...Dance Injuries and Prevention By Katrina Thompson Kin 380, Thomson April 20, 2011 Dance Injuries and Prevention Next to stage fright, the biggest nightmare for a dancer is to become injured. Injuries, depending on the severity, can mean the end of a career in dance and an end to something that you enjoy doing. According to a survey conducted on the injuries obtained by Broadway dancers, the most common injuries occurred on the lower extremities of the body at fifty two percent, followed by the back at twenty two percent, and the neck at twelve percent. The least frequent injuries occurred in the upper extremities with the shoulder consisting of only six percent of the dancers. Of the lower extremities the knee (29%), ankle (25%), foot (20%), and the hip (12%) were the more frequent sites of injury (Evans, Evans, Carvajal, Perry). In order to prevent these types of injuries from occurring it’s imperative that dancers follow the proper precautions such as stretching, proper warm-up techniques and general care for their bodies. After acquiring an injury you must follow proper treatments in order to recover effectively. Your spine is made up of three sections; the top portion or the cervical, the middle portion or the thoracic, and the lower portion or the lumbar (Anderson, Parr, and Hall). When it comes to back injuries, dancers tend to get injured in their thoracic or lumbar regions. The most common injury is frozen back. Frozen back is when the muscles in the back...
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...Intentional Injury Prevention Within the Addictions and Mental Health Services, professionals continuously deal with Intentional Injury and the consequences. Whether intentional injuries are self-inflicted or interpersonal acts of violence, they lead to harm and often death. The term "intentional" is used to refer to injuries resulting from behaviour, either self-inflicted, or behaviour towards others. Common risk factors may include but are not limited to: access to firearms and/or lethal weapons a history of interpersonal violence addiction poverty and marginalized limits of the determinants of health Both Domestic Violence and Suicide are leading acts of intention injury. However, significant gains have been made over the past decade. Both are being more recognized today as health related issues. Child Maltreatment Child maltreatment is any act or failure to act on the part of a caretaker or parent which results in a child’s death, serious injury, physical or emotional harm, or exploitation. It can include neglect, sexual, physical, or emotional abuse to a child under the age of 18. Arkansas had 32,915 referrals to the Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline for suspected child maltreatment during 2010. In order to reduce the incidence of child maltreatment it is important that appropriate parenting skills are learned and practiced. There are programs available that can address proper parenting skills, preventing shaken baby incidents, and educating parents about...
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...24. Investigation and prevention of occupational injuries. The aim of the research is to develop occupational injuries measures to prevent accidents at the plant. You must systematically analyze and summarize their reasons. Analysis of the causes of injury allows them to share the organizational, technical, physiological and sanitary. Organizational: violation of legislation on health and safety , requirements , guidelines , rules and regulations , lack of or poor briefing , failure measures for safety, untimely repair or replacement of faulty and outdated equipment. Specifications: non-compliance of safety or fault of production equipment, tools and protective, equipment design flaws. Psychophysiological: erroneous actions of the employee as a result of fatigue, excessive severity and intensity of work, monotony of work, disease state negligence. Sanitation: excessive levels of noise, vibration, adverse weather conditions, the high content in the air of the working area of hazardous substances, the presence of different radiation above the allowable values, insufficient or inefficient lighting violation of the rules of personal hygiene. Research Methods occupational injuries: The statistical method is based on the analysis of statistical data on injuries that accumulated in the company or in the industry for several years. Data from this analysis are contained in the acts of the form N-1 and the records of companies. The statistical method allows all accidents and causes...
