Community assessment and analysis Presentation Red group Interview with Community health Nurse Essex County New Jersey Demographic of Essex County Essex County is located in the North eastern part of new jersey. The history of Essex county dates back to 1666 when 30 families from Connecticut established settlement along the banks of Passaic river. Essex County was officially established in 1682 by east jersey legislature. Essex County is
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Kevin Besse, RN, MSN, CNE The use of technology in the clinical practice has rapidly increased in delivering quality patient-centered care. Technological advances in the last decade have transformed the manner in which healthcare is delivered. “Nursing is a complex profession which utilizes the integration of knowledge, skills and competencies to provide patient care and improve outcomes. Nurses are knowledge workers who are responsible for the delivery of patient care. Accessing online evidence-based
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Community Health NUR/405 November 10, 2014 Community Health Public health nursing is essential in maintaining the health of communities and educating about healthy living. Knowing and understanding the terms and definitions, dealing with the community and public health nursing is important to understand the picture as a whole. This paper will include pertinent definitions regarding community, and include a reflection of the family I have chosen to follow for this project. Community is defined
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from a wide variety of sources, including investigative studies, clinical experience and expertise, and patient preferences to guide healthcare decisions and formulate plans of care (Missal, Schafer, Halm, & Schaffer, 2010). In community-oriented nursing, the focus is on the delivery of services and interventions to a population or group of individuals (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). In essence, a nurse’s knowledge of the community, as evidenced by the awareness and inclusion of community values and
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COMPASSION FATIGUE AMONG HEALTHCARE WORKERS A PROPOSAL PRESENTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF UNIVERSITY OF THE VISAYAS CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF ARTS IN NURSING MAJOR IN NURSING MANAGEMENT BY: CONCHITA BRANZUELA BERGADO CHAPTER I THE PROBLEM INTRODUCTION: Quality of life among healthcare providers will matter on the quality and safety of patient care. Today the proportion of acute
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Job Description A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse (RN) who has additional education and training in a specialty area (see Figure 1). Nurse practitioners (also referred to as advanced practice nurses, or APNs) have a master's degree in nursing (MS or MSN) and board certification in their specialty. Nurse practitioners (NPs) have provided health-care services to patients for more than 40 years. The nurse practitioner role was introduced in the mid-1960s in response to a nationwide shortage
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The Evolution of Nursing in Health Promotion The evolution of nursing in health promotion is a continual ongoing process. In order to understand the realm and responsibility of nursing in regards to this perpetually advancing field there are parameters that need to be identified and defined. First and foremost it is important to understand that health promotion has always been the overall focus of nursing. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health promotion as a process that enables people
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Future Impact of the Nursing Role Future Impact of the Nursing Role In November of 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) issued a report titled “The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health.” It’s a look at how nurses should change their practice and role in healthcare. The new legislative reforms in the nation are being phased in over the coming years. This reform will expand the scope of the nursing profession and practice. This reform states that: “A number of barriers prevent
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nurses work double or triple shifts, to provide holistic nursing care. Nurses contribute major roles in the healthcare systems and as competent health care providers. Nursing is a dynamic profession and forever striving to meet the challenging needs due to constant change occurring in the profession. Nowadays, nurses generally became accountable for their own practices and they have been at the vanguard of new role development. However, nursing at times, will cross their boundaries in providing care
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APPLY EFFCTIVE COMMUNICATION SKILLS IN NURSING Practice INTODUCTION: I am going to talk about Cerebral Palsy which is a nervous system disorder. In this disorder clients have dysarthria, a speech impediment, that makes it difficult for them to communicate. In nervous system the ability to communicate may be impaired by factors that include: * Damage to the speech centres in the brain, * Damage to the temporal lobes, which hinders the perception and interpretation of stimuli,
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