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The Impact of Public Health Nursing, 2005.
An examination of the contribution of Lillian Wald, and the impact of public health nursing.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 2 sources, £ 18.95
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The paper discusses how public health nursing has made a large impact on society, from its very beginnings. The paper describes how, under the auspices of Lillian Wald, one of the originators of the field, public health nursing was first introduced to the poor and indigent population and in the schools. Today, public health nursing has an impact across the social strata. This paper analyzes the impact that public health nursing has had on American society both in the past and in the future. It will focus on the early history of the field, largely concentrating on the contributions made by Lillian Wald. In addition, it will offer some brief discussion of significant events in public health nursing from the time of Wald until today.
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Community Health Nursing and the Elderly, 2008.
This paper explores the role of the community health nurse in the prevention of falls in elderly patients.
967 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, £ 24.95
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The paper reveals that although falls continue to comprise a significant contributor to morbidity and mortality amongst elderly patients, the use of physical or chemical restraints has declined. The paper then examines interventions that can be utilized by the community health nurse to help the elderly avoid falls without the use of restraints. The paper concludes with recommendations for future nursing research.
Outline:
Public Health Issue
Significance to Community Health Nursing Practice
Incorporate into Nursing Practice
Recommendations for Future Nursing Research
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"Falling is a normal part of motor development early among children and is a preventable injury. However, it is an unusual occurrence for adults and may therefore signal the presence of other underlying conditions (e.g. cognitive dysfunction due to illness). Degenerative neurological diseases, syncope caused by sudden hemodynamic instability visual impairment or motor weakness are some of the precipitating factors for falls in the elderly population. Unlike falls in the non-elderly population, trivial falls can cause significant indirect causes of morbidity and mortality. This is especially seen with hip fractures, where prolonged immobility can lead to venous stasis and fatal pulmonary embolisms during this course."
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Health and Safety for Nurses in Home Health Care, 2008.
A discussion of health and safety issues for nurses who work with home health care agencies.
1,710 words (approx. 6.8 pages), 4 sources, APA, £ 39.95
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This paper takes a look at the situation of nurses in home health care, who regularly work in isolation without the benefit of peers or essential supports, unlike nurses in hospitals, which have the benefit of safety and security measures provided by the institution. The paper points out that home health care nurses are predominately female and are subject to high physical and psychosocial demands. Furthermore, many of these nurses work in isolated rural settings, making them more prone to physical assault, sexual assault and various forms of workplace violence, as well as personal injury related to heavy lifting. The paper argues that the most important point about health and safety issues is that they impact of the care the client receives. To conclude, the paper maintains that the goal for all home health care agencies must be to ensure the safety of both staff and patients, and this may be achieved through employee awareness and in agency commitment to the staff.
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"Home health care is a rapidly expanding industry because of such factors as an aging population and decreased hospital stays. With that expansion have come increasing incidents of violence in the workplace. Surveys of nurse reveal that problems related to safety in the home care field have escalated. These problems range form verbal and physical abuse, along with threatening animals to visible weapons and illegal drugs (Sylvester & Reisener, 2002). In addition, nurses in home care very often work in areas where the crime rate is above the national average. All of these issues and concerns create a potential impact on patient care and patient outcomes (Fazzone & Barloon, 2000). When nurses are in continual fear over their safety, this situation is certain to affect the quality of care."
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Epidemiology and Public Health, 2007.
Discuses epidemiology and the debate about its service to the field of public health.
1,290 words (approx. 5.2 pages), 34 sources, MLA, £ 30.95
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This paper addresses the scope of epidemiology and delineates the role of epidemiology in relation to public health. The paper relates that public health draws on epidemiology and many other scientific and nonscientific sources and, conversely, epidemiology contributes significantly to public health. However, certain definitions tend to confuse the relationship between public health and epidemiology. The paper then discusses why epidemiology should not be considered the sole scientific basis for public health and concludes that public health is far too complex to be considered merely applied epidemiology.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Epidemiology: Not the Basic Science of Public Health
Criticisms on Epidemiology in the Service of Public Health
Conclusion
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"The persistence of obstacles to attaining scientifically sound information about complex cause and effect relationships is perhaps the major limiting factor in epidemiology's contributions to public health. Although raised primarily by basic scientists and clinicians rather than public health advocates, this criticism is directly relevant to enhancing epidemiology's public health benefits. More, rather than less, focus on methodological rigor is needed if the field is to continue producing knowledge that will help guide public health action."
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Public Health Partnerships, 2008.
Looks at various types of public health partnerships using examples of two public health partnerships, "Dangerous Decibels" and the UNAIDS "Phones for Health".
