Caring for Populations: Assessment and Diagnosis Krystle Gonzales Chamberlain Community Health Nursing 443 Prof Schoenberg November 20‚ 2014 Introduction A community health nurse must be effective in targeting the population as a whole. The nurse will determine the needs for the community by using the data compiled from a windshield survey. As stated in the text‚ “A population focus also involves a scientific approach to community health nursing: an assessment of the community or population
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Homeless People as a Vulnerable Population Homeless people are a part of a vulnerable population who face a very real risk of developing health issues at a rate higher than the rest of the population due to certain disadvantages and co-morbidities. The homeless population is often exposed to the harsh elements of the weather and lack access to basic necessities such as food‚ shelter‚ clothing‚ and medication. Housing in shelters and transitional homes are not constant and reliable‚ leaving the homeless
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Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Version 3 October 22‚ 2012 Sheila De Vaugh‚ APRN‚ BC Assessment Tool Analysis Paper The “American Nurses Association” (2012) website describes the nursing process as assessment‚ diagnosis‚ outcomes/planning‚ implementation‚ and evaluation. Another important tool is getting to know the patient‚ to get a full picture of the patient’s physical and mental status. Although there are several assessment tools that can be used‚ three tools were chosen for the purpose
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are not top priority. There are multiple things that are going on in a domestic violence situation‚ but to someone on the outside looking in‚ the obvious choice would be to get out of the situation and leave. History of the Domestic Violence Population Domestic violence wears many different masks and is even accepted in some societies. Many different cultures around the world have been and continue to be affected by the results of domestic violence. The term‚ “domestic violence‚” was first
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physical‚ or sociological standpoint. De Chesnay & Anderson (2012) explain the idea of an entire population being vulnerable as “a public health concept that refers to vulnerability by virtue of status: that is‚ some groups are at risk at any given point in time relative to other individuals or groups.” The chronically mentally ill and the elderly go under this definition of vulnerable populations and could be helped by two conceptual models of nursing. Because those with mental illness usually
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Heritage Assessment In our day to day job as nurses‚ we come across patients from different ethnic and cultural backgrounds. It is our duty to make them feel at ease with the care they are receiving and to be able to do so‚ it is imperative that nurses become culturally competent by understanding how the patients’ culture influences their views on health protection‚ maintenance and restoration. Culture is a pattern of behavior and values shared by an ethnic group (Winkleman‚ 2001). The Heritage
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Aim I am going to compare and contrast 3 pain assessment tools‚ which would be appropriate for use in our clinical area‚ using current literature‚ benchmarks and practice guidelines. If pain is what the person tell he is (McCaffery M‚ Pasero‚ 1999) therefore pain assessment tools should be based on the patient’s own perception of their pain and its severity. But sometimes it ’s difficult to express the pain that we feel into words. Pain assessment tools have two main categories: multi-dimensional
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Assessment Tool Analysis NUR/440 Week 3 January 1‚ 2014 Assessment is a vital aspect of nursing care. Assessment is the first phase of the nursing process. A thorough assessment involves gathering information and data about and related to the patient. The data that is collected includes physiological‚ psychological‚ environmental‚ sociocultural‚ economical‚ spiritual‚ and developmental history of the patient. Data may be objective or subjective. Objective data refers to the measurable
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The History of psychological assessment tools in America is a wide spread measure of testing that has historical roots. In this paper‚ I will examine the history of psychological assessment tools‚ the types of assessments being used today‚ and the validity of assessment tools. What is psychological assessment? Psychological assessment is a process that involves information from a series of sources‚ like personality tests‚ intelligence tests and personal interviews. Many psychologists do
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Peninsula Health Format: Assessment tool and Instructions for use Availability: Download FRAT Download Instructions for use The Falls Risk Assessment Tool (FRAT) was developed by the Peninsula Health Falls Prevention Service for a DH funded project in 1999‚ and is part of the FRAT Pack. A study evaluating the reliability and validity of the FRAT has been published (Stapleton C‚ Hough P‚ Bull K‚ Hill K‚ Greenwood K‚ Oldmeadow L (2009). A 4-item falls-risk screening tool for sub-acute and residential
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