despite important links between oral health and general health, oral diseases are common and public health and prevention efforts aimed to improving oral health have lagged prevention efforts. Research shows that the key to improving oral health is through preventative care and early treatments. However, many individuals within rural communities do not have access to preventive programs and early treatment; whether it is due to financial burden, uninsured, distance to treatment, lower rates of water fluoridation or poor access to care providers. People who have the least access to preventive services and dental treatment have greater rates of oral diseases (“Oral Health”, 2013). Evidence In 2000, the United States Surgeon General’s report on “Oral Health in America” defined oral health broadly, emphasizing that oral health is “integral to general health; oral health means more than healthy teeth and that you cannot be healthy without oral health.” The World Health Organization defines oral health as “a state of being free from mouth and facial pain, oral and throat cancer, oral infection and sores, periodontal (gum) disease, tooth decay, tooth loss, and other diseases and disorders that limit an individual’s capacity...
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...Compare the three levels of health promotion prevention. Health promotion is defined as “the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health.” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The purpose of health promotion in nursing practice is to enable people make healthy choices. According Smeltzer & Bare (2006), the purpose of health promotion is to focus on a person’s potential for wellness and to encourage him/her to change her personal habits, lifestyle and environment in a way that it will reduce risk and improve health and wellbeing. Nursing roles and responsibilities have gradually evolved due to changes in the society. Special importance is now attached to preventive, community-based care...
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...Literature Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family Health Promotion 27-Jun-2011 (O109) 06/30/2011 Sickness and diseases has been a global problems predominantly facing mankind. These challenges led to the integration of various programs such like health promotion program, in effort to curb chronic diseases with its relating risk factors and assist in promoting good health and wellness. Health promotion was formed to encourage people to take preventive measure towards their health and to curb the deterioration of sickness and diseases thereby implementing a healthier life style. One of the ultimate goals of health promotion is improving quality of life of an individual, families and communities. These great challenges require a comprehensive approach towards eradicating and/or minimizing its health complications. Health promotion is the ability to create understanding about health among individuals, enabling them to gain that knowledge about their health and willingly take control in other to improve the quality of their health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health (WHO, 2006). This program is designed to educate people and have them acknowledge the importance of knowing health issues and ways to respond to it. It is a fundamental channel where premature deaths and unnecessary injuries and diseases can be averted. Nursing has been advocating for adequate...
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...Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION 1 Levels of Health Promotion Latha Verson Grand Canyon University Health promotion, also known as prevention, has always been prevalent in health care. It has always been considered better to stop an illness from occurring rather than treating it once it has. But that is not the extent of health promotion. Health promotion is the provision of information and education of individuals and families (Unknown, 2012). As stated by the World Health Organization, health promotion seeks to give an individual control over their health. In health promotion, the actions taken are not limited to just individuals, but also extends to the community, environment etc (Unknown, 2012). Prevention also involves taking control of the determinants of health like the community, economics, environment (Unknown, 2012). Every state, county, town, has its own different approaches to health promotion. But mainly, they revolve around improving personal health, clean environment, strong community and better personal skills (Unknown, 2012). Health promotion is extremely important in the nursing field. Nurses are usually the primary care givers in a medical setting and have direct contact with the patients. Nurses can spread the message that prevention is better than the cure. They can bring across the point that prevention is more cost effective and can provide a better life for patients. They can help to prevent diseases from occurring and spreading and can advocate...
