Community health nurses treat communities through the application of the nursing process. The process is community focused rather than treating the individual. Phase one begins with identifying a community. Phase two is the assessment phase consisting of data collection, interpretation, and analysis. The collection of direct data may be done through focus groups, interviews, observation, and windshield surveys. Denver, Colorado was the focus of my windshield survey, and I saw more in one day
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the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) or executive director of an organization. But the truth is, there are numerous managerial roles that we often do not think about including supervisors and team leaders. Managerial roles differ among different health care settings and include lower, middle and upper-level management. A physician’s office may have a practice manager, director of medical records and a billing supervisor (Bunchbinder, 2012). A hospital will typically have a larger managerial team that
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clinically assessing patients in care settings, it is paramount for health professionals to elicit pertinent information that could be crucial for delivery of care. This is particularly important in the United States because the increasing diversity in racial and ethnic composition of the population has presented cultural challenges that care givers must navigate to provide culturally competent service. Cultural competence during delivery of care requires sensitivity to the cultural, social, and linguistic
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easier to care for other people when one realizes that they themselves are no better if not worse than whomever they are caring for. Caring for someone as I would for myself becomes so much easier. I didn’t mind feeding, changing, or moving people during clinicals. I took A&P 5 or 6 years ago so it’s not exactly fresh in my memory, but I did love the class so I recall on a lot of the information during classes today. Human Growth & Development has helped me a lot in Fundamentals of Nursing but
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Faith Diversity We live in a multicultural society where we come in contact with various religions or denominations. To practice nursing competently, nurses need to be knowledgeable about various different faiths and be able to relate to patients of different cultures and faiths (Griffith, 2009). It is important for healthcare professionals and caregivers to understand faith diversity and their healthcare practices in order to provide them with holistically appropriate care (Griffith, 2009). The
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Paper Epidemiology: Global and Public Health NUR408 October 11, 2009 Comparison Paper Public and community health nursing are specialty areas that have been and will continue to be practiced and each having a specific area of focus. Research has indicated that many individuals tend to see each entity as one and have a misconception that public and community nursing is one in the same (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2008). The misconception is just that, a misconception. In the reading to follow
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University RUP1 A. Functional Differences State boards of Nursing (BRN) are state agencies with regulatory powers to enforce laws and establish licensure requirements. (McDaniel, 2014) Jurisdiction limitations pertains to pre-licensure nursing education, (Schultz, 2014) licensure exams and disciplinary action against nurses who violate the law. Nursing organizations and associations are dedicated to the practice of nursing and its many specialties. These organizations offer education opportunities
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Abstract Verbal and nonverbal communications are essential components of nursing care. It is critical for patient care providers to ensure an accurate portrayal of the patient. The situation background assessment recommendation (SBAR) protocol is a technique that provides a structure for communication between patient care providers. SBAR was a tool designed to promote efficient care that ensures patient safety. SBAR: Improving Communication Between Healthcare Providers Missed or ineffective
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It was stated in our reading material that the Gallop poll rated Nursing to be the most ethical profession and expecting nursing professionals to illustrate the highest ethical standards from any industry. Nurses are held accountable for the patient and their family’s welfare. The ANA provides the Nursing profession guidelines to treat every patient with dignity, respect, and compassion also free from any personal judgment of race, social or economic status, personal disparities, or disregard to
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Heritage Assessment Nurses have been trained to respect the beliefs and cultural choices of others because patient’s cultural beliefs and rituals influence patient care and outcomes (Anderson, 2012). Nurses need to become aware of patients beliefs, values and rituals to ensure competent and safe patient care (Edelman & Greiner, 2010). The heritage assessment is useful because it is an important step in building cultural competency through interviewing the patient and determining the things the patient
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