Literature Review Keith A. Cunningham Grand Canyon University Family Health Promotion NRS-429V Dawn Peters November 07‚ 2010 Literature Review A review of nursing literature was conducted using the Grand Canyon University online library. The literature was reviewed looking for references to health promotion at the primary‚ secondary‚ and tertiary levels. From the review some questions were answered regarding the nurse’s role in promoting health to the public. Health promotion can be defined
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Excessive Use of Antibiotics and Their Effects on the Global Healthcare Environment Melissa A McKinney Drexel University Abstract This literature review explores numerous published articles that discuss the importance of recognizing that excessive antibiotic use has become a universal threat to our healthcare environments. This issue has turned into a global health phenomenon associated with increased occurrence of various antibiotic resistant bacteria‚ causing a serious danger
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Literature Review HSAD 5253 Health Services Research According to the American Telemedicine Association‚ “telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via electronic communications to improve patients’ health care (ATA‚ 2012). The Association also notes that telemedicine is associated with telehealth which is used to encompass a broader definition of remote healthcare that does not always include clinical
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Review of Literature Nancy D. Guerrero Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V Family-Centered Health Promotion March 31‚ 2013 Health promotion has been defined by the World Health Organization ’s (WHO) 2005 as "the process of enabling people to increase control over their health and its determinants‚ and thereby improve their health.” Health Promotion is focused on bringing awareness to the public in order to prevent an increase in disease. Health promotion can also give the individual the tools
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Abuse and Advocacy Literature Review The following review will cover resources from each team member for week 5’s final project‚ “Abuse and Advocacy Presentation”. The resources provided will cover topics‚ which will be discussed such as‚ three types of abuse‚ statistics and prevalence‚ advocacy services and their role in protecting elderly rights. It will also cover elder law services and how the protect the rights of the elderly. Literature Resources Muehlbauer‚ Melissa‚R.N.‚ M.S.N.‚ &
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Review of Literature Brittany M. Warnke Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429V May 12‚ 2014 Review of Literature According to the World Health Organization‚ “Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve‚ their health” (2014). It is no surprise that a large cause of death in the United States is often a combination of genetic and environmental factors‚ as well as lifestyle choices (Chiverton‚ Votava‚& Tortoretti‚ 2003). Health promotion has always
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Review of Literature Sarah Shipley Review of Literature Health promotion is defined by the World Health organization as the process of enabling people to increase control over‚ and to improve‚ their health. It moves beyond a focus on individual behavior towards a wide range of social and environmental interventions. Health promotion is a whole body and mind approach instead of looking at one specific problem or fix. Health
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Review of Literature Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Health promotion is about promoting‚ improving‚ advancing‚ supporting‚ encouraging and placing the health status of individuals and communities higher on personal and public agendas. The goal of health promotion is to enable the people to have increase control over the aspects of their lives and to improve their health and well-being. The purpose of health promotion in nursing practice is to promote and provide information to individuals
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The intent of this literature review is to assess the best practices surrounding skin disinfection before administering an injection. This review will look at the different views on this issue and the changes in practice over time. It will also evaluate the quality of the evidence and examine arguments for and against the use of skin disinfection prior to an injection. Numerous studies have been undertaken to debate the need to disinfect a patient’s skin before an injection and several of these
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ASSIGNMENT Conduct a critical appraisal of the literature on a topic of your choice relevant to an area of nursing (clinical‚ management or education). DONOR VIGILANCE A systematic review of complications associated with whole blood donation and the safety of the blood donor. CONTENTS Introduction……………………………….................................... 1 Purpose……………………………….............................................2 Search Methods………………………………............................
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