Running head: ASSESSMENT AND ANALYSIS Assessment and Analysis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa Assessment and Analysis of Cedar Rapids, Iowa Nurses assess patients to evaluate their health status. Assessments help to discover health problems, areas that need improvement, and at risk health concerns. The data is then analyzed and used in planning and implementing effective nursing care. The health status of a community is evaluated by community health nurses. The community is
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Heritage Assessment Being born and raised in the United States, one sees a variety of cultures and customs as you grow up ranging from Spanish cultures to Jewish to Chinese and just about everything in between. In this case, this student was born and raised in New York and has seen many different cultures around her. A term that comes to mind to describe all the different cultures seen in New York is melting pot. New York is truly a melting pot because you have a variety of people from all
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Personal Information Born Olive Marjorie Senior on December 23, 1941, in Jamaica; immigrated to Canada, 1991. Education: Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada), B.S., journalism, 1967. Career Daily Gleaner newspaper, Jamaica, reporter and sub-editor; Jamaica Information Service, information officer, 1967-69; Jamaica Chamber of Commerce, public relations officer, 1969-71; JCC Journal, editor, 1969-71; Institute of Social and Economic Research, University of the West Indies, Jamaica, publications
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of diverse cultures.” Purnell (2013) explains if the care plan doesn’t include the patient’s own health cultural viewpoints; the plan will more than likely not be followed. Native American people place high importance on their culture and heritage. Interacting with this unique group of people, becoming more knowledgeable, and culturally sensitive to their needs is the basis for this paper. By increasing knowledge and appreciating the Native American culture, nurses may improve communication
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Enhancing the Awareness of Navajo Indians Michele Amoroso, Holly Bulian, and Tara Smallidge Loyola University Enhancing the Awareness of Navajo Indians Native Americans are composed of numerous, distant tribes, bands and ethnic groups, many of which survive as intact, sovereign nations. Once a self-governing, self-sufficient people, America Indians were forced to give up their homes and their land, and to subordinate themselves to an alien culture. From the origin of their tribes in the 1500’s
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The area spoken of is Atlanta, Georgia. The metropolitan area is one of the all around populated areas in Georgia. The population number of 10.21 million are accounted for the state of Georgia with 456,002 in the city of Atlanta. This is from the statistics information of the year 2011. Female numbers make up to 50.8% in Atlanta, Georgia of the entire population of the area with the rest being males (49.2%). The number of inhabitants in senior residents who are over the age of 65 years remained
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Running Head: CULTURAL VIEWS IN HEALTHCARE Cultural Views in Healthcare Tina Carbajal Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion-NRS429V July 5, 2012 Cultural Views of Healthcare Today’s healthcare changes are due to advances in technology and research, and at the same time provides services to various cultures. As healthcare workers it is in the best interest of the patient to acknowledge the patient’s values and beliefs. A patient’s care can be provided completely if
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1. What role (if any) have Calveta's values have played in the organization's success to date? Calveta adopted the heritage from the family with hard work, and made the Company personal, familiar, and unique. The Company was the manifest of Calveta’s personality with his attention on the sophisticated details. The values secured a safe and risk avoiding status inside the company and between the employees. They secured the differentiation from the competition, and secured Calveta’s fourth largest
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Author’s Heritage This author is bi-racial. Her mother is Anglo and her father is Hispanic American. In this day and age, the cultural traditions primarily from her father were not really carried on. In her household, healthcare practices were done like most of the people she knew. There was not much done for health maintenance in particular. Growing up this author did plenty of activities outside, her father participated in karate and her mother walked every day. This family ate at the
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HOME HEALTHCARE TENCY THOMAS AMERICAN SENTINEL UNIVERSITY HOME HEALTHCARE Home health care helps seniors live independently for as long as possible, given the limits of their medical condition. It covers a wide range of services and can often delay the need for long-term nursing home care. More specifically, home health care may include occupational and physical therapy, speech therapy, and even skilled nursing. It may involve helping the elderly with activities of daily living such as bathing,
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