...Community Health Nursing SZT Task 1 Western Governors University Community Description Located in Eastern Oregon, Deschutes County is the fastest growing county in Oregon. Deschutes County is adjacent to seven other counties. There are four incorporated communities: Bend, La Pine, Redmond, and Sisters. There are 19 unincorporated areas. As of 2012, the U. S. Census Bureau reported the population of Deschutes County to be 157,733. Deschutes County experienced a 36.7% population growth since the previous census in 2000. The median household income of residents in Deschutes County is $52,233 and is above the national household income of $44,389. The majority of the population is white-nonhispanic at 88% with 8% being Hispanic and the remainder other ethnicities. The county is known for being situated near the Central Cascade Range. Besides tourism, principle industries are lumber, agriculture, ranching, and the largest growth has occurred in the healthcare industry. Deschutes County is home to four destination resorts. According to the U. S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 3,055 square miles. (U. S. Census Bureau, 2011) Tourism is the number one industry in the county. Lumber is the county’s second most profitable industry and much of Deschutes’ acreage is covered with vast stands of pine trees. The Forest Service owns 51% of the land inside the county boundaries. (Deschutes County, 2014) Possible safety issues in Deschutes County include wildfires, poor air...
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...Brandy Carich Student ID #000315504 Western Governors University Community and Population Health Task #2 March16, 2014 Community Health Nursing The community health nurse is an imperative part of any community. Community health nurses have several roles in caring for patients, including but not limited to: caregiver, educator, advocate, case manager/ coordinator, counselor, and motivator. This can be a difficult career because of all these different roles that one nurse must take on to provide the best patient care possible. The position can be even more difficult when it comes to dealing with patients and their families when a terminal disease diagnosis is present. Quality of Life Providing a terminally ill patient with the greatest quality of life is one of the most important goals for any nurse. In order to obtain this goal the nurse must build a rapport with the patient and family. Building a good rapport will help establish and maintain a therapeutic relationship between the patient, family and nurse. With a trusting rapport, end life decisions can be more easily made by the patient and their family since there is a medically educated person there to help. As a nurse who has been part of treatment planning for the terminally ill, death is still never an easy thing to deal with. Coping with a terminal illness can be a challenge felt by all involved with the patient. Providing the greatest quality of life up until the patient’s...
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...Community Health Task 1 Alisha Diehl Western Governors University Community Health Community Description and Data Interpretation Located in South Central Pennsylvania, comprising a total of 910 square miles, York County was founded in 1749. It was formed out of Lancaster County, and became the fifth county established in Pennsylvania, as well as the first county established west of the Susquehanna River. A dispute grew between Pennsylvania and Maryland, as both states claimed a portion of York County. Thus the government hired British surveyors Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon to establish the boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania, who formed a demarcation which became known as the Mason-Dixon Line. York County lies just north of this famous Mason-Dixon Line, which later became integral during the Civil War for dividing the Union and Confederate Armies. (York County Historic Timeline, 2012). Population/Economic Assessment The total population of York County is 434,972 as of the 2010 Census, with York being the largest city with 43,550 people. The median age is 40.1 years, with 24.1% of the population being age 65 and older. This is an increase of 6% since the year 2000. The average household income for York County is $57,027, while the average household income for all of Pennsylvania is $49,520. The total percentage of households in York County living in poverty is 9.0%, with 7.1% for White Non-Hispanic residents and 24.5% for Hispanic or Latino...
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...Community Assessment Danielle Clark Western Governors Community and Population Health SZT1 Task 1 January 23, 2014 Community Assessment A1: Community Description and Data Presentation Hemet is a small community located in southern California within Riverside County. Hemet is at the base of the San Jacinto Mountains. It is 87 miles southeast from Los Angeles and 86 miles northeast from San Diego. Perfectly placed with a small drive to beautiful forestry in one direction and the Pacific Ocean in the opposite direction. The weather is hot and dry in the summer and can get cold in the winter but generally sunny weather all year long. The average temperature is 65 degrees ("City of Hemet," 2013, table 6). The land is desert, dry and yet there is such beauty to the open land. According to the 2010 United States Census the population is 78,657. ("U.S. Census," 2010, table 1). Hemet has many mobile home parks and master plan retirement communities filled with an older population. Younger families are moving in and planting roots. Hemet is filling with community parks and schools, shopping centers, and aquatic centers for the young. It still has some of the old charm of an outdoor amphitheater at the Ramona Bowl, historical old town center and an old Railroad Museum connected to railroad tracks built in 1888 and closed in 1987("City of Hemet," 2013, para. 8). There are two lakes which both are reservoirs for Hemet and the surrounding communities called Lake Hemet and Lake...
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...Community Description Fishers Indiana is the community of assessment. Fishers is a town in Hamilton County, it is located approximately 22 miles northeast of Indianapolis, the capital of Indiana. Fishers is approximately 33.59 square miles (United States Census, 2014). The first person to settle in Fishers was William Conner; he started a trading post that connected Fishers to Anderson Indiana. Anderson Indiana was connected to Connersville Indiana by Indian trail. The Indian trail connected to a state road which continued north to Fort Wayne Indiana allowing easy access for the first wave of early settlers (Fishers Indiana, 2014). In 1872 Salathiel Fisher, a property owner in Hamilton County near the railroad, divided his land into town lots. In the late 1800’s it was not unusual for individuals that owned property near railroads to split up their land to start new communities (Fishers Indiana, 2014). The Fishers town lots became known as Fishers Switch, then later as Fishers Station, and eventually The Town of Fishers (Fishers Indiana, 2014). The population of Fishers started slow. In 1960 the population was only 388 but with the relocation of highway 37 and eventually highway 37 connecting to I-69 the population began to increase (Fishers Indiana, 2014). Fishers has become a large residential and business suburb of Indianapolis with many recreational and cultural events to explore. William Connor’s land is now an interactive historical site known as Connor...
