ADN VS BSN: Differences in Competencies Juline DiSilvestro Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430 V Monica Kidder RN, MSN May 11, 2013 ADN VS BSN: Differences in Competencies The complexity of modern healthcare and the patients of today mandate a higher level of academic preparation than in the past. Advanced critical thinking skills are a must. Nurses need to function independently, making clinical decisions, providing bedside care, case management, education to patient
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discuss issues during an emergency. Additionally, as emergency manager in this incident, the health department would have predetermined community points of distribution (POD’s) identified as means to distribute certain medications for those exposed to Anthrax. Those who are exposed to Anthrax around the release are given oral antibiotics or anthrax vaccine as a prophylactic measure (Minnesota Department of Health,
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Introduction Health assessment means different things to different people. Barkauskas, Stoltenberg-Allen, Baumann and Darling-Fisher (2002) consider health assessment as the systematic collection of data that health professionals, such as nurses, can use to make decisions about how thy will intervene to promote, manintain or restore health. In this paper, discussion about nursing assessment form of Queen Elizabeth Hospital (figure 1) and Gordon’s functional health pattern (figure 2) are presented
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Industry Division and Teaching Team | Community Services and Health Nursing | Student Name | Binta Bah | Student No. | 4101568315 | Teacher | Amanda Holborow | Semester/Year | | Program Name and Code | HLT51612 Diploma of Nursing | Unit Name and Code | HLTHIR403C / HLTHIR404D ATSI & Cultural Diversity | Assessment (AS) No. Description and Version | One | INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES: Short and Long Answer Questions Please type your responses to the following questions into a
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Change Management in Action Planning and implementing change in healthcare: a practical guide for managers and clinicians Nadia Gittins and Simon Standish HLSP Institute Why What hat If W How September 2010 Who About tHiS bookLet contentS This booklet is aimed at senior clinicians and healthcare managers who would like help in thinking through, planning and then implementing changes to their healthcare services locally. It provides practical assistance in a way that assumes
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overweight among Americans has become a health topic, which receives widespread of attention in the media. Providers believe that environmental and community factors contribute to unhealthy habits, which pose a major risk for chronic health conditions. The following are chronic health conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, cardiovascular disease, stroke, high cholesterol, asthma, and depression. These health consequences can lead to premature death and chronic health conditions, which reduces the quality
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V-0102 Heritage Assessment In building cultural competency, the differences of Hispanic, Puerto Rican, and American heritage are compared in this paper, analyzing health maintenance, health promotion, and health restoration in these cultures is based on the use of a culture heritage assessment tool. This tool consists of twenty nine questions about culture, “the greater the number of positive responses
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Family Health Assessment A family health assessment is an important tool in formulating a health care plan for a family. This paper will discuss the nurse’s role in family assessment and how this task is performed. A nurse has an important role in health promotion. To perform these tasks the author has chosen a nuclear family. By the use of family focused open ended questions, 11 functional health patterns were covered. This principle is known as the Gordon’s functional health patterns.
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Gilton Grange HSA 300 January 29, 2012 1. Discuss the key political, economic, and social forces that may have influenced the development of the clinic. I feel that economic and social conditions that affect people’s lives determine their health. The reason why is because people who are poor are less likely to get medical care, as opposed to people that are middle- class status and above. When it comes to citizens that have more social status, money and education have a lot more choices and
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1. How long have you worked in health community? - I have worked in the health community for 13 years but only 8 years in the U.S.A 2. Why did you choose to work in health community? -Healthcare chose me 16 years ago. My father asked me if I would join the medical field and to be the first in the family to go to college. I knew nothing about medicine, I was in the finance market. But I took the plunge, learned the new language of medicine, and have never looked back a moment. 3. Have you ever
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