Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Nursing The public health nurse has a challenging undertaking when dealing with the health concerns of a community. These health concerns are multifocal in nature and include health promotion, management of chronic disease, along with assuring access to health care. Additionally, each community will change over time with the nurse needing to adapt and shift the health concern focus. Essentially, the nurse will need to know what the health concerns are in
provide the base from which we seek to understand patients and their health problems and from which we plan interventions to help them” (Zaccagnini & White, 2017, p. 14). Theories are necessary for nursing research and practice. Utilizing a theory that is congruent with the program’s goal will help guide and provide structure to the project leaders throughout the implementation process. The nursing theory chosen for the osteoporosis program is the health promotion model (HPM). The HPM was published
determinants of health to the dilemma between healthy eating and staying above the poverty line. Food insecurity, low wages, and single-parent households, among many others, demonstrate how social determinants of health are impacted. The three social determinants of health that impact the problem of poverty and health are: income and social status, healthy child development, and employment/working conditions. Jane Taber’s “The dilemma between healthy eating and staying above the poverty line”, depicts
Healthy People 2020 is a collaborative initiative managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion within the US Department of Health and Human Services (ODPHP, 2010). The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion published Healthy People 2020 with new 10-year goals and objective for promoting health in 2010 (ODPHP, 2010). The Healthy People initiative sets national objectives to improve the quality and quantity of life in the United States. The purpose of this post is
Comprehensive Physical Assessment in Critical Care Nursing Practice According to Lewis, Heitkemper, Ruff-Dirksen, Bucher, & Graber-O’Brien (2010), comprehensive physical assessment is the collection of information about the individual's health status that establishes baseline for future assessments (p. 97-99). Also, comprehensive physical assessment is a core element of caring nursing practice which allows to systematically assess oxygen supply and demand, provides a foundation for developing a
health-seeking behaviors, the influence of traditional Navajo folk medicine and Mary Littlejohn’s case study in the way it influences health-seeking behaviors. Family bonds and living in harmony is an important element of the Navajo culture. The Navajo people solely rely on traditional medicine and the use of a medicine man to treat illnesses. They rarely use modern medicine unless it is the last resort and often, this may be too late into their illness to treat. The Navajos did not center their schedules
Quality improvement through employee empowerment requires the proper infrastructure and a great plan as well as great people to implement and follow the plan. The impact of implementing empowerment practices on both perception and, more importantly, on measures of quality outcomes is contingent on several conditions, including: • Staff educational, professional and competency levels – employees must have the appropriate skills and training for the positions they hold in order to function with the
An Evaluation of the Services and Interventions Provided by the Aboriginal Medical Service Western Sydney: Is the Health of Local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Communities Improving? Isabella Kristensen The University of Sydney October 2014 Table of Contents ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 INTRODUCTION 5 HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS HEALTH IN AUSTRALIA ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY CONTROLLED HEALTH SERVICES ABORIGINAL MEDICAL SERVICE WESTERN SYDNEY 6 INTRODUCTION AND DEMOGRAPHIC OVERVIEW
This case study is about a 46 year old gentleman who was admitted to the hospital following a cardiac arrest whilst out running at the beach. In line with NHS Code of Practice, confidentiality will be observed throughout this work (NHS 2014). For the facilitation of discussion the client will assume the name Mr. S. Mr. S was shocked 3 times by Ventricular Fibrillation and regained output after 22 minutes. On admission to hospital Mr. S had GCS (Glasgow Coma Scale) of 3/15 (Chamoun, Robertson
million people in the United States may have AD (https://www.alz.org/national/documents/report_alzfactsfigures2009.pdf). Alzheimer’s disease is an age-related brain disorder, affecting people age 60 and older and in rare cases even people in their 30s, 40s, and 50s. AD is a type of dementia, a condition that damages brain cells or neurons and impairs brain function over time, leading to a person’s inability to remember, think, learn, and do even the most simplest tasks. In AD, healthy neurons