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...Wgu Community Health Task 1 Community Health Assessment Szt Task 1 Community Description This city of Port Orange is located in Central Florida, in Volusia County. Dr Milton Hawks arrived during what was actually the second wave of settlers to explore what is now known as Port Orange. He is also credited with giving the settlement its name. It was incorporated April 26th of 1867. As of the U.S. census there were 56,048 residents of the growing city. The city’s total area is 28.7 square miles, of which 2.0 sq miles are made up of water and 26.6 sq miles are land. Port Orange is a beautiful city on the East Coast of Florida, home of the World’s most famous beach. With average temperatures in the 80-90s in the summer, many Port Orange residents enjoy the beaches, creeks and rivers with less than a fifteen minute drive to reach their favorite destination. Demographic Port Orange’s race makeup is predominately White at 91.3%. African Americans or Blacks make up 3.3%, Native Americans .03%, Asians 2.2%, Hispanic 4.5%, and 1.8% are of 2 or more races. Of the 56,048 Port Orange citizens, 21,831 or 47.6% are male and a higher female population of 23,992 or 52.4%. 44.6 is the average age, with an average income of around $43,419 (year 2012) (Census.gov). The population of Volusia residents, as a whole, living under poverty level is about 15%. Port Orange has seen a 19% increase of population since 2000. Port Orange is predominately a working class community with the leading...
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...Community Health Assessment Szt Task 1 Community Description This city of Port Orange is located in Central Florida, in Volusia County. Dr Milton Hawks arrived during what was actually the second wave of settlers to explore what is now known as Port Orange. He is also credited with giving the settlement its name. It was incorporated April 26th of 1867. As of the U.S. census there were 56,048 residents of the growing city. The city’s total area is 28.7 square miles, of which 2.0 sq miles are made up of water and 26.6 sq miles are land. Port Orange is a beautiful city on the East Coast of Florida, home of the World’s most famous beach. With average temperatures in the 80-90s in the summer, many Port Orange residents enjoy the beaches, creeks and rivers with less than a fifteen minute drive to reach their favorite destination. Demographic Port Orange’s race makeup is predominately White at 91.3%. African Americans or Blacks make up 3.3%, Native Americans .03%, Asians 2.2%, Hispanic 4.5%, and 1.8% are of 2 or more races. Of the 56,048 Port Orange citizens, 21,831 or 47.6% are male and a higher female population of 23,992 or 52.4%. 44.6 is the average age, with an average income of around $43,419 (year 2012) (Census.gov). The population of Volusia residents, as a whole, living under poverty level is about 15%. Port Orange has seen a 19% increase of population since 2000. Port Orange is predominately a working class community with the leading employment coming from...
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...Community Health Nursing SZT Task 2 My own perceptions about quality of life have affected my care for patients in end of life situations. I believe more of quality than quantity, several of my family members have died from cancer and secondary effects of treatment of the disease process. Three of my four grandparents have died from terminal cancer and it has taught me that the patient has to be an active part of the decision making for care. One of my grandfather’s chose not to receive any further treatment options other than palliative care after he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin’s nodular lymphoma with metastasis to his liver and lungs. He chose this option to enjoy the remaining amount of life with his twelve grandchildren and wife. The physicians gave him limited experimental options for treatment with no surgical resolve and he asked the important question for him at the time. Will it prolong my life at the same quality that I have now? The physicians told him that it would probably prolong his life but much of it would be in hospitals and with progressed illness due to the treatments. This led to his choice for palliative care and he lived an additional three years. We enjoyed all of the time we had together and we as a family supported his decision. My other grandfather chose to pursue all of the medical options available to treat his Hodgkin’s lymphoma that was caught in the very early stages. He enjoyed a very long life to the age of ninety-two and survived the disease...
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...Web Video Texts Audio Projects About Account TVNews OpenLibrary | | | | Home | American Libraries | Canadian Libraries | Universal Library | Community Texts | Project Gutenberg | Children's Library | Biodiversity Heritage Library | Additional Collections | Search: Advanced Search | Anonymous User (login or join us) | Upload | Full text of "Natya Shastra of Bharata Muni Volume 1"THE NATYASASTRA A Treatise on Hindu Dramaturgy and Histrionics Ascribed to B ii A R A T A - M r X I Vol. I. ( Chapters I-XXVII ) Completely translated jor the jirst tune from the original Sanskrit tuttri «u Introduction and Various Notes M .U'OMOH A N liHOS H M.A., Pn. I). <OaU 2 Viu i95y CALCUTTA THE RoyiL ISIAJtC SOCIETY OF BENGAL Dedicated to the memory of thom great scholars of India. and the West mho by their indefatigable study and. ingenious interpretation of her Religion, Philosophy, Literature and Arts, have demon- strated the high ealiie of India- s culture to the World at large and ham helped her towa.nls a reawakening and political alteration., and who by their discovery of the Universal aspect of this culture have made patent India's spiritual kinship with the other ancient nations of the World and ham paved the way for an ultimate triumph of Internationalism. PREFACE The preparation 'of an annotated English translation of the Natya&stra entrusted...
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