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...1. Fill out the table below according to the Forms of Prevention Review. (5) | Primary Prevention | Secondary Prevention | Tertiary Prevention | Description of Patient | Healthy showing no signs or risk factors | Has risk factors, showing early stages of disease, outwardly healthy but inwardly unhealthy | Has full blown disease with apparent signs and symptoms | Stage of Natural History of Disease | Pre-disease stage – no disease present | Asymptomatic/latent stage, showing no outward signs or symptoms | Symptomatic/disease stage showing outward signs and symptoms | Goal of Prevention | Prevent risk factors and retain healthy status | Aimed at preventing disease and reduce the risk factors already present | Preventing complications of disease/slow down or stop progression of disease | 2. Provide 3 clinical scenarios or examples of Primary Prevention interventions. (5) Each scenario should include all 3 criteria from the table above- description of patient, stage of natural history of disease and goal of prevention. 1. Patient is a 3-year old girl who is in the 65th percentile for height and weight, showing no signs of any illness. Mother vaccinates child with the MMV vaccine to prevent her from contracting the diseases before entering school. 2. Twenty-two year old healthy college senior is traveling to Haiti for a mission trip, and begins taking Malarone to prevent herself from contracting malaria while she is there. She continues to take the medication for...
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...optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through diagnosis and treatment of health response and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and populations." While developing a trusting and caring relationship with your patient is important, it does not come close to involving all aspects of the definition of nurses today. Nurses today are educators, promoters, spokespersons, and researchers. How does it address the metaparadigm theories of nursing? The ANA's definition of nursing and the 4 major components of the nursing metaparadigm (person, health, environment and nursing) are closely intertwined. When we consider the first major component, person, we understand that we do not look at a patient individually or just consider their illness. Nurses are to take a holistic approach and consider mind, body and soul. With this it is also important to consider the cultural and religious beliefs of the patient. In doing so we are protecting our patient and becoming an advocate. As educators we are focused on the health of our patients, the second major component is the nursing metaparadigm. This encompasses the ANA's definition referring to promotion, optimization and prevention of illness and injury. By teaching our patients simple things such as wear a helmet when riding a bike, get your vaccinations, and frequent hand washing we are helping to prevent injury and illness. Teaching also empowers...
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...Running head: NURSING, AN INTEGRAL PART OF HEALTH PROMOTION Nursing, an Integral Part of Health Promotion Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V September 18, 2011 Nursing, an Integral Part of Health Promotion Introduction Everyone in this global society has rights. All humans are born free regardless of race, color or creed. Everyone is entitled to these freedoms. In the pursuit of these freedoms, health is encompassed under these dignities. Everyone on this planet has the right to be healthy. This paper will examine the nurses’ role in helping people attain these rights. What and Why of Health Promotion? According to the World Health Organization (WHO), health is defined as “a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being, and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity” (WHO, 1998, p. 1). Health promotion is the process of empowering people to expand control over, and to improve their health. Health promotion is an encompassing process- it is social, it is political, it is economical, it is ever-changing. It not only embodies measures focused on strengthening the skills and capabilities of individuals to attain their inalienable right to attain optimal health, but it is also directed towards changing global perspective as well. Health promotion is the process of enabling people to increase control over the factors of health, thereby improving their health (WHO, p. 1). Nursing Roles and Responsibilities Involvement is essential to sustain health promotion...
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...health care system must be recognized, then strategies for resolutions must be identified, finally individuals and communities must be active and take proper actions for solutions. Regardless of health conditions, health promotion is essential for acquiring and maintaining a better quality of life. Levels of Health Promotion The promotion of health includes preventing any discrepancies in healthy living. There are three levels of prevention involved in health promotion which include primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention. Each level of prevention has goals for promoting healthy lifestyles. Nurses will encounter many different implementation methods depending upon the level of health promotion. To begin with, “primary prevention precedes disease or dysfunction,” (Edelman & Mandle, 2010). The goal is to protect healthy people from becoming ill or developing a disease. A nurse’s responsibilities involving primary health promotion would include identifying those at risk, educating, and providing protection from injury or disease. An article concerning women’s heart health was reviewed to...
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...Informative Article The informative article A United Approach to the Prevention of Pressure Ulcers informs the reader, step by step, as to what a pressure ulcer is, which patients may be prone towards a pressure ulcer, how to prevent a pressure ulcer, what to do if after steps taken towards prevention the patients gets a pressure ulcer anyway, treatment of an ulcer and finally what dressings are effective after treatment (Gray and Hampton, 2015). The key points of the article are that pressure ulcers (PUs) are preventable, but incidences of pressure ulcers continue to increase, patients with pressure ulcers die two to six times more than a patient without pressure ulcers, and pressure ulcers are preventable with proper care, such as utilizing the correct mattress and making sure turns are done faithfully. The article goes further and concludes that there are many methods that support pressure ulcer prevention and, with good training—knowledge of what a pressure ulcer is, how it occurs and how to prevent pressure ulcers there can be a reduction in pressure injuries overall. This article was subject to double blind peer review. Criteria Secondary source articles are usually based on articles that are primary sources, or in other words, research articles (which are primary) where the information can be new or groundbreaking. When an informative or secondary article is written the authors may use the...
