NUR 420 Fall 2013 Final Exam Focus Areas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Health care for homeless‚ why is it so costly? They typically have to stay in the hospital for a longer amount of time because they have a lot more co-morbidities that need to be treated. Being brought to the ED is extremely expensive. Critical interventions are very costly‚ and so are all the diagnostic tests that must be done. They usually don’t have
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Public Health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of the communities through education‚ promotion of healthy life styles and research for disease and injury prevention. Public Health helps improve the health and well being of people in local communities around the world also works to prevent problems before they occur. Public health nursing is a specialized form of registered nursing that combines nursing and public health principles. According to the American Public
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normal transitional phases‚ changing can occur when people respond abnormally (p.10). In chapter 7(PTSD‚ Trauma‚ and Community Disasters) mentioned how natural (Landslides‚ floods‚ fires‚ earthquakes‚ hurricane‚ and storm)‚ community‚ and manmade (bombing‚ gun violence‚ and shooting) disasters contribute to development of PTSD and trauma. Natural disasters are the causes of community disaster. There are some other situations which can lead to PTSD‚ such as being in a war‚ physical‚ and sexual assault.
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International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Vol. 1 No. 7 [Special Issue –June 2011] Taking Community-Based System to Malaysian Communities for Disaster Management Binyamin Ajayi1 Department of Information Systems Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology International Islamic University‚ Malaysia E-mail: biyi_ajayi2000@yahoo.co.uk‚ Phone +60129444745 Bakhtiyar Badi Department of Information Systems Kulliyyah of Information and Communication Technology International Islamic
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1). What is community organizing? Community organizing is when communities are helped to identify common problem or goals‚ mobilize resources‚ and in other ways develop and implement strategies for reaching their goals they have collectively set. 2). What are the assumptions (identified by Ross) under which organizers work when bringing a community together to solve a problem? There are seven assumptions that were outline by Ross. 1) Communities of people can develop the capacity to deal with their
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declaration V‚ “Governments have a responsibility for the health of their people which can be fulfilled only by the provision of adequate health and social measures. A main social target of governments‚ international organizations and the whole world community in the coming decades should be the attainment by all peoples of the world by the year 2000 of a level of health that will permit them to lead a socially and economically productive life. Primary health care is the key to attaining this target as part
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Statistics Office): 16‚442 Health Situation: no outbreaks Common illness: fever‚ common colds Rare cases: Tuberculosis‚ Pneumonia Health center: Among the 20 barangays‚ only one health center exists and It is found in United Bayanihan UB has the potential for cityhood development Mortality rate: Heart attack for the elderly Maternal death: 2 per year Infant mortality rate: 4 per year Morbidity rate: (very rare; Cardiovascular diseases‚ Pneumonia) Health care facilities: No big facilities
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ROLE OF COMMUNITY NURSING IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS ROLE OF COMMUNITY NURSING IN DIFFERENT SETTINGS Community health nurses are valued for their adaptability and willingness to provide care in many settings‚ including community health clinics‚ churches‚ homeless shelters‚ and schools. These nurses provide comprehensive care to patients within their homes‚ at organized events such as health fairs‚ and at agencies and institutions serving people who have particular health needs. Community health nurses
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Elizabeth Boone January 6‚ 2013 HAT Task 2 Community Health Nursing Bachelor’s Program While evaluating my own perceptions about quality of life and health promotion when caring for a dying patient with a lingering illness such as cancer I found that I have a lot to work on. Being a strong “Alpha” female I do not find myself feeling sorry for myself and usually do not accept that type of attitude in other people. I am a person who finds the cup half full instead of half empty and have
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The barriers of access to better health services by rural population have been identified as; lack of health care professional‚ cost and limited access to specific services and lack of culturally acceptable services (Hegney‚ Pearson and McCarthy‚ 1997). In most remote parts of Papua New Guinea‚ there are few qualified health professional working and limited or no medical resources available to carter for the people. It’s because there were no road links or deteriorated infrastructure because of
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