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...Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Prevention Interventions: Haiti 2010 *Primary prevention nursing interventions: Primary prevention and nursing interventions include: the workers and volunteers receiving available, necessary and appropriate shots prior to entering Haiti. For the Haitians, immunization would also be given. This is very important against, Hepatitis, and other rare, yet deadly diseases, such as measles, mumps, rubella, and pertussis. Education regarding: safe and proper sanitation practices; hand washing and personal hygiene; maintaining trash in designated areas; staying active by volunteering/assisting and caring for other fellow Haitian children and neighbors; clearing and cleaning out clutter and using available resources to cook and keep foods in safe places that are clean; dry and free from infestations of bugs; clearing out puddles of water that attract mosquitos; and assigning an adequate amount of people per shelter or tent in order to not overcrowd any particular living/sleeping quarters; and lastly educated patients on the first sign of diarrheal disease and to seek medical attention in order to contain the disease. These prevention interventions would be started as early as the 1st phase, and throughout 5th phase. I would enroll the collaboration of the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention), the Red Cross and FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency). *Secondary Prevention nursing Interventions: Secondary prevention and nursing interventions...
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...Chapter 5 Types of Maintenance Programs � 5.1 Introduction What is maintenance and why is it performed? Past and current maintenance practices in both the private and government sectors would imply that maintenance is the actions associated with equipment repair after it is broken. The dictionary defines maintenance as follows: “the work of keeping something in proper condition; upkeep.” This would imply that maintenance should be actions taken to prevent a device or component from failing or to repair normal equipment degradation experienced with the operation of the device to keep it in proper working order. Unfortunately, data obtained in many studies over the past decade indicates that most private and government facilities do not expend the necessary resources to maintain equipment in proper working order. Rather, they wait for equipment failure to occur and then take whatever actions are necessary to repair or replace the equipment. Nothing lasts forever and all equipment has associated with it some predefined life expectancy or operational life. For example, equipment may be designed to operate at full design load for 5,000 hours and may be designed to go through 15,000 start and stop cycles. The need for maintenance is predicated on actual or impending failure – ideally, maintenance is performed to keep equipment and systems running efficiently for at least design life of the component(s). As such, the practical operation of a component is time-based function. If...
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...Health Promotion in Nursing Practice What is health promotion? Health promotion is defined as the process of enabling people to increase control over and improve their health (World Health Organization, n.d.). It involves a combination of health education and related organizational, political, and economic changes aimed at improving health (Hooyman & Kiyak, 1999). Health promotion also focuses on empowering individuals, families, and communities in developing competence and capabilities t required gaining control over daily life events and circumstances, thereby achieving a sense of security. Therefore, the ultimate goal of the health promotion model is to promote a sense of well-being, health maintenance, balance in all aspects of life and not just the absence of disease. (GCU, 2013) According to WHO, health promotion is creating the framework for health for all people in their everyday lives. (Fry & Rissel, 2010). For decades, the primary focus of health care has been on the care of the sick but in present day and time, the focus has broadened to determining the cause of illness and prevention of disease, thus enhancing the quality of life and life expectancy in general which can only be achieved by educating the public in health promotion which includes prevention and early detection. With improved health standards and statistics, health care providers have been able to conduct researches helping them isolate the cause, develop treatment and establish methods to decrease...
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...Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION COMPARISON 1 Comparison of the Three Levels of Health Promotion Queeny M. Carmouche Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-0102 January 19, 2014 Comparison of the Three Levels in Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Health promotion and disease prevention are appropriate for everyone. High-quality health promotion and disease deterrence can slow disease process, improve one’s ability to live independently and lead an active life, even with people with major health issues. During the 1970’s the concern about the physician shortage lead to the expansion of education in the health profession. Health care professionals are at the core of health promotion by engaging in the educational process with the patient. Health promotion and prevention are what will lead the individual to an improved quality of life. Making healthy choices towards health care will impact lives dramatically. The goals for Healthy People 2020 are “1) eliminate preventative disease, disability, injury and premature death; 2) achieve health equity and eliminate health disparities; 3) create social and physical environments that promote good health for all; and 4) promote healthy development and healthy behavior at every stage of life.” (Healthy People, 2010). Goals set in Healthy People 2020 are an attempt to create a paradigm shift from traditional care of treating illness to preventative care. Definition of Health Promotion Health promotion...
