“Although it is necessary to identify health risk factors among individuals and groups in the community, it is of paramount importance that nurses learn to identify and work with health problems of a defined population or the total community”. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, pg. 395). The “windshield survey” is one method that the nurse can use to collect data about a particular community, however, understanding the meaning of community, community health, community as a client, and partnership
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AGE SPECIFIC CARE NEONATE (1 – 28 days) Developmental Task = Trust versus Mistrust * Cuddle and hug (It promotes neural development and facilitates development of trust) * Risk-prevention * Position on the back for sleep, to prevent suffocation. * Initiate Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) preventive interventions. * Use extreme caution in administering medications and assess potential influence of maternal medications on the neonate. * Position properly during feeding
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Application of Community Health and Population Focused Nursing VWT Task 1 Cassidi Roberts Western Governors University Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Rated number one for the best place to live in America, McKinney, Texas is “unique by nature” As one of the fastest growing cities in the US, McKinney has a current population of more than 149,000, located 30 miles north of Dallas and is the seat of Collin County. McKinney offers rolling hills, lush trees, a historic downtown
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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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There were predictions that either physician shortage or physician oversupply. Regardless of the increase on physician shortage or physician oversupply, the geographic variation in physician location versus the physician numbers is always a problem. There is a low supply in less attractive rural and inner-city areas continues to deny adequate medical core to choose population. The influx of IMG occurred between 1990 and 2000. During this time, most of the hospitals in the United States depends on
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2020 objective applicable to a population or aggregate to which you, your family member, or your assessment community belongs, such as adult Asian women, urban African-American adult men, or teenage athletes. Do you think the objective is attainable? Why or why not? What can you do as a community health nurse to assist the United States in reaching this goal? In searching for objectives for young adult women, I came across a variety of pertinent objectives for the population. Specifically, I’m choosing
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The Community I chose is located in Marion County, Indianapolis, Indiana. The population of Indianapolis, Indiana in 2013 is listed as 843,393 (CityData, n.d.). Indianapolis is the host of several major events every year which includes the Indianapolis 500 mile car race; the Brickyard which hosts the Allstate 400 Nascar race; the Indiana Black Expo Circle City Classic football games bring some of the best black college teams to our city every October; the Indiana Black Expo Summertime
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Kyle Thompson – 05970640 Management of discharge Management skills in adult nursing UZTR6D4-40-2 05970640 The NMC Code (2008) charges nurses to protect confidential information, and to only use it for the purposes given – for their treatment. Therefore all patients and events mentioned in this essay are inspired by real patients and events, but names, locations, dates and other details have been altered or obscured to make identification impossible. Following the introduction of the knowledge
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In this essay we will define physical and psychological needs and consider how caregivers can meet these important needs. The needs of a three year old will be identified with each definition. We will specifically look at how exercise, rest, diet, health and safety as well as survival, participation and belonging influence the needs of a child. Physical needs can be defined as things we need for survival, basic examples are water, food, shelter and clothing. In addition to these basic needs,
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least one night either in a shelter or "on the streets" without adult supervision. On occasion, where warranted by the research being discussed, the term is also used to describe homeless young adults up to age 24. • Homelessness among youth in the U.S. is disturbingly common. With an estimated annual prevalence of at least 5 percent for those ages 12 to 17, adolescents appear to be at greater risk for literal homelessness than adults. Although homeless youth appear throughout the nation, they are
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