Assignment Grading Criteria Community and Public Health Nursing Reflection Write a 700- to 1,050-word reflection of the community assessment in which you address the following: • Explain the role of community and public health nursing and community partnerships as they apply to the participating family’s community. • Address the influence of cultural diversity and vulnerable populations as they apply to the participating family’s community. • Explore the epidemiological influences within
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Running head: HERITAGE ASSESSMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION IN NURSING Heritage Assessment and Implementation in Nursing Katrina L. Ford Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V September 8, 2012 A heritage assessment in nursing is a vital tool to learning about a patient. By finding out about the patient’s family and friends we can learn about their support system. If we learn how close to a culture our patient is this will give us an idea of how true they hold their beliefs or if they
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The Encyclopedia of Public Health defines functional ability as “the actual or potential capacity of an individual to perform the activities and tasks that can be normally expected, a given function integrates biological, psychological and social domains.” (Encyclopedia of Public Health p.466, 2017). To be considered of good functional ability, patients/clients are expected to perform typical daily activities, health care facilities and teams call these, activities of daily living (ADL's), these
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Heritage Assessment Umamaheswari Venugopal Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V November 18, 2012 Heritage Assessment Based on the Study of Different Cultures Heritage could be described as something that has been transmitted from the past or handed over or followed by tradition. Every individual practice and follow their own heritage based on one’s ethnic, religious and cultural background. United States being a open minded country, welcomes all immigrants and is rich with multiracial
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University: NRS429 June 13, 2014 Heritage Assessment The increasing population of immigrants in the United States has contributed to health disparities in the health care system. Cultural competence can remove health disparities by eliminating personal biases, and treating every person with respect. Simply recognizing and accepting different cultures is not enough, one must be able to consistently recognize and understand the differences in order to be culturally
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion Times have changed when it comes to diversity of cultures in healthcare. In the past physician’s worked in communities with patients that had similar racial backgrounds and culture. (Bussey-Jones & Genao, 2003) In these cultures diversity is present when it comes to different beliefs and practices and it is important to evaluate these individuals to ensure their plan of care is focused on their needs as
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Heritage Assessment A. Holm, RN Grand Canyon University: 429 V 08/24/2014 Heritage Assessment It is very important to address the heritage of every patient we become the caregiver for. This will ensure that we provide care that is culturally competent and gain the trust and respect of the patient and family. Since respect and trust are not given, but earned, addressing the fear everyone has upon having to depend on medical/nursing care for themselves or their family will put the patient
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What You Know Can Save You Health Fair Eric Hamilton Axia College University of Phoenix HCA – 250 The Psychology of Health Instructor Robbie Johnson February 28, 2010 What You Know Can Save You Health Fair The objective of this wellness program is to develop and implement a health fair and educational seminar for the warehouse, delivery, and administrative staff at the Kraft Birmingham and Montgomery sales facilities in Alabama
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Jackson Family Health Assessment Grand Canyon University April 7th, 2013 Schauer Family Health Patterns “A family is a set of interacting individuals related by blood, marriage, cohabitation, or adoption who interdependently perform relevant functions by fulfilling expected roles. Relevant functions of the family include values and practices placed on health or family health practice. Health practices, whether effective or ineffective, are activities performed by individuals or families as a
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appraise the extent to which client goals were attained or problems resolved. • To appraise involvement and collaboration of the client, family members, nurses, and healthcare team members in healthcare decisions . • To provide a basis for the revision of the plan of care evaluation. • To monitor the quality of nursing care and its effect in the client’s health status. EVALUATION SKILLS KNOWLEDGE OF STANDARDS OF CARE Standards of care are authoritative
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