Public health has the interests of the public at its core. According to the Department of Health (DoH) (2012) Public health is concerned with prevention and therefore encourages people to ‘stay healthy’ and ‘avoid getting ill’. Health visitors work at the heart of the family to have a positive impact on the future of the child by preventing diseases and identifying any health or social problems early (Carter‚ 2011) A Heath Visitor offers a service available to all families that primarily delivers
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Women‚ Infants‚ and Children (WIC) Nutritional Services is one of many federal programs that provides health care and proper nutrition to low income women during the antenatal and postpartum periods. The duty of WIC is to protect the health of low-income women‚ infants‚ and children up to age 5 who are at an increased risk of nutrition deficiencies by providing nutritious foods to supplement diets‚ and referrals to health care (Better Nutrition‚ n.d). Many services are provided through various
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Mulcahy et al (2012) describe PHNs as ‘population based generalist nurses’. Public health nurse’s areas of care vary from wound dressing clinics to postnatal home visits. Placement in this area involved experiences such as the addiction clinic‚ breastfeeding clinic and first postnatal visits. These areas are of importance to the maternity services due to the fact that we are members of the multidisciplinary team‚ and postnatal care begins within our services. Exposure to care of this nature allows
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prevent ACE from converting angiostenin I to angiostenin II. This results in the dilation of blood vessel‚ which lowers BP. Adverse effects: Hypotension‚ angina‚ headache‚ fatigue‚ proteinuria‚ ‚ rash‚ sweating‚ cough. Contraindications: breastfeeding children‚ hypersensitivity to ACE inhibitors PREGNANCY (D) 2nd‚3rd trimester. Dosage: Adult: PO: 2.5mg/day then 2.5-20 mg/day divided bid or daily. Pharmokinetics: half life: 1-2 hrs‚ onset 1-2‚ peak 3-6. Nursing implications: check for
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References: Andrews‚ G. (2005) Women’s Sexual Health 3rd Edition. Elsevier Ltd: London Allen‚ E Bailey‚ J‚. Clark‚ M‚. Shepherd‚ R. (2008). ‘Duration of Breastfeeding in young women: psychological influences’. British Journal of Midwifery 16 (3) pp 172–178. Bandura‚ A.‚ (1997) Self-efficacy: The Exercise of Control. Freeman & co. New York Department for Education and Skills (2004) Every Child Matters: Change
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milk. Some of the preventative measures a mother can take to reduce the risk of her child being transmitted the virus are to receive a onetime shot of antiretroviral medicine‚ have a caesarean delivery and to feed the child formula instead of breastfeeding. Background Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1 infection is the major source of HIV infection in infants and young children younger than 5 years. Rollins discusses how “surveillance programs for prevention of mother-to-child transmission
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in the United States‚ with more than three quarters of its cafes located in the home market. Critical issue On Aug‚ 2004‚ the management of Starbuck Corporation faced unexpected issue in Maryland Starbucks coffee shop. A mother who were breastfeeding her child been asked by employee to relocate to the bathroom because the employee received complain from other customers who did not like it. This problem oscillated rapidly and women are protesting against in public which brought negative media
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another child on the way. Now Mila is speaking out and admitting that she has dealt with people giving her a hard time for breastfeeding in public. You wouldn’t think that a celebrity would deal with this the way that a normal person would‚ but Kunis says she has. People shared the details of what Mila Kunis had to say about people treating her different when they saw her breastfeeding her daughter. Mila Kunis is now pregnant with her second child so she will be going through this all again soon
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and positive experiences. Lastly‚ Wu et al. (2014) found that women in Wuhan were unable to maintain breastfeeding exclusivity and duration as a result of the mother’s low efficacy to properly breastfeed her child‚ especially when challenged by social pressures. Therefore‚ Wu et al. focused on increasing the mother’s efficacy by providing knowledge and demonstrations for proper breastfeeding
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Case Study Part IV Postpartum‚ Newborn‚ Breastfeeding 1. What’s the baby’s Ballard Score? a. Term – baby is 40 weeks (score 41) b. Preterm c. Post term 2. What’s important to do in the first 72 hours post partum for Esperanza? * Esperanze must receive a Rhogam injection within the first 72 hrs because her baby’s BTG is A positive. 3. What is probably going on with the baby’s state of conciousness? * Newborn infants undergo a transition period from intrauterine
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