Family Health Assessment Valerie McNeil Grand Canyon University: NRS-429 November 24, 2013 Family Health Assessment As nurses it is essential to use appropriate tools to assess individuals, families, and communities. Throughout this paper the writer used The Gordon’s 11 Functional Health Patterns as a guide to assess a family. This family included a mother, a father, one son, four daughters, and two grandsons. The writer developed two to three open minded, family focused questions for each of the
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the employees, which will create a better atmosphere for the customer. Characteristics of a Team “The basic structure of a team includes a goal, a leader, a group, assessment, feedback and adjustment. Team development is a critical beginning in the process”(Business.com, 2012). There are ten characteristics of a team: (Gordon, 2002, p.185-188) 1. They must have clear goals. 2. Each person must have a defined role within the team. 3. There must be clear communication. 4. Effective
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Family Health Assessment Family Health Assessment Health Assessment Questions 1. Health promotion a. What do you do to improve or maintain your health? b. What do you know about the links between lifestyle choices and health? 2. Nutrition a. Do you have any diseases that effects food choices? b. Do you consider yourself well nourished? 3. Sleep and Rest c. Describe your sleep wake cycle? d. Does this person appear physically relaxed and rested
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Health Traditions and Cultural Heritage No wonder modern technology innovations keep coming out each year. Even with all the new changes and the fast lifestyles. Few things are resolute such as customs and traditions. Each country has a wealth of culture and heritage passed on from their ancestors. Many people believe and value the inheritance; ensure to transfer the tradition to the upcoming generations. The distinguishing civilization, inheritance, and traditions are unique for each nation.
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McCarran-Ferguson Act of leaving the regulation of insurance to the states, Congress saved from ERISA preemption any state law which regulates insurance. States have enacted legislation that requires insurers to pay for the services of a particular type of health care provider, even if the terms of the policy specify that the payment will be made only to another type of provider. These “mandated-provider” laws, as they are called, relate to employee benefit plans because they change the terms of the insurance
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situation, regulations should be passed. There is a need for an evaluation of the effectiveness of such solutions. This paper will tackle the poverty situation as it exists in the city of Hong Kong. Focus is on leading factors that cause poverty. An assessment of the effectiveness of the programs being implemented by the government is made. Some reports show that in general, the government’s actions are not sufficient to eliminate poverty. They also suggest that the existing ordinances only to serve as
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Running Head: DRUGS AND ALCOHOL ABUSE Drugs and Alcohol Substance Abuse What is substance abuse and addiction? Substance abuse is a pattern of use of drugs and/or alcohol for non-medical purposes for altering the mood, mind, and behavior. This is a serious problem and people that abuse drugs and/or alcohol can get sick, destroy their lives and the lives of family and friends. Death has resulted from substance abuse. Commonly abused is alcohol, prescription or over the counter drugs such
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FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT LISSY SABU GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY FAMILY CENTERED HEALTH PROMOTION NRV-429V CHRISTINA BRAIN March 13 2016 FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family health evaluation is referring the meaning of health to human being or family and how the family maintained and practice health to keep current health condition and assumption and also the importance to maintain health. Based on the paradigm nurses can be able to identify health problems with these method. Overall family health
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“Decided,” “Undecided,” and “In Transition”: Implications for Academic Advisement, Career Counseling, & Student Retention Joe Cuseo Introduction The objective of this article is twofold: (a) to critically review research on how students’ process of decision making with respect to selecting college majors and careers relates to their persistence in college, and (b) to tease-out practical implications of this research for improving the academic advisement, long-range planning, and retention
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……………………………………………………………...………………23 Introduction There are multiple benefits of electronic health records (EHR), which include improved care, quicker access to patient files, and increased physician oversight of care. However, with the benefit of convenience of using EHRs, comes the responsibility of protecting electronic protected health information (ePHI) and safeguarding sensitive patient data. The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) focuses on protecting ePHI with guidelines
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