Application of Community Health and Population Focused Nursing VWT Task 1 Cassidi Roberts Western Governors University Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Rated number one for the best place to live in America, McKinney, Texas is “unique by nature” As one of the fastest growing cities in the US, McKinney has a current population of more than 149,000, located 30 miles north of Dallas and is the seat of Collin County. McKinney offers rolling hills, lush trees, a historic downtown
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comparison of community psychology and public health 1. Introduction Community psychology and public health are disciplines that form part of psychology mainly concern with health. Community psychology focuses on physical and mental health promotion, empowerment and social action, while the focus of public health is on health promotion and disease prevention. These two differ in some aspect and also have existing similarities. They can also complement each other have greater impact on community health when
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We Can But Should We? Rose Tarchala NR361: Informatics in Nursing September 27, 2012 Introduction Picture this, you come home to find you backyard gate open and your best friend of 10 years – FIDO has escaped! Once inside your home you notice you have a voicemail, the local animal shelter has found and identified FIDO and he is safe, warm and happy awaiting your arrival to bring him home. The shelter was able to identify FIDO from the avid chip you had implanted several years ago in the
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Community Survey Gretchen Massey Western Governor’s University Community Survey Identification of Community The city of Carlsbad, California, is a largely populated city within the county of San Diego. The population of Carlsbad has its most recent recording from 2014 at 112,299 people. The population has grown since 2000 by an increase of 43.5%. (http://www.city-data.com/city/Carlsbad-California.html The population of those who make up the city of Carlsbad are vastly white. The
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Community Health Advocacy Project-Part Two Soeurette Joseph University Of Phoenix Population-Focused Health Care NUR/544 Louama Driscoll July 14, 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project-Part Two Prescription misuse is the non-medical usage of prescription drugs without doctor’s prescription. This has become a significant health concern among adolescent group ages” between “12 to 19. One-third of individuals over the age of 12 who have used drug for the first time, started by using prescription
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TASK 1 Application of Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing AngelitoArguelles WGU Student No. 000476784 A. The community that I have chosen for the assigned community assessment is Broomfield county in the state of Colorado. This particular county is fairly new in its inception. According to the city and county of Broomfield website’s constitutional amendment section (n.d.), the city of Broomfield became the city and county of Broomfield on November 15, 2001. Before then, the
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C228 – Community Health Nursing – Task 2 Renee Todd Western Governors University Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a severe acute respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus named MERS-CoV. It is believed that the virus is found in camels and passed on to humans who are in contact or around infected animal. These camels are mainly located in Egypt, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia (WHO, 2015a). Those infected with MERS exhibit fever, cough, and shortness of breath
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the community centers, slowly began to cross-subsidized the services of those without the priority categories using the available funds. Eventually, the distinction between care provision and treatment, started showing signs of corruption. These centers began taking advantage of the system by embellishing the services that were actually provided, in order to continue receiving funding. The human and social needs of the patient that constituted care, were often overlooked. The Community Mental
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HV Date: 21.06.2017 Project Category: WISE Community Mental Health - PHaMs. Support Description: N/A Session: N/A Information and Reminders: 1.- P/C to Hayley: The writer called Hayley to check on her mental wellbeing. Hayley stated that she is not copping well, as the doctors decided to keep Rubben at the hospital, as they do not know what causes his high temperature. Hayley’s other concerns are her other two sons, as she has not provided them with the quality of time they need it. During the day
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Running head: COMMUNITY HEALTH ANALYSIS PART II Community Health Analysis Part II Patricia Thomas Thomas Edison State College Public Health Nursing NUR-443-NU001 Betty Daniels December 6, 2014 Community Health Analysis Part II Gap in Care or Service In Part I of my Community Health Analysis project I identified that the teenage pregnancy rate for the community of Asbury Park was more than twice that of the state, or nationally: Mother’s Age Live Births | Asbury Park2010 | NJ2010
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