Benchmark Assignment – Heritage Assessment Benchmark Assignment – Heritage Assessment When clinically assessing patients in care settings, it is paramount for health professionals to elicit pertinent information that could be crucial for delivery of care. This is particularly important in the United States because the increasing diversity in racial and ethnic composition of the population has presented cultural challenges that care givers must navigate to provide culturally competent service
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This essay will attempt to show you strategies for incorporating bi-cultural approaches into my field of practice in the drug and alcohol sector. The key points I have covered include: Partnership, culture history, building rapport with a client, body language, protection, Te Whare Tapa Wha, participation and kanui to kanui. The primary basic for biculturalism in New Zealand is the Treaty of Waitangi a historical document of agreement signed between Maori and the Crown in 1840. The Treaty of Waitangi
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High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion Paper Corey Hollmann University of Phoenix NUR/542 6/30/2014 Danielle Patrick High-Risk Family Assessment and Health Promotion-Suicidal Ideation Suicide and ideation to commit this final act, is a grave public health concern that is multifaceted and responsible for significant family risk. Suicide is a behavior that has worldwide resulted in nearly one million fatalities annually. Suicide is commonly an act driven by impulsivity and followed
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Traditional and Nontraditional Culture Paper By PSY 450 Michele Wagner April 14, 2014 Traditional and nontraditional culture paper America versus Indian culture Around the world, there are numerous cultures that are traditional and nontraditional. Traditional cultures are rules, beliefs, values of rural and non-industrialized group in which their practice is very strict and are non-willing for any social change or innovation (Shiraev & Levy, 2010). Nontraditional cultures are grounded
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Course Project Milestone 1: Health History Form Your Name: Eva Hollingsworth Date: 1/28/14 Your Instructor’s Name: Professor Butler Directions: Refer to the Milestone 1: Health History guidelines and grading rubric found in Doc Sharing to complete the information below. This assignment is worth 175 points, with 5 points awarded for clarity of writing, which means the use of proper grammar, spelling and medical language. Type your answers on this form. Click “Save as” and save the file with
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able to provide the healing that they need. A1. Differences Between Two Models of Health and Healing Larry Dossey, a medical theorist and physician, developed a theory of health and healing which incorporates three different eras in healthcare. In 1800s, Era I medicine considered consciousness a mechanical entity like the physical brain (Dossey, 1996). This era looks at the body and the mind as purely physical, as purely pursuing the blind laws of nature. The therapies that
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Bipolar Disorder (Types I & II) – A General Overview Clinical Procedures (MEA1206C) Rhonda M. Wellde Keiser University Melbourne, Florida September 18th, 2012 I decided to write this month’s written report on Bipolar Disorder, as my mother was diagnosed with Bipolar 1 when I was a child. My family fought through the many challenges and fears that came with seeing someone you love battle what she called “demons” in her head. We constantly had to adjust to her moods, check to make
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INTERNAL CRITICISM Adequacy: The Flood’s Theory of Successful Aging (Flood, 2005) was developed to addresses a nursing theory for care of the older adult regarding to the lack of nursing theory that offers clearly delineated guidelines for care of aging. Flood’s(2002) unique definition of successful aging among other explanations includes mental, physical, and spiritual elements of the aging person and emphasizing the individual's self appraisal. She used existing knowledge derived deductively
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Higher Education Core Value Paper/ Commitment Marie-Germaine Rancy Molloy College Identification and analysis of the identified Core Value Presently, there are many aspects of Higher Education. Some are physical; the campus and its classrooms, laboratories, and library. Those spaces are occupied by students, faculty, and staff and some are nonphysical. “The activities of Higher Education are learning, research, dialogue, and reflection. Thus far, none of these attributes are unique” (Shephard
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2010 Edition Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice Second Edition [pic] American Nurses Association Silver Spring, Maryland 2010 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data The American Nurses Association (ANA) is a national professional association. This ANA publication ( Nursing: Scope and Standards of Practice) reflects the thinking of the nursing profession on various issues and should be reviewed in conjunction with state board of nursing
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