Week 2 Assignment Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection (Part 1 of the Programmatic Assessment) Fleurette Duverglas University of Phoenix NUR/405 - HEALTHY COMMUNITIES: THEORY AND PRACTICE Professor Sharon Baker November 17, 2014 Windshield Survey and Reflection Introduction The fundamental objective of conducting a community assessment is to attain the complete scenario of the region and identify the requirements of the specific community
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Emerging Standards of Culturally Competent Care NUR/531 University of Phoenix Emerging Standards of Care: Cultural Competence The current U.S. population exhibits unparalleled sociocultural and ethnic diversity, yet the nursing workforce fails to reflect the current state of the nation’s diversity
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Increase sensitivity to culturally diverse beliefs; 2. Learn more about the clients’ beliefs about health, disease, and treatment; 3. Avoid stereotyping and emphasize individual differences in diagnostic assessments; 4. Increase the ability of culturally diverse clients to make choices; 5. Enlarge other health care professionals’ understanding of cultural differences in the health beliefs of clients; and 6. Advocate for understanding and acceptance of differing
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USING ASSESSMENTS Introduction This chapter will address three issues: (a) the institutional assessment needs of workforce development organizations, (b) the assessment needs of individual youth to help make informed choices about their careers, and (c) the practical needs of practitioners for information about how to select and use different assessment tools. At the end of this chapter, Exhibit 3.1 contains information that can be used to help with the selection and use of assessments, including
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Running head: SUBSTANCE USE AND INFECTIOUS DISEASE/COMORBIDITY | 1 | Substance Use and the Risks on Your Health Cassy L LaFave SUNY Empire State College PART I Substance use poses great dangers and can cause serious health problems ranging from heart disease and liver disease, to respiratory issues, just to name a few ("Risk of Disease with Drug Use - Alcohol Rehab," 2008). An individual who uses substances also increases their risk for contracting infectious diseases, such as, sexually
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responds to emotions and how well they communicate with others. EQ can be more difficult to measure because test questions are usually subjective, unlike IQ testing which has more definitive answers for scoring. In general, IQ and EQ differ in the mental capabilities that are being measured: understanding information vs. understanding emotions (Ellis-Christensen, 2013). Key factors of emotional intelligence According to emotional intelligence research author, Daniel Goleman, there are four key
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HEALTH SOCIETY & CARE PROVISION BY JACQUELINE WALKER HEALTH, SOCIETY & SOCIAL CARE INTRODUCTION The purpose of this essay is to write a patient case study surrounding the care of an in- patient at the local hospital where I was on placement. It should allow the reader to focus, on the appraisal of the nursing model used in practice during the patients care. The social and cultural components of care that demonstrate the authors’ knowledge, and awareness
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Tomika Williams HSE-101 Fall 2012 In human services there is an obligation to address the less fortunate population. As human service professional they are to take these troubled issues and enhance the wellbeing of people in society in order to benefit there entire community. These human services workers should advocate for the living conditions that allow people to flourish, and ensure that people have equal means to resources and social services that are required for the basic human needs
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Professional Presence and Influence - YOT Task 1 Model of Health and Healing Mind- Body-The second era of medicine according to Dr. Dossey (n.d), from approximately 1950 to 1990, focuses on the discovery that one’s mental ailments are related to physical ailments. In this era the practitioners combined the treatment of conditions outside of obvious injuries and subjective information, unlike in the previous era which didn’t include the idea that the mind effects the body. In era II alternative
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T O F T H E SAFETY NET in Detroit, Michigan Urgent Matters The George Washington University Medical Center School of Public Health and Health Services Department of Health Policy Acknowledgments The Urgent Matters safety net assessment team would like to thank our community partner, the Voices of Detroit Initiative (VODI), for its help in identifying key safety net issues in Detroit and connecting us with stakeholders in the community. At VODI, Lucille Smith was instrumental
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