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...1.Please give an example of primary prevention, secondary prevention and tertiary prevention. Primary prevention- Ex- a patient getting their yearly mammogram to detect breast cancer or getting the immunizations. Secondary prevention – Ex a patient getting treatment for an illness (hypertension.) Tertiary prevention- EX is a patient gets care to prevent further progression of a disease like rehab. 2. Give examples of how a nurse would commit the following crimes: Negligence, breach of confidentiality, assault, battery. Negligence- Ex is failing to monitor the patient, improper medication administration and failing to provide a change in patient status. Breach of confidentiality- Ex is giving out patient information to an unauthorized people or leaving open a patient chart. Assault- Ex is threatening a patient by giving them a shot or putting restraints on them. Battery- Ex holding down a patient against their will to get procedures done faster. 3. What is the nurse’s responsibilities regarding advanced directives? * The nurse must make sure that under the client records it must have documentation that they have signed a advanced directive. * The nurse must not be a witness in the advance directive * If the patient revoke the advance directive the nurse must make sure to document and record immediately in the patient chart. 4. What are some factors that increase a client’s risk for infection? Immunocompromised patients , Not isolation precautions...
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...Prevention, rather than cure is the major goal of any community. The society has to work together as one for disease prevention and outbreaks. How does a society manage this if not everyone is treated equally or respected appropriately? Are there solutions to this? Some ways in which this can be solved are by offering free screenings of diseases, and providing immunization. A vaccination helps in two ways. It helps the person who receives it as they now won’t get the disease, and it also helps those who don’t get it as there is now one person less capable of spreading the disease. Naturally no one is intentionally going to catch a disease and spread it. The aim is to make vaccination optional and not force anyone into getting it. It is a psychological finding that when a person is forced into doing something, it is normal for them to want to do the exact opposite. Therefore, forcing people into getting their shots is not going to work. However, offering free immunization to people who are willing to take it will go a long way. I see communities working together in preventing diseases. One of these ways is preventing the spread of diseases by offering sanitation wipes for free at shopping malls and grocery stores so that people can wipe their shopping carts before using them. The worst way to catch a disease is by picking up a chart used by someone really sick. This, in my opinion is a great strategy to prevent the spread of bacteria, because it does not force...
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...Chapter 7 PSY 201 Notes Heath and sickness For school-age children to develop slow and steady growth including: brain maturity, strong muscles, and other body organs good nutrition and hygiene is important. Immunizations helps prevent a lot of childhood diseases and viruses. Two of the most common health problems seen in school-age children are asthma and obesity. If the three levels of prevention is applied this can help in the health of a child. Primary Prevention- Happens before the sickness occur. Like making the environment better for a child. Secondary Prevention- Avoid on-set conditions. Staying consistent with routine check-ups. Tertiary Prevention- Treating the problem after it occurs. Teaching and learning Children begin to make sense of their situations. Children become more systematic and objective Thinking Children are able to organize their knowledge and utilize it when needed and in the correct way. Brain development As the brain continues to develop in middle childhood, several behaviors that were common in early childhood can be controlled, like emotional outburst. Ongoing maturation allows children to analyze the consequences of their behaviors before engaging in them which naturally improves with age. This video shows a good understanding of what selective and automation attention is in middle childhood Special needs children There are many different disorders that a child can develop during middle childhood. Children...