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...Heath promotion as well-defined by the World Health Organization is the course of empowering individuals to upsurge control over, and to progress health. The theory of wellbeing advancement can be described as the art and science of serving individuals modify their life style attain a state of ideal health (Edelman and Mandle, 2010). This paper will present an integrative review upon the health promotion and its three stages of health prevention. The nursing roles and responsibilities sprouting in health promotion and the implementation of health will also be discussed in this paper. Purpose of Health promotion The goal of health promotion is to stimulate the health behavior of persons and societies and in same manner the physical and operational circumstances that affect their wellbeing. In other words, the aim of health promotion is to emphasis on “to focus on the person's potential for wellness and to encourage him or her to alter personal habits, lifestyle and environment in ways that will reduce risk and enhance health and will being (Smeltzer & Bare, 2006).” The chief motive of nursing in health promotion is to instruct inspire and support the patient to preserve an prevailing class of life by avoiding ailment, decelerating the advancement of a disorder or handling an sickness. Nursing Roles and Responsibilities Nurses have a significant impact in supporting community health. There have...
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...individual, families and communities. These great challenges require a comprehensive approach towards eradicating and/or minimizing its health complications. Health promotion is the ability to create understanding about health among individuals, enabling them to gain that knowledge about their health and willingly take control in other to improve the quality of their health. The World Health Organization (WHO) defines health promotion as the process of enabling people to increase control over and to improve their health (WHO, 2006). This program is designed to educate people and have them acknowledge the importance of knowing health issues and ways to respond to it. It is a fundamental channel where premature deaths and unnecessary injuries and diseases can be averted. Nursing has been advocating for adequate health since the era of Nightingale, and its focus has always been health promotion being the primary model for nursing practice. Along with nursing conception, Florence Nightingale developed the environmental theory emphasizing the use of environmental factors like clean water, good drainage system and fresh air to assist with patient recovery. As part of health promotion, acute...
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...own health, and able to make healthy choice” (Denise and Suzanne, p. 87). Historically, health promotion deal with protecting society from contagious disease, such as to providing safe water and reduce environments hazards, and treat of preventable disease rather than preventing them. Conversely, the contemporary health promotion is aimed to increase the society’s awareness of healthy prevention, improve their quality of life and reduce health care budget. Health promotion range from smoking cessation to diagnostic and screening test, injury prevention, and chronic diseases management. There are three levels of prevention can be applied to health promotion, which are primary, secondary, and tertiary. Primary prevention is cheapest method to prevent disease or injury by increase the health awareness of individuals, families and society, an example of primary prevention is smoking cessation. Secondary prevention is to take diagnostic testing or screening in order to treat disease at the early stage if needed, such as diabetes, Pap smear test, mammogram screening and colonoscopy. Tertiary prevention actually is to treat disease has already been detected and prevent recurrence of condition. This paper will discuss the purpose of health promotion, and the role of nursing in health promotion process. The purpose of health promotion is to increase public health awareness and wellbeing; decrease preventable illness and health budget. One of the most preventable disease such as diabetes...
