Health Care highlight the need for all health care providers to be client-centered and cross-culturally competent. This necessitates health care professionals to be able to elicit, understand, and work with traditional health practices used by their clients. (Sankaran, 2007). Health care professionals can use the Heritage Assessment Tool to gain insight on cultural differneces within our society. The Heritage Assessment will not permit the resolution of all problems, but gives health care providers
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economical alternative to a medication. Specialists and/or physician referrals depends on the type of insurance plan you have. Medicare/Medicaid: HMO – requires a referral from your primary care provider. PPO – does not require a referral to see a specialist. CHIP – also requires a referral to a specialist from your primary care provider. Studies have shown that an average wait to see a specialist have grown in the United States to an average of 7-75 days to be seen in their office (NY
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the primary focus with the emphasis on prevention of disease by screening for risk factors and encouraging patients to practice behaviors that foster good health. In the past patients would seek medical care only after symptoms had developed that interfered with their lifestyle. Todays’ trend reflects patients taking a proactive approach to preventing a disease after they have been exposed to the education through mass media such as commercials, the internet, or brochures obtained from clinics or
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Assessment A complete health assessment needs to take into consideration a family’s risk factors by exploring their lifestyle, biological and environmental factors, social, psychological, cultural and spiritual dimensions that all impact their health care. The nurse’s role with families is to educate on preventive health services, raise awareness of modifiable risk factors and assist the family in influencing healthy behaviors within their family. (Edelman & Mandle, 2010) One resource utilized to
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Atrial Fibrillation And Nursing Considerations As a nurse one must provide holistic care. To better understand aspect of providing holistic nursing care one must have an in-depth understanding of primary body systems and their pathology. This paper will educate the prudent nurses who read it with detailed information about the specific cardiac pathology of atrial fibrillation. Written with a basic understanding of human heart function/structure as a prerequisite, this paper will first discuss
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supplementation to the financial concerns. Providing accessible preventative programs and health education in the remote villages throughout Alaska will enable ANTHC to more effectively observe the health trends and effectively manage and provide health care services for the Alaska Natives. Demographics and Needs of Alaska Natives with Colon Cancer The Alaska Native population is a largely uninsured and underinsured population, living in the remote villages throughout Alaska. They are at risk for a
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Vietnam’s health care policy Vu Thi Hoang Lan [pic] COUNTRY OVERVIEW Viet Nam is one of the poorest of developing countries. Its state of comparative under-development is largely attributable to a history of war going back over 40 years, at first with French and subsequently with the American, which resulted in devastation of the country (Pract, 341:1). Official figures claim that the population of Vietnam is more than 87 million in 2009. This makes the country the 18th most populated in
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Bachelor in Information Technology Program U10A2 HHS Enterprise Architecture Proposal Rus Bergerson Rus@Bergerson.net For TS3200, Section 2 Robert Buszta Submitted September 14, 2007 Table of Contents Executive Summary 4 Analysis of the existing HHS foundation for execution 4 Definition of the Operating Model for HHS
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The Affordable Care Act is a law that has had a significant impact on the health care industry. The Affordable Care Act, also known as the ACA, is a health care law implemented in 2010 that gives consumers more control over their health care. The law gives Americans the ability to make knowledgeable decisions about their health. The law is influenced by lack of comprehensive insurance coverage, high insurance costs, and limited choice of health care. The law makes health care more reasonably priced
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Diabetes transition Assessment of current best practice and development of a future work programme to improve transition processes for young people with diabetes. Transition in healthcare is only one part of the evolution from dependent child to independent adult (David, 2001). Submitted by Ruth Gordon, Ruth Gordon Associates Ltd to NHS Diabetes. Supporting, Improving, Caring August 2012 Acknowledgements This project was funded by NHS Diabetes and supported by Gillian Johnson, North
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