Role of Public Health Personnel | The candidate does not provide a logical explanation of the role of the major public health personnel‚ including the public health nurse‚ involved in the disaster. | The candidate provides a logical explanation‚ with no detail‚ of the role of the major public health personnel‚ including the public health nurse‚ involved in the disaster. | The candidate provides a logical explanation‚ with limited detail‚ of the role of the major public health personnel‚ including
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Running head: Community Health News Community Health: A Case of Measles Kimberly K. Turner University of Phoenix NUR 471 Park Balevre‚ MSN‚ RC‚ BC May 12‚ 2008 A Case of Measles Earlier this year in January‚ San Diego County encountered the first case of measles since the 1990s. Many citizens of the United States were not concerned‚ but given the highly contagious nature of this viral infection and the fact that many parents are opting not to vaccinate
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Community Assessment Project You are to complete a community assessment using the Windshield Survey method. This is discussed both in Community Health Nursing: Promoting and Protecting the Public’s Health (pp. 403-4) and in Health Promotion Throughout the Lifespan (p. 203). You will find a community planning guide at the Healthy People website. This is another strategy‚ similar to the nursing process for assessing and implementing community change‚ and might be helpful to you. The Community
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C228 - Community Health Nursing - Task 1 Shirley Krussel Western Governor ’s University C228 November 25‚ 2014 North Coastal Region of San Diego County The North Coastal Region (NCR) of San Diego County is a large diverse region within San Diego County. It spans 388 square miles. There are six cities and more than a dozen communities in this region ranging from wealthy areas to poorer areas both on the coast and inland. The US Marine Corps largest installation‚ Camp Pendleton‚ is located within
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Family Health Assessment Family Health Assessment Nurses‚ in order to practice effectively‚ must assess consciously and unconsciously to determine the needs of the client (McCain‚ 1965‚ pg. 82). The functional abilities of the patient are selected based on the assessment. Marjorie Gordon proposed functional health patterns as a guide to provide a comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient (Gordon‚ 1994). Gordon’s health patterns are categorized into 11 possible approaches to collect
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Health Assessment 1. Define two different methods or frameworks‚ commonly used to collect health assessment data. Marjory Gordon’s Functional Health Patterns provides a holistic guide used by nurses to gather health data as well as a format for the organisation of data collected (White‚ 2005). A functional assessment assists the nurse in obtaining the clients past health history‚ current health status and perception of health behaviours (Gordon‚ 2010). Focusing on 11 areas of possible functional
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Competency Comparison BSN VS Diploma & ADN Background / Overview Nursing is a profession that has numerous level of educational preparation. There are diploma nurses‚ associate degree nurses (ADN)‚ baccalaureate degree nurses (BSN)‚ master level degree nurses (MSN) and doctorate degree nurses PhD).1 Perhaps you are considering nursing as a profession or you are an experienced practicing nurse‚ it is more than likely that you must have heard the intense debates about the differences
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DISTANCE LEARNING DIPLOMA COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT 2 (ABM) COMMUNITY HEALTH Writer: Mwansa David M. Contact: 0977744745/0968941175 Email:mwnsamumbad@yahoo.com CONTENT Unit 1: Introduction 1. Subjective 2. Subject overview Unit 2: The concept of Community health 1. Introduction 1. Definitions of community Unit 3: Community-based health care and raising health awareness 1. Introduction 2. Community Care Access Centres: 3. Community-Based Health Care Models Unit 4: Health and Development of
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people’s health status. Socioeconomic differences in health exist all over the world; they tend to be larger in the United States than in other countries. Socioeconomic factors are important factors of both life span and freedom from disease and disability. A lack of health-promoting care and services in many racially and economically segregated communities provides a partial explanation for the link between residential segregation and the lack of physical wellbeing. Living in communities that lack
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Course Project Milestone #2: Nursing Diagnosis and Care Plan Form 1: Analyze Assessment Data: Based on the health history information‚ identify the following: A. Areas for focused assessment (30 points) Provide a brief overview of those areas of strength and weakness noted from Milestone #1: Health History. Pt biggest strength is that‚ he considers himself as an independent person like to take everything positive and have future goals about life. Main weakness includes difficulty to quit
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