Cultural Sensitivity and the Health Practices in Dominican Republic Manoucheka Chery Grand Canyon University: NUR-502 May 7, 2014 Cultural Sensitivity and the Health Practices in Dominican Republic The demographics of the United States is changing to one that is multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual. Culture is a vital component in the health and wellness of individuals. Culture affects individuals' beliefs, definition of health, treatments, and interaction with healthcare providers
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Indian Health Services System Overview of Indian Health Service The Indian Health Service (IHS), a federal health system, cares for 2 million of the country's 5.2 million American Indian and Alaska Native people. This system has increasingly focused on innovative uses of health information technology and telemedicine, as well as comprehensive, locally tailored prevention and disease management programs, to promote health equity in a population facing multiple health disparities. Important recent
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psychiatric consult. The nearest psychiatric department is one hour away, where St. Theresa has tele health links with the regional hospital which has a Psychiatric department. A teleconference is needed. According to the American Telemedicine Association, telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health care. The Association also notes that telemedicine is associated with telehealth which is used to encompass
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Operating Room Etiquette: Preparing for Perfection Operating Room Etiquette: Preparing for Perfection Patient safety plays an intricate role in the nursing profession. It is through the foundation of a germ free environment in which protocols are set in an effort to decrease patient morbidity and mortality. The operating room (OR) is a major sector of hospitals in which its core is maintaining an environment of sterility in an effort to reduce hospital acquired infections or surgical wound infections
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has not been drastically affected is the health care industry. No matter how many industries suffer from layoffs and budget cuts, the health care industry will always be safe. People will always need health services and procedures regardless of the current happenings of the world. But what if the health-care industry had no rules to follow and could choose to exercise any liberties wanted? What if there was no standard operating procedure? The health care industry could charge any price for any service
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Professional Presence and Influence Caroline Lambert Western Governors University Professional Presence and Influence A. Professional Presence Discovery of a person’s authentic self and the impact on health and healing is as unique as our own fingerprints. The lifelong journey that reveals our true authenticity establishes who we are as humans and how we relate to others. My professional presence as a nurse is guided by my own distinctive life experiences
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substantive with specific examples. State | Local | Federal | How these entities cooperate | General Responsibilities | - Conduct Elections- Regulate intrastate commerce - Establish republican forms of state and local government- Protect public health safety, and morals- All other powers not delegated to national government or denied by the states constitution Reference:Ann O’M. Bowman, Richard C. Kearney | - Parks and recreation services- Police and fire departments - HHHHHhhousing services- Emergency
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Health Care Reform By: Tamika Williams August 2, 2014 HCS/235 In the United States, health care reform is a major topic that many people are talking about and how the sources available will help Americans with health care. During the presidential election in 2008, health care reform was a great deal for them to promote the ideas to helping health care but no one actually can explain how it was going to become resolved. America was to the final point, where we as people, thought that the biggest
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University of Phoenix Material Health Record Worksheet In 300 to 500 words, explain the importance of the health record. Support your explanation using your assigned readings. [Insert response here] Health records are important because they tell doctors about your past health needs. For example, if you broke your arm when you were five, or if you had a heart attack when you were fifty-seven that will go into your health record. Health records also travel with you. I am not sure how it
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To be born a woman can be a serious hazard for your health. Depending on her place of birth a woman will likely face adverse health effects in numbers far higher than her male counterparts. In many nations women face a numerous amount of barriers to health. Poverty has well documented effects on health outcomes and over 70 percent of the 1.3 billion people living in poverty are women. When women are malnourished it creates a vicious cycle from her being unhealthy to her child being unhealthy and
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