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...DQ2-2 School aged Children are increasingly exposed to many hazards that cause accident and injury. The most common causes of injuries in this age group are car crashes, bicycle crashes, and fires. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) expands this list to include the following. 1.Motor vehicle (CDC 2012) 2.Suffocation (CDC 2012) 3.Drowning (CDC 2012) 4.Poisoning (CDC 2012) 5.Fire/Burns (CDC 2012) 6.Falls (CDC 2012) 7.Sports and recreation risks. (CDC 2012) Injuries are the leading cause of death and disability for children in the United States (CDC). Injuries are not always preventable regardless of their nature. A common sense approach can lead to a reduction in injuries. Driving safely including the proper use of seatbelts or car seats, removal of plastic bags from young children, teaching swimming and supervision when in water, removal of house hold toxins, fire safety, and use of bicycle helmets are taught in school to kids (HHS). The CDC calls for efforts to reduce injuries by focusing on what term the 3 P’s; education, enforcement, and engineering. Education is used by the schools to teach children basic safety. New parents are often taught the proper way to use child restraint seats in the car. Locally, in my area the state police have no fault safety checks in which your car seat and the use of it can be examined for proper fit. These clinics are conducted in a big box retailer’s parking lot so that all a parent needs to do is drive up. If fault...
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...Levels of Health Promotion and Article Review Maria Gabriela Rivas Grand Canyon University: NRS 429V October 12, 2014 . Definition of Health Promotion In nursing care prevention means to anticipate actions directed in order to prevent illness and promote health to reduce the need for secondary or tertiary health care. This consists of all measures that limit the disease progression. The three levels that are addressed are primary, secondary and tertiary. Each is greatly important because nurses are involved in all of the three levels of health promotion ( Edelman, C.8th Ed) . Although the levels of health promotion operate on a continuum, there are some points where they may overlap. Primary Health Promotion Primary health promotion precedes any type of disease or dysfunction of the client. At this stage the concern is education, therapeutic treatments, and behaviors that heighten health. It is important to identify factors that affect homeostasis. At this stage it is important to make the client aware of ways to improve health and optimize the levels of health. Maintenance of the client at this stage of the health promotion decreases the hazards of acquiring chronic diseases (Edelman, C. 8th ed.). Secondary Health Promotion Secondary health promotions can consist of screening activities for the client. This is important because if the disease is identified at this point it is easier to control it. This is also a prime opportunity to diagnosis and...
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...Health Promotion Adam Elder August 15, 2014 To start let’s define primary, secondary and tertiary health promotion. “With primary health prevention the goal is to protect healthy people from developing a disease or experiencing an injury in the first place. For Example, education about good nutrition, the importance of regular exercise, and the dangers of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs. Secondary prevention, happen after an illness or serious risk factors have already been diagnosed. The goal is to halt or slow the progress of disease (if possible) in its earliest stages; in the case of injury, goals include limiting long-term disability and preventing re-injury. For example, recommending regular exams and screening tests in people with known risk factors for illness. Finally Tertiary prevention; this focuses on helping people manage complicated, long-term health problems. The goals include preventing further physical deterioration and maximizing quality of life. For example, cardiac or stroke rehabilitation programs, chronic pain management programs and patient support groups” (Retrieved from https://www.iwh.on.ca/wrmb/primary-secondary-and-tertiary-prevention). “Health promotion is the process of enabling individuals and communities to increase control over the determinants of health and thereby improve their health” (Dawson, A., & Grill, K.). Health promotion is needed in nursing. Nurses...
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...Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION Health Promotion In Nursing H. Rachelle Thompson Grand Canyon University NRS-429V Family Centered Health Promotion August 12, 2012 Health Promotion in Nursing Health promotion comes in many forms and it can be done almost anywhere, in the community, at home, and on even larger scales across the nation. The purpose of this paper is to discuss health promotion as it is defined, as well as it’s purpose, the differing types of health promotion, and the implementation of health promotion, giving consideration to the role of the nurse. Health Promotion With the changing healthcare system and the rise in chronic illnesses and non-communicable diseases there is an increased need to educate the community and patients individually in order to reach optimal levels of wellness. Health promotion occurs not just on the small-scale, by holding yearly flu clinics at the health department, but also on the national scale, such as the push for lifestyle modifications in the fight on obesity that has become politicized (Carter et al., 2011). Health promotion itself can be difficult to define (Peckham, Hann, & Boyce, 2011), but according to Jadelhack the definition of health promotion is “the process which enables people to improve control over the determinants of health and as a result to improve their own health” (2012, p. 65). Purpose The goal of health promotion is to give individuals the knowledge and power to control certain aspects...
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