How do family, friends, and community influence individual health and lifestyle? Identify at least 3 positive and 3 negative effects. Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 2 academic sources. Family, friends, and community play pivotal roles in shaping individual health and […]
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Choose a current health policy and discuss how evidence-based practice has influenced its development and implementation. Instruction: Be sure you have first submitted your initial discussion post to this module’s “Initial Post Screening” before proceeding Your initial post should be at least 500 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least
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In recent decades, health promotion programs in the United States have substantially improved the health of residents. However, there is ongoing concern about health disparities, which occur most commonly in racial and ethnic minorities, people who do not have health insurance, and those who are poor and have less than a high school education. A
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How to best assess patients? How to Best Assess Patients: A Comprehensive Approach Effective patient assessment is a foundational component of high-quality healthcare, guiding accurate diagnosis and effective treatment planning. It requires a holistic approach that encompasses physical, psychological, social, and cultural factors to form a complete understanding of the patient’s condition. This essay outlines
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Examine the relationship between healthcare coverage (insurance), quality care, and reimbursements (payments) to health care organizations. Select two different major national (U.S.) insurance health plans. You may choose Medicaid, Medicare, HMO, PPO, or private insurance plans. You can choose your own personal insurance plan if you prefer. Review healthcare coverage options offered by both plans
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M.T. is a nurse practitioner in a busy OBGYN clinic. Her clients include women from various socioeconomic and cultural backgrounds. M.T. spends her time educating women about interventions for a healthy pregnancy. She promotes the physical, mental, and spiritual health of her clients throughout the childbearing years. Although she primarily works with the pregnant woman,
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E.J. is a nurse in an elementary school setting. Health promotion at the school-age level is a critical time when behaviors can be influenced before unhealthful patterns have become the standard. Healthy behaviors are taught and modeled by the nurse as well as the teachers in the school. She has a diverse set of roles.
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K.Y. is an employee-health nurse practitioner for a large corporation. Her role is to advocate for her clients by helping them improve their quality of life, both for the present and the future, through the identification of risk factors, health promotion, and other nursing interventions. The majority of the employees She sees are middle-age adults.
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The purpose of this assignment is to develop a health maintenance plan for a selected Disease, such as asthma, hepatitis, hypo and hyperthyroidism, and coronary artery disease, in a selected Population. 1. Assess, develop, and recommend health maintenance plans for clients in all developmental stages of life within the primary care practice. 2. Apply evidence-based
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You are the nurse caring for a 60-year-old male patient who was admitted to the emergency department with severe chest pain and diagnosed with an acute myocardial infarction (MI). Throughout his stay, the patient’s cardiac rhythm changes multiple times. Scenario: The patient’s initial ECG shows sinus tachycardia with a heart rate of 110 bpm. After several hours,
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