Heritage Assessment Dianna Freeman Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotions NSG-429V December 20, 2014 Heritage Assessment “Health is influenced by culture and beliefs” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). In order for the nurse to properly care for the patient, she must know and understand the patient’s culture. “Cultural care is a comprehensive model that includes the assessment of a client’s cultural needs, beliefs, and health care practices” (NRS-429V, 2011, p. 1). It is not enough
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Understand safeguarding of children and young people (for those working in the adult sector) Learning outcome 1 – Understand the policies, procedures, and practices for safe working with children and young people 1.1 Explain the policies, procedures, and practices for safe working with children and young people Child protection is undeniably regarding abuse that is placed under an umbrella expression named safeguarding. Safeguarding are all the things that we do and policies and procedures we have
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McDermott, Diane; Winterowd, Carrie A Model for the Treatment of College Age Children of Alcoholics. [89] 16p. Reports Evaluative/Feasibility (142) MF01/PC01 Plus Postage. Adults; College Students; Counseling Effectiveness; *Group Counseling; Higher Education; *School Counseling; *Young Adults *Adult Children of Alcoholics ABSTRACT A session by session cognitive behavioral approach to group treatment for college age children of alcoholics was presented. Four groups ranging
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Supervision children need to be supervised at all times, even more so when they are very young. This because they are still vulnerable to, and do not fully understand some dangers such as electrical appliances, knives or blades (usually found in the kitchen). Because of this, the child may hurt themselves, for example touching electrical plugs, or cutting themselves with a knife. A child may also be vulnerable to other dangers such as bacteria, and other germs, which a child can come into contact
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C228-Community Health Nursing-Task 1 Western Governors University Identification of Community Along the northern-end of Utah’s Wasatch Front is a scenic region of land known as Weber County. This county ranges from the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains into a portion of the Great Salt Lake of the lower valley. The Weber and Ogden rivers and their tributaries run through its valleys (Weber County, 2015). Weber County is the second smallest county in land mass and has the fourth largest population
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is between the ages of 35-54. "Most people were hospitalized due to diseases and disorders of the circulatory system", (OC Health Info, 2011). Industry overview of Westminster is comprised of small businesses and services. Majority of adult population reported that their health was good, very good, or excellent. Summary of Assessment Population Economic Status Assessment The total population of Westminster in 2010 was 89,701 people. “The 2010 census shows racial makeup of Westminster was
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research that suicide is ranked as the third main reason of death among youth between the age of fifteen to twenty four, in addition to the reasons of homicide and accidents. It is obvious that the people who are taking care of young individuals like their parents who are adult must have information of any disturbing element of their children, if there is any. Usually, people commit suicide due to the reason of depression and anxiety (Beautrais, 2003). Depression is a disease. It has different physical
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strategies that are able to be considered to support not only children and young people but the parents and families where abuse is suspected or confirmed. These strategies refer to a plan of action in order to achieve a particular goal, an example of this could be that they are able to minimise the actual or potential impact of abuse or poverty that may occur within families. The aim of strategies for children and young people are in place to protect these individuals from being abused or exploited
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justification could be proved. This legislation was deemed necessary as the previous Act did not encompass educational organisations. This was further replaced by the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. The act required schools, colleges, universities, adult education providers, statutory youth services and local education authorities to make 'reasonable provisions' to ensure people with disabilities or special needs were provided with the same opportunities as those who were not disabled. The Act stated
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Chronic Disease Risk Assessment SCI/162 - Principles of Health and Wellness November 2, 2013 Rachel Smith What is Melanoma? The definition of melanoma is, “any of several malignant neoplasms (usually of the skin) consisting of melanocytes”. Melanoma is a common skin disease in which cancer cells are found in the cells that color the skin. It mainly is found in adults however, this can also be found in children and young adults as well. Men and women can both get melanoma but studies have
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