History of Community Nursing Community Health Nursing, originally called "Public Health Nursing" from 1900-1970, combines nursing science with public health science to formulate a community-based and population-focused practice, according to Judith Allender and Barbara Spradley in "Community Health Nursing." The overall goal is to improve the health of communities and vulnerable populations. The name "Community Health Nursing" was adopted in 1970, although "Public Health Nursing" was not abandoned
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Grand Canyon University Professional Dynamics NRS-430V-0101 Tracy Chesney October 7, 2012 Education Preparation A registered Nurse can graduate from one of 2 main programs of education and include (ADN) associate degree nursing or (BSN) baccalaureate degree nursing. Both have similarities and differences. Both must take a state board exam of questions that are user specific to gauge whether the student nurse has enough knowledge to go professionally. Both programs hold the mandatory minimum
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Running head: FAMILY HEALTH ASSESSMENT Family Health Assessment Laisa Johny Grand Canyon University: Family Centered Health Promotion NRS 429V February 17, 2012 Family Health Assessment Family health assessment is an important tool and crucial to understand family problems, developing plan of care and provision of care according to their needs. Nurses have an important role in health promotion. “Gordon’s 11 functional health patterns are the foundation for the nursing diagnosis
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Opportunity People spend hard-earned dollars for health care services and require answers to health care questions and issues that are confusing to many of them. Concierge care is an excellent business opportunity. There has been tremendous growth. Health Care Concierge provides a professional, discrete, and reliable resource for individuals. . Concierge Nursing Concierge care is a new avenue for nursing. Concierge nursing stems from the relatively new concept of concierge medicine
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The American nurses Association defines nursing as “the protection, promotion ,and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury ,alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response ,and advocacy in the care of individuals ,families ,communities .and populations.”(American nurses website, 2015) The Metaparadigm theory of nursing consist of health, environment, person and nursing. These four components are very important for a nurse to give excellent
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("Current Nursing ", 2012). Florence Nightingale uses an environmental model. It is based on the idea that healing comes from within the individual. The emphasis of care is on placing that patient in an environment conducive to being and becoming well (Cruz, n.d.). She felt that nursing was a calling and defined it as an art and a science that requires a specific educational base of knowledge. She also went on to say that nursing was separate from medicine and that the goal of nursing was to place
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Kolcaba’s Comfort Theory Katherine Kolcaba is the founder of the comfort theory in nursing. She was born in Cleveland, Ohio; where she has spent most of her life. In 1965 she became a graduate of St. Luke’s school of nursing obtaining a nursing diploma. After working for many years in the areas of medical surgical nursing, long-term care, and home care. She had a promotional offer that required an academic degree. After completing the required prerequisites she went to Case Western Reserve University
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Competency Differences Between ADN vs BSN in Nursing Grand Canyon University: Professional Dynamics Competency Differences For ADN vs BSN in Nursing Are all registered nurses created equal and the same? To simply put it, no they are not. A registered nurse may be prepared at the diploma level, associate-degree level, baccalaureate-degree level, master degree level, and some possess a doctoral degree. The focus of this paper will be directed at the differences in competencies between
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History of Community Nursing Matrix As long as people have existed, they needed to look after their health. As a result, the healthcare industry was born. Nurses were a vital part of that growing community. This paper will approach three different historical periods in the United States, discuss the nurse’s role in the community in regards to the major health issues of that period, how they partnered with the community to create new programs and finish with an intellectual discussion on how Jean
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Competent Care for Mexican-Americans Terry A. Stevens Grand Canyon University: NUR 502- Theoretical Foundations for Nursing Roles and Practice January 13, 2016 Culturally Competent Care for Mexican-Americans For centuries nursing has been a dynamic, this is constantly evolving and adapting in response to a wide range of stimuli. A recent circumstance that has influenced nursing considerably is the consumer mandate for culturally competent care in an increasingly diverse, multicultural society
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