Epidemiology: Hepatitis C in the Veteran Population NUR / 408 July 7, 2014 Deborah Nallo Introduction Hepatitis C (HCV) is highly prevalent within the Veteran population. HCV is a major public health concern because of the debilitating effects associated with the virus. HCV results in increased mortality and morbidity rates resulting from the acute and chronic effects of the virus. The most common transmission of HCV occurs through injection drug use, injuries resulting from needle sticks
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Latino/Hispanic women in the USA (CDC, 2016). This study is going to investigate the problem of HIV among this vulnerable population. The study will also investigate the risk factors of HIV among this population. Finally, the study is going to discuss the nursing implications. Problems, Susceptibility, Exposures and Frequency An earlier report by Global-Campaign in 2006 indicated that of the total population of the United States, African Americans only account for 13 percent. However, African Americans
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Addressing Healthy Foods and Nutritional Education with Cleveland's Youth Brenda McLelland Capella University MSN 6012 Unit 8: Designing Health Promotion Programs September, 2015 Abstract Concerns about addressing the nutritional health of Cleveland’s impoverished children continue to plague the Cleveland community. According to the U.S. Census Bureau in 2013, Cleveland has the third largest child poverty rate among the top cities in the United States ("Hunger Facts," 2013). Insufficient
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Hepatic Encephalopathy Raven Dunn, SRN Augusta Technical College Adult Nursing II RNSG 2210 Ms. Kandace Chariff, BSN, MSN July 23, 2012 Table of Contents Abstract Page 3 Case Study Etiology and Pathophysiology Page 4 Clinical Manifestations Page 5 Diagnostic Findings Page 7 Treatment and Nursing Interventions Page 7 Patient Presentation Page 8 Conclusion
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during rug time. Spencer has a hard time sitting without falling over into another child's space. He seems to always be in deep thought that distracts him from good listening skills. Spencer was born prematurely with possible exposure to drug abuse and lack of prenatal care from his biological mother. Spencer was adopted by a lesbian couple after being placed in a foster home with his two moms. The two moms focus all their love and attention towards Spencer. The family is upper middle-class Lutheran
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assessment was conducted after interviewing the Nelson family using Gordon’s functional health pattern. Marjorie Gordon developed a method to be used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a comprehensive nursing assessment. It includes eleven principles for the collection of data and helps the nurse identify two or more wellness nursing diagnoses. It is a systematic and standardized approach to data collection (“functional health” n.d.). The Nelson family includes a husband and wife named Gerad
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In another case, which involved 40,000 people in the medical marijuana access program and the federal court of Canada, who had certified a class-action lawsuit. This case took place in 2013, when Health Canada sent out envelops to 40,000 people who were part of the Marihuana Medical Access Program, which also had their name on the envelope as well as the program title, before this incident, letters never including the word marijuana in the title. This caused an uproar from the recipients of these
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looking the different social, cultural, behavioral, environmental, and economic aspects, obesity, and chronic diseases impact not only individuals and families but society as a whole. Their strengths and weaknesses were put into two clusters and nursing diagnoses were provided for each cluster. Next, they were prioritized by level of importance and a rationale was provided. The Hispanic community in Las Vegas, Nevada has many strong points, as well as many weaknesses regarding their health. Value/Belief
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for nurses to use during the assessment process. By using this assessment tool the nurse can collect data about functional health patterns. By identifying certain behaviors through this assessment process the nurse can better tailor an appropriate nursing diagnosis, interventions and plan of care. This family health assessment paper has been organized and prepared in the following fashion. First, the questionnaire has been created which includes the 11 functional health patterns. A diagnosis has been
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West Side about 10-20% of the population is living in poverty. For self reported health status, about 8.8-15.4% of Upper West Side residents rated themselves fair to poor. My major is Nursing, nurses are expected to understand that the health of a person depends on factors other than genetics; such as the substances that the individual uses. Tobacco and Alcohol are both legal drugs (provided that they are not underaged), which is why it is more likely that individuals will use it to cause detrimental
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