Uttarakhand Tragedy – A Man-Made Disaster Recent tragedy because of heavy rains and flash floods in Uttarakhand has resulted in heavy loss of life‚ property and damage which will take years to recover. Many villages and cities were affected because of this catastrophe. Why meteorological department did not warn residents of those areas earlier in advance? Why evacuation orders were not issued? Why proper disaster response team was not in place so that when such a disaster strikes the whole government
Premium Emergency management
Community Health in Winchester California NUR/405- Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice Karen Harriman April 20‚ 2015 Lee Moquin Introduction to the Family and Community Introduction of the Family: Six family members Two of the children have history of Asthma‚ Status Asthmaticus One family member has issues with Obesity All family members have issues with Knowledge Deficit Introduction to their Community of Winchester California Racial disparities: Health concerns:
Premium Family Nursing Health
How Do You Become an Emergency Room Nurse? When someone wants to become an emergency room nurse‚ they often do so because they want to help patients and save lives. Emergency room nurses are integral members of important medical teams who assist patients experiencing traumatic injuries and sudden illnesses. These nurses may work in fast-paced and stressful environments‚ but they have one of the most rewarding careers available in the medical field. Get a Formal Education There are different academic
Premium Nursing Nurse Health care
Nursing Drug Shortages Kristen Lawton Nursing 531 March 18 2013 Annette Margaret Nursing Drug Shortages Drug shortages have become a hardship for hospitals and pharmacies across the country. This hardship has been felt especially by nursing personnel who have voiced their concerns regarding patient safety and medication management. “One factor contributing to patient safety concerns arises when a substitute drug must be used in place of the customary product and requires dosage strength or
Premium Nursing Nurse Florence Nightingale
Part I: Community Assessment and Analysis Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey Amy Beddow‚ RN.‚ Sherry Byk‚ RNC.‚ Amber Walker RN.‚ and Teri Zimowski RN. Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V-0105 Concepts in Community Health October 27‚ 2013 INTRODUCTION Hunterdon County‚ New Jersey has a vast array of community dynamics that are team has researched. Hunterdon County is the 18th most populated county in the state of New Jersey out of
Premium New Jersey New York City Massachusetts
ARTICLE REVIEW Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Angina‚ United States‚ 1995-2010 Nursing 230 October 30‚ 2013 Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Angina‚ United States‚ 1995-2010 The article I chose to review was called Preventable Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits for Angina‚ United States‚ 1995-2010. The purpose of the article was to study the national decline in preventable hospitalizations for angina‚ and
Premium Health care Medicine Hospital
Background: In or order to improve quality of care ‚ address need of the physically ill children in one setting and improve integration between specialties our institution developed models of care with the various levels of integration between pediatricians and child and adolescent psychiatrist .Our goal is to meet the need of the children in general pediatric practice and children with the chronic medical illness Method: This report describes levels of integration in each model using
Premium Health care Medicine Patient
On Tuesday‚ December 20‚ 2016‚ at approximately 4:34PM‚ I‚ Officer Larry Thomas was informed by Officer Utsey over the radio‚ that he was called to the peep area‚ room 31‚ here in the emergency room at UAMS hospital‚ in reference to a patient refusing to take medication. Upon arrival‚ I observed Officer Utsey‚ Officer Friday and the medical doctor Tyler Griffin standing in the hallway talking with this patient. I later discovered that this patient name was Donald Best Jr. While Mr. Best was talking
Premium Patient Health care Hospital
From the reading articles and powerpoint‚ I learned about many facts about diversity in ageing this week and the three most important facts were first the number women aged 65 years or older is larger than men and about 1.3 million women live in nursing homes. Women also comprise the majority of Medicare beneficiaries‚ because they are more likely to experience disabling effects of multiple chronic conditions. In addition about 39% of older women live alone for nearly one third of life‚ because older
Premium Health care Nursing Medicine
patient’s danger of getting harmed and the patient’s wellbeing (Henneman‚ Gawlinski & Guliano 2012). This essay contains a rationale‚ a case scenario of a patient who shows respiratory deterioration and the appropriate nursing actions to be undertaken in such a case. Nurse’s role Nursing assessments and interventions which reduce unpleasant patient outcomes are vital. There are various reasons for worse patient outcomes like improper diagnosis‚ lack of administering the right medication and poor control
Premium Pulmonology Oxygen Respiration