and way of life, is a growing issue in the United States. The number of Americans living in poverty is continually increasing. Poverty indicates the extent to which an individual does without resources. Resources can include financial, emotional, mental, spiritual, and physical resources as well as support systems, relationships, role models, and knowledge of hidden rules. Poverty directly affects academic achievement due to the lack of resources available for student success. Low achievement is
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Culturally Competent Nursing Care In America today we have a vast diversity in the ethnic, religious, nationality and sexual orientation of people. Patients that come under our care today present with many different clinical symptoms that require medical attention, these symptoms may also differ from illness to illness but will also be based on some cultural aspects of the patients background. As patients move through the hospital, dialysis unit or other healthcare facility it is important for
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As Social Workers, it is vital to have a working knowledge of diverse concepts and their utilization in practice. These concepts include strengths based perspectives, systems/ecological perspectives, motivational interviewing, and social justice. The aforementioned are also essential components of advanced generalist practice in urban settings. This paper will explore what is Motivational Interviewing and how it can be used with the client provided. Motivational Interviewing is “a client centered
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lack of integrations, access, functionality, definition, data elements, correlation and data mapping. While there is still opportunities for improvement the field of data being collected is growing and HIPAA is a regulation that can address the barriers that are present. Being that there is steady increase in data collected every year and more than 60% of done electronically the need for HIPAA security policy is crucial. 2. The Security Rule establish a national set
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the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), also known as Obamacare. These types of programs are organized, managed or sponsored by employers with a focus on enriching the lives and wellbeing of employees by improving their physical, mental, emotional and occupational health through education and awareness. The design of these incentive-based programs encourage and reward health conscious behavior such as healthy dietary habits, physical activity, stress management and smoking cessation
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Disaster in Franklin County The role of the Health Personnel and the public nurse is to provide immediate relief in the aftermath of a disaster, helping the community to rebuild and recover from the damages sought by the disaster. The member of the public health personnel includes the public information officer, whose role is to make sure that the proper Public Health Information is disseminated to the public and all the agencies involved. This person has extensive experience in supervising and
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Increase use of pain medication/adjust to stronger as needed. Pain wreaks havoc on body system-increases BP/HR/RR as well as depression. Control of pain will increase probability of performing ADL’s as well as increased socialization-possibly removing a barrier to the sons and their families to increase visitation and support if they do not see their mom suffer.
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among people with hearing impairment, there may be a tendency to underreport hearing-related difficulties. (Cruickshanks, Nondahl, Tweed, Wiley, Klein. B, Klein. R, Chappell, Dalton & Nash, 2010) According to the U.S. Congress, Office of Technology Assessment (1986), hearing impairment is very common among elderly people and can seriously affect their quality of life, personal safety, and ability to function independently. Pure Tone average results for the First Study showed that nearly half of the
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In 1964, after ascending to the Office of the President due to the assassination of John f. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson launched his Great Society campaign that was designed to eliminate poverty and racial injustice (citation). To accomplish this, the program proposed major spending to address areas such as medical care, urban and transportation issues, and education. One portion of the education reform was a program designed to assist preschool children, ages 3-5, from economically disadvantaged
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Holistic care - Long Term Conditions Assignment. Throughout this paper I will analyse the epidemiological data of my area of clinical practice; Slough. I will create a health profile with briefly analyses different areas of variation within the community including deprivation, housing and the structure of the population focussing on the different nationalities that reside within Slough. Following this I will briefly discuss the various long-term conditions that are prevalent within this area
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