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...2014 Preventing Falls Among Psychiatric Patients Psychiatric Patients are mobile and they have an increase risk factor for falling. This issue has been a serious problem facing the psychiatric hospitals. Referring to the article, their main objectives were to find out the causes of fall in the psychiatric hospitals, to provide preventive measures, and to know the effectiveness of those measures. According to Hakenson, Kidd, and Plemmons (2014), many psychiatric medications are the major causes of fall among the psychiatric patients. Some of their medications cause changes in the patient vital signs which often resulting in dizziness or unstable movement, and eventually lead to fall. Some of those medications they mentioned are antipsychotics, benzodiazepines, antidepressants, anticonvulsants, beta blocker, opiates and anticholinergic. However, the nature of their sickness is another factor that can cause them to fall. When someone is mentally sick, he/she will be disoriented, lacks judgment, having sleepless night and the level of anxiety will increase. All these conditions are associated with the risk for fall. However, some of the preventives measures they could have used; are setting up a chair or bed alarm on each patient’s bed or chair to alert the staff whenever the patients wants to get up without an assistance. A safety check on all patients at frequent intervals will also prevent fall. Those patients that are in the highest risk for fall should been given rooms...
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...operating systems Principle Objectives in Maintenance To achieve product quality and customer satisfaction through adjusted and serviced equipment Maximize useful life of equipment Keep equipment safe and prevent safety hazards Minimize frequency and severity of interruptions Maximize production capacity – through high utilization of facility Maintenance Objectives Must be consistent with the goals of production (cost, quality, delivery, safety) Must be comprehensive and include specific responsibilities Maintenance in Manufacturing Companies Electronic Automotive Petrochemicals Refinery Furniture Ceramics Food and beverages Types of Maintenance Breakdown maintenance Preventive maintenance Breakdown Maintenance Breakdown maintenance implies that repairs are made after the equipment is failed and can not perform its normal function anymore Quite justified in small factories where: – Down times are non-critical and repair costs are less than other type of maintenance – Financial justification for scheduling are not felt Break Down Maintenance Identification of broken,worn out or malfunctioning components. Reassembly and Checking to verify the correct operation of the equipment. Classification of Breakdown Repairs Break down repairs Emergency Downtime...
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...Primary Prevention- Primary prevention seeks to reduce the frequency of new cases of disease occurring in a population and, thus is most applicable to persons who are in the stage of susceptibility. Primary prevention strategies emphasize general health promotion, risk factor reduction, and other health protective measures. These strategies include health education and health promotion programs designed to foster healthier lifestyles and environmental health programs designed to improve environmental quality. Specific examples of primary prevention measures include immunization against communicable diseases; public health education about good nutrition, exercise, stress management, and individual responsibility for health; chlorination and filtration of public water supplies; and legislation requiring child restraints in motor vehicles Secondary Prevention Secondary prevention attempts to reduce the number of existing cases in a population and, therefore, is most appropriately aimed those in the stage of presymptomatec disease or the early stage of clinical disease. Secondary prevention focuses on early detection and swift treatment of disease. Its purpose is to cure disease, slow its progression, or reduce its impact on individuals or communities. A common approach to secondary prevention is screening for disease, such as the noninvasive computerized test for the early detection of heart disease. This test uses computerized tomography scans to look for calcium deposition in...
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...Name: Unit name: Institution: Date: One and the most obvious reason that makes people support the prevention of diseases is because the illness that can be prevented by giving a vaccine has not gone away. The causes of these illnesses whether viruses or bacteria still exist and can be transmitted to other people who are not protected against the illness. Research enhances the prevention of illnesses by the use of a vaccine makes one healthy as recommended by the Centers for Disease control and Prevention (CDC). Preventing an illness from the time of birth through adulthood provide a lifetime of protection against the disease. Prevention of sickness reduces the vulnerability of that person to the disease. ( National Institutes of Health (U.S.). Office of Disease Prevention., 2008) Like eating and diet getting regular screening for diseases play a significant role in keeping us healthy. Preventing illness is the safest care measure we can take. Also, statistics shows that preventable diseases kill more people annually than HIV/AIDS, and cancer does (Stang & Miner, 2005). It is best if people accept the vaccinations given to prevent the preventable diseases since vaccines are safe and efficient. Also, people take prevention of diseases as they already know that a vaccine cannot give the illness it is designed to prevent. It is also more expensive to cure an illness than to prevent it. Being a family member one also understands...
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