The barriers of access to better health services by rural population have been identified as; lack of health care professional‚ cost and limited access to specific services and lack of culturally acceptable services (Hegney‚ Pearson and McCarthy‚ 1997). In most remote parts of Papua New Guinea‚ there are few qualified health professional working and limited or no medical resources available to carter for the people. It’s because there were no road links or deteriorated infrastructure because of
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Statistics Office): 16‚442 Health Situation: no outbreaks Common illness: fever‚ common colds Rare cases: Tuberculosis‚ Pneumonia Health center: Among the 20 barangays‚ only one health center exists and It is found in United Bayanihan UB has the potential for cityhood development Mortality rate: Heart attack for the elderly Maternal death: 2 per year Infant mortality rate: 4 per year Morbidity rate: (very rare; Cardiovascular diseases‚ Pneumonia) Health care facilities: No big facilities
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2020 Community-based nursing is a philosophy of practice that focuses care on individuals and families within a community. The primary goal of community-based nursing is to provide care with a major concentration on health promotion and rehabilitative primary health care through interdisciplinary collaboration for diverse population. Community-based nursing is based on assumption that individuals and families have primary responsibility for health care decisions. The primary
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As a community health nurse the most important elements to stress to the community is to ensure steps have been implemented to secure your family‚ property and business. Developing a Family Disaster Plan is an often overlooked but crucial part of disaster preparedness. Living in Florida we prepare annually for hurricane season from June through November and prepare a hurricane preparation list as follows: Assemble Important Documents In a waterproof container‚ put important documents like:
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individuals interested in my topic‚ so far I am trying to organize the information I want them to see first when the open up the booklet. I have the information I want to introduce them to‚ such as the other types of communication and how the nursing community functions as a central component to communication for them to gain knowledge on. The key to explaining my information to them clearly depends on how I organize the information in the booklet. I want there to be enough space and visual stimulation
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NUR 420 Fall 2013 Final Exam Focus Areas -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Health care for homeless‚ why is it so costly? They typically have to stay in the hospital for a longer amount of time because they have a lot more co-morbidities that need to be treated. Being brought to the ED is extremely expensive. Critical interventions are very costly‚ and so are all the diagnostic tests that must be done. They usually don’t have
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Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two Tonya Krell Phoenix June 28‚ 2014 Community Health Advocacy Project - Part two The aspects of community and aggregate are closely connected and people tend to use the terms interchangeably. The best way to explain the difference between the two concepts is by examples to differentiate and get a clearer understanding of the difference between the two concepts. This paper will define aggregate and community giving a brief support from current literature
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Infectious Mononucleosis and Community Health Nursing Infectious mononucleosis (IM)‚ or "mono‚" is a communicable disease that is most commonly caused by the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). EBV is one of the most common human viruses found all over the world‚ and most people will become infected with it at some point in their lives (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC]‚ 2014a). However‚ not all people infected with EBV will develop IM. By understanding the epidemiologic triangle of IM and
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Community Health Nursing Task 1 Jeanne MacDonald Western Governors University Student ID 000287537 I chose as my community El Dorado County in the foothills of Northern California. I live in this community. We are a very healthy and active community with a large
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Community Health Strategies Nursing /405 June 25‚ 2010 Community Health Strategies Alcohol abuse and alcoholism affects every gender‚ race‚ and nationality. Abuse of alcohol is a major cause of preventable deaths associated with violence‚ motor vehicle crashes‚ homicides‚ suicides‚ and is a leading cause of death among youth (Ringold‚ 2006). According to the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse (NIAAA)‚ (2010)‚ approximately 17.6 million people in the United States (about one in every 12
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