1,740 words (approx. 7.0 pages), 7 sources, APA, £ 39.95
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This paper begins discussing the various types of public health partnerships. This is followed by an examination of two public health partnerships that have current projects underway. The first is "Dangerous Decibels", a partnership aimed at promoting education of hearing loss among grade school children. The second is the recent collaboration of UNAIDS (a joint United Nations project on AIDs) with several private enterprises for the purpose of fighting AIDS in Africa through a project known as "Phones for Health". A conclusion is then drawn regarding the differences between these two programs, followed by an overall assessment of the topic.
Table of Contents:
Abstract
Introduction
Types of Partnerships
Dangerous Decibels
UNAIDS-Phones for Health
Conclusion
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"Such brick and mortar projects highlight land use and geographic considerations and therefore local politics. That makes involvement in party politics a highly salient and legitimate activity for community development organizations. Their claim to represent the interest of a geographic community further propels them into political involvement. They often find themselves mediating or directly involved in politics as partisans in inter- or intra-community conflicts. Many such conflicts mobilize local politicians who may use their control over public spending for community development to reward supporters and punish opponents."
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Public Health Programs, 2002.
An analysis of financing public health programs.
4,720 words (approx. 18.9 pages), 16 sources, MLA, £ 85.95
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This paper looks at how current administration is spending money on public health programs and evaluates whether it is really enough. It analyzes whether spending money without restructuring the process in America is really going to have the sort of outcome that the country needs. It examines how the nation is becoming more focused on the ?what ifs? of public health care than on focusing on the state of public health as it currently exists due to factors such as biological warfare. It discusses the need for public health programs to prepare in case such attacks occur, but also the need of public health and safety to assist us with the world that we are living in today. A world where people are dying because they do not have access to funds, because programs and cutbacks are shutting the doors.
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"Governmental agencies may be advertising grant programs that may at first not necessarily look like public health type block grants. For example the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development offers grant opportunities often that end up keeping the public health infrastructure complete. The Department of Housing and Urban Development the Indian Community Development Block grant (ICDBG) program. ?The Indian Community Development Block grant program provides eligible grantees with direct grants for use in developing viable Indian and Alaska Native Communities, including decent housing, a suitable living environment, and economic opportunities, primarily for low and moderate income persons. Eligible applicants include any Indian tribe, band, group, or nation including Alaskan Indians, Aleuts, and Eskimos or Alaska Native village, which has established a relationship to the Federal government as defined in the program regulations."
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Health Equality and Nursing, 2008.
This paper explores whether global health for all is possible to achieve.
2,021 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 10 sources, APA, £ 45.95
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The paper discusses the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion and whether nurses can really make the difference in promoting global health. The paper looks at how even though contemporary global health issues are multidimensional and complex, nursing has the benefits of a vision of the future as well as effective strategies to implement global health for all. The paper concludes that the greatest challenge at the present time to full realization of this goal is the uneven effects of globalization around the world.
Outline:
Introduction
The Origins of Global Health for All
Globalization and Effects on Global Health
The Challenges to Global Health for All
Meeting the Challenges
Nursing and Health for All
Conclusion
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"The Alma-Ata Declaration was intended to address the need for a global response to health inequalities. The proposal of global health for all was first proposed at Alma-Ata and made use of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion which defined health promotion as "those processes that enable people to increase control over and to improve their health" (Hilfinger Messias, 2001, p. 9). The Charter specified five strategies: advancing public health policy, developing supportive environments, enhancing community action, developing personal skills, and changing the direction of health services."
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Health Care and Nursing in the United States, 2004.
Examines how health care reforms in the past years have affected America's uninsured and the nursing industry.
2,111 words (approx. 8.4 pages), 11 sources, MLA, £ 46.95
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This paper examines how the health care reforms instituted under the past two presidencies have failed to address the problems of uninsured Americans in the United States. The first part of this paper examines the long road to health care reforms. It pays special attention to the thorny issue of universal insurance and the trends towards the privatization of health care. The next part of the paper then focuses specifically on the field of nursing. It looks at how health care reforms have changed the nature of a nurse?s job, increasing both the level and difficulty of a nurse?s workload. These changes also have significant implications for the quality of patient care in health care facilities and the rise in the number of self-care practitioners in the United States.
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"Many nurses also report a rise in patient acuity. The privatization of healthcare has resulted in a new mindset in the medical workplace, one that requires hospitals to limit admissions to only ?the sickest patients for the shortest possible stays? (Sochalski and Aiken 1999:1). In addition to the increase in the number of patients, nurses are also managing an increased number of patients who are much more ill and who require more attention. As a result, the level and difficulty of a nurse?s workload has significantly increased."
