Community Health Nursing: Definitions: 1) World Health Organization: a. Special field of nursing that combines skills of nursing public health… b. Function as part of total public health program for: i. Promotion of health ii. Improvement of condition iii.Rehabilitation of illness and disability Jacobsen a. Learned practice discipline with ultimate goal of contributing as individuals to promote client’s optimum level of functioning through teaching and delivery of care Dr. Ruth B. Freeman a. CHN
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Nursing Critique Since the early 1900’s nurses have been trying to improve and individualise patient care. In the 1970s this became more structured when the nursing process was introduced by the general nursing council (GNC)‚ (Lloyd‚ Hancock & Campbell‚ 2007) .By doing this their intentions were to try and understand the patient in order to give them the best care possible (Cronin & Anderson‚ 2003). Through the nursing process philosophy care plans were written for patients. It was understood
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than cure”‚ population health is the approach that looks at the broader picture of developing and maintaining a realistic and culturally acceptable health plan for the Australian Aboriginal communities. Rather than merely addressing the management of diseases‚ population health goes deeper by aiming to manage the factors that may have caused or developed the diseases‚ and ensure that the World Health Organization’s (cited in Queensland Health 2012‚ p. 1) definition of health as “a state of complete
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Nursing Care Plan Assessment equals Data Collection + Analysis | Nursing Diagnosis – Actual/Potential | Nursing Goal(SMART) | Nursing Interventions/ActionsInclude Rationale/Reference | Evaluation | Female Age : 85Code status: Full Code initially but changed to DNR on 14/Jan-2012Primary diagnosis: PancytopeniaReason for Hospital Admission: Fall at home. Allergy: PenicillinMedical History: Pacemaker‚ Hypertension‚ Fall at home‚ Bradycardia‚ Hyperlipidemia.Neurological: Alert‚ Oriented x 4.Diet
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NURSING CARE PLANS Impaired Physical Mobility Assessment | Nursing Diagnosis | Scientific explanation | Objectives | Nursing Interventions | Rationale | Expected Outcome | S > θO > Patient manifest:- weak and pale appearance - difficulty in standing and sitting - slowed movement - limited range of motion | Impaired Physical Mobilityr/t neuromuscular impairment aeb slowed movement | Limitation in independent‚ purposeful physical movement of the body or of one more extremities.Due
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understand what health education is all about‚ first one must understand the meaning of health itself. The World Health Organization (WHO‚ 1947) defines health as‚ "the state of complete mental‚ physical and social well being not merely the absence of disease or infirmity." A health educator is one who informs people on how to achieve and maintain good health and promotes environmental and lifestyle changes where needed. As a future health educator I completely agree with the World Health Organization’s
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Assessment |Nursing Diagnosis |Analysis |Goals and Objectives |Interventions |Rationale |Evaluation | | Subjective: “kala ko nung una dahil sa kinain kong pinya‚ pero imposible naman iyon. Kasi hindi naman sumakin tiyan ng mga kasama ko” | Knowledge deficient related to unfamiliarity with information resources | A deficit in knowledge is commonly experienced by individuals coping with new medical diagnosis varied pharmacological and treatment regimens‚ unfamiliar and often complex problems
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A. Major Injuries Reportable major injuries are: fracture other than to fingers‚ thumbs or toes; amputation; dislocation of the shoulder‚ hip‚ knee or spine; loss of sight (temporary or permanent); chemical or hot metal burn to the eye or any penetrating injury to the eye; injury resulting from an electric shock or electrical burn leading to unconsciousness or requiring resuscitation or admittance to hospital for more than 24 hours; any other injury: leading to hypothermia‚ heat-induced
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Secondary interventions are used when primary interventions fail to prevent the disease from occurring. Secondary interventions are steps taking to restore patients’ health by relieving or stopping signs and symptoms of the disease. In the case of asthma‚ primary intervention is least likely to prevent asthma events from happening. This is because asthma is multifaceted in nature and causes may be unpredictable. Signs and symptoms like coughing‚ shortness of breath‚ wheezing and chest tightness remains
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lan NURSING CARE PLAN | ASSESSTMENT | BACKGROUND KNOWLEDGE | PLANNING | INTERVENTION | RATIONALE | EVALUATION | Subjective:n/aObjective: * Preterm birth (36 weeks) * Weight: 1.75kgs. * Cool and dry skin. * Temperature: 33.6 degrees Celsius. * Poor muscle tone. * Placed under two droplights.Nursing Diagnosis: Ineffective thermoregulation related to immaturity. | Vaginal birthPretermPoor muscle developmenthypothermia | After 1 hour of nursing intervention‚ patient will maintain
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