Vulnerable Populations in the Workplace Nursing 440 Depression in the Oncology Patient Imagine you are going to the doctor for an annual check-up. No real problems have plagued you over the past year‚ except a few colds. However‚ the past few weeks you have been extremely tired. The doctor‚ being thorough‚ decides they want some blood work drawn. A day after getting the blood work the phone rings. The doctor wants you to have more blood work done because there has apparently been a mistake
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some really great information about the physical and mental health of a community‚ and ways to better them. With the knowledge I have obtained‚ I will now design a community that I feel is healthy‚ and describe what it would look like. For starters‚ there are some factors that I have learned that make a healthy community. These are the physical factors: geography‚ environment‚ community size‚ and industrial development. The social and cultural factors are: beliefs‚ traditions‚ prejudices‚ economy
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Name of the village: …………. Date of assessment: …………. VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT FORMAT HISTORICAL BACKGROUND: 1) When was the previous occurrence recorded in this area? a) 1st Occurrence: Year …………………………… Month …………………………… Date b) 2nd Occurrence: Year …………………………… Month …………………………… Date c) 3rd Occurrence: Year …………………………… Month …………………………… Date STUDY OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC‚ CULTURAL‚ POLITICAL BACKGROUND OF THE AREA 2) What is the basis of family economy of this area? a) Business
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Vulnerable Population: Homeless Priscilla Cabreza HCS/531 January 23‚ 2012 Debbie Vaughn Vulnerable Population: Homeless Introduction Many factors can affect the delivery of health care. It is believed that environmental‚ political‚ economic‚ medical‚ demographic location‚ social‚ cultural‚ and spiritual factors can affect certain population groups and can make these groups more vulnerable than the general population. The question of who is vulnerable and what makes an individual vulnerable
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Vulnerable Population in Current Events Michele M Maiorano NUR/440 February 11‚ 2013 Nita A. Magee-Cornelius‚ RN‚ MSN‚ PhD(c) Vulnerable Population in Current Events A way of defining a vulnerable population is addressing it as a group of people who are at risk for developing health problems (de Chesnay & Anderson‚ 2012‚ p. 5). It is not partial to age‚ gender‚ or nationality. In this case‚ it is the pediatric population. According to Allison Kempe‚ who was the lead in a recent research
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Procurement process and Vulnerability Analysis There are main five dependence dimensions in the article--A typology of vulnerability scenarios towards suppliers and customers in supply chains based upon perceived time and relationship dependencies. The time dependence dimension refers to the instance when the companies have a time-based need or synchronization of their mutual business activities and the social dependence refers to the interaction between two companies‚ which is often based upon
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Being in a healthy relationships means… Healthy Relationships 1. Respecting individuality‚ embracing differences‚ and allowing each person to “be themselves” 2. Discussing things‚ allowing for differences of opinion‚ and compromising equally. 3. Expressing and listening to each other’s feelings‚ needs‚ and desires. 4. Trusting and being honest with yourself and each other. 5. Resolving conflicts in a rational‚ peaceful‚ and mutually agreed upon way. Other Characteristics of a Healthy Relationship
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Vulnerable Population / Nur 440October 20‚ 2014Deanna Radford Surgical patients as a vulnerable population I have worked in the surgical field for about eight years. I like to relate what we are learning in the classroom to real life. I read an interesting article about the surgical patient and how they classify as a vulnerable population. A population I am comfortable working with. A population I encounter every shift I work. In my paper‚ I will discuss the definition of a vulnerable population. What
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health and nutrition study. American Journal of Epidemiology; 133:185-201 Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (2002) Claeson‚ M.‚ Griffin‚ C.G‚ Johnston‚ T.A‚ McLachlan‚ M.‚ Soucat‚ A.L.B‚ Wagstaff‚ A.‚ et al. (2001) Health‚ nutrition and population. In: Poverty reduction strategy sourcebook‚ Washington (DC): World Bank. Department of Health (2001). Tackling health inequalities: consultation on a plan for delivery. London: Department of health. Department of Health (2004a) Choosing Health:
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Vulnerable populations Despite efforts and goals in the United States to reduce or eliminate disparities in healthcare by 2010‚ significant disparities‚ including risk factors‚ access to healthcare‚ morbidity‚ and mortality‚ continues in vulnerable populations. For example‚ studies find that Americans living in poverty are much more likely to be in fair or poor health and have disabling conditions‚ and are less likely to have used many types of healthcare. I believe that more effort
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