Family Health Assessment Nathalie Alerte Grand Canyon University: NSR 429V August 30, 2015 A family health assessment is a way for a nurse to gather patient data based on health patterns and actions taken by a given family. Certain specifics that are touched by this are family history, cognitive ability, nutrition, etc. 11 areas of focus are addressed per Gordon’s health related behaviors while doing the assessment. This was used to aid the nurse in coming up with certain questions to ask
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Emmanuel Okoroafor. Educational Preparation. Grand Canyon University January 2013 Educational Preparation * BSN means Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing and ADN means Associate Degree in Nursing. Both degrees will qualify a student to take the same NCLEX exam for a practicing license. There are different competency levels in these two programs. BSN is a four year university program with focus on knowledge, theories, research and clinical and an overall emphasis on the entire field of nursing
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Running head: HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING CARE HEALTH PROMOTION IN NURSING CARE Donna Pisarski Grand Canyon University Family-Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Ms. Renita Holmes September 21, 2012 Health Promotion in Nursing Care This paper will discuss health promotion and what health care changes are occurring. Through the expanding role in nursing this paper discusses what those roles will entail and the use of primary, secondary, and tertiary care when developing a patient centered
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Family Health Assessment For this health assessment assignment the system theory was used on a family member from the African American decent as a way of assessing the family as a whole and not an individual. The “Systems theory explains patterns of living among the individuals who make up family systems”( Edelman, 2010, p. 173). The family member was interviewed and open ended family questions that focused on the eleven functional health patterns were asked. The eleven functional health patterns
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The Future of Nursing: “Leading Change, Advancing Health” Introduction In brief report of Institute of Medicine (IOM) of october 2101 “ the Future of Nursing” states that the nursing profession is the leading agent of work force in health care today. With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which will entitle additional 32 million Americans to have access to health care, the nurses will need to be well educated and be prepared to meet the current and future demands of
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HERITAGE ASSESSMENT PAPER Lara G. Heier Grand Canyon University: NRS- 429 4/9/2016 The Heritage Assessment tool is used by healthcare professionals in order for them to find out the patient’s cultural, religious and ethnic background. Culture is defined as an element of ethnicity, consisting of shared values and behaviors associated with a particular group. (Edelman, et al, 2014) In order to improve the quality of care, it’s important to understand the patient’s culture and the health
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August 31, 2012 Heritage Assessment Tool: Evaluation of different Cultures and Individual Views of Health The Heritage Assessment Tool can be used as as a reliable tool to assess, health maintenance, protection and restoration of individual cultural beliefs. This evaluation helps meet the needs of different patient populations to provide quality holistic care. The purpose of this paper is to explore the Hispanic, Native American, Chinese, and the author’s own personal cultural beliefs from
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Heritage Assessment Kyler G. Merrill Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V 01/18/2015 Heritage Assessment Tool Today in society there are many diverse culture and ethnic backgrounds, each with their own habits, traditions, preferences, and of these includes health. Different needs of the whole person should be evaluated in detail. This paper will discuss results from three different cultures through the interviewing of them using the Heritage Assessment Tool. It will also review
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Heritage Assessment Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion 03.20.2016 Kristine Matteson In healthcare there is ethnic and cultural diversity in our patient population. Healthcare workers consider the cultural and ethnic backgrounds while interacting and treating
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Heritage Assessment Tool Stacey Howard Grand Canyon University 4/20/2014 Heritage Assessment Tool The Heritage Assessment Tool is useful in determining how connected an individual is to their specific culture which enables the culturally competent practitioner to identify health traditions, evaluate needs, and create appropriate plans for health maintenance, protection and/or restoration of the patient. Heritage and culture are interchangeable words that represent the concept
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