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Community Mental Health Nursing, 2004.
A study of the care given by nurses in mental health cases.
1,955 words (approx. 7.8 pages), 7 sources, MLA, £ 44.95
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This paper offers a review of the factors that may contribute to the chronically ill person maintaining or not maintaining adherence to prescibed treatment. Chronic mentally ill clients exert considerable energy avoiding loss of control. Both the therapeutic environment and the nurse-patient relationship are contextual factors furthering this goal. The paper looks at the important role played by the nurse in building a strong and reliable relationship with the mentally ill patient, in order to better adminster treatment.
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"In the last several years, there has been a growing concern for the plight of family caregivers of persons with chronic disease and disability. This focus arose primarily from recognition that chronic disease is becoming a greater problem in our society. In part, this problem is due to the advances in medical science and technology that have prolonged the lives of many chronically ill persons."
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Electronic Health Records in Nursing: A Critical Analysis., 2002.
This paper critically analyzes the use of the electronic health care record in nursing practice.
2,150 words (approx. 8.6 pages), 9 sources, £ 56.95
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This paper critically analyzes the use of the electronic health care record in nursing practice. The author examines the requirements as well as the benefits, challenges, pitfalls and future of an electronic health care record system.
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Public Health Issues in Urban Areas, 2004.
An examination of the public health care system in urban areas and measures that can be taken to improve it.
1,991 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 17 sources, APA, £ 44.95
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This paper addresses the issues and problems related to public health that tend to be exclusively found in urban areas and how several cities have implemented programs to address the health care needs of affected residents. It looks at how, since urban areas tend to have more people with lower incomes, the unique problems of public health that exist include a higher percentage of people without health insurance, lead paint and asbestos in homes, AIDS and HIV, tuberculosis, and mental health issues. Furthermore, this paper discusses how different cities, with the help of the states and federal government, implement programs that will improve their public health system. These government-funded programs are often the only access these people have to health care.
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"There are numerous programs in Jersey City that are offered to assist people with mental health related problems. The most common services associated with mental health include, the Jersey City rape crisis center, bereavement groups, support groups for new parents and child abuse and domestic violence prevention services. These programs and services are offered by the Jersey Medical Center hospital and are available to people who need them. The goal of these mental health services is to help these people overcome the problems they are facing and to prevent these issues from getting worse by addressing it early on. The primary sources of funding for these programs are grants from the State of New Jersey and Federal government."
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American Public Health System, 2007.
An analysis of the improvements to American public health in the period between the Civil War and World War II.
3,164 words (approx. 12.7 pages), 9 sources, MLA, £ 64.95
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This paper presents an in-depth look at American urban history as it pertains to public health concerns. It focuses on the period between the Civil War and World War II. It particularly looks at the history of public health in New York City, Chicago, Newark and Seattle and how conditions have been improved in these cities to improve the overall public health of the citizens.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
The Past
New York City
Chicago
Newark
Seattle
Conclusion
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"In Seattle, for example, the city implemented something called a Chlorine Boat. It was a boat that traveled on Green Lake and deposited gallons of chlorine into the water in effort to purify the water supply to that area. At that time the Seattle Health Department and Water Department worked in tandem to try and provide the purest water supply possible in the interest of public health. For many years before World War II Seattle allowed the Public Health Department to supervise and monitor the water supply."
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Community Health Nursing Program, 1996.
Analyzes Corbin & Strauss Nursing Model based on patient self-care & applies it to community nursing.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 9 sources, £ 33.95
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"Community health nursing requires the addressing of a widely diverse set of health problems and issues (Barger, 1995, p. 203). Increasingly, however, community health nurses are being called upon to care for patients suffering from chronic conditions (Laschinger, Goldenberg, & Dal Bello, 1995, p. 147).
Literature is reviewed that is relevant to the application of the Corbin and Strauss Nursing Model as a framework for the delivery of nursing care to chronic patients in a community health setting. This literature review is intended to provide support for an assessment of a community health nursing program."
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Home Care and Community Health Nursing, 1999.
Examines role of the nurse practitioner in home service delivery and intervention, funding, patient issues, team care, planning and case management.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 23 sources, £ 44.95
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A combination of factors (increasing costs of health care, changing societal values, and advances in treatment therapies to name but three), is bringing about rapid and important changes in the delivery of health care services in the United States (Salmon, 1993). One of the more significant of the changes occurring involves the direct delivery of health care services by non-physician health care professionals.
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"HOME CARE WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING
A combination of factors (increasing costs of health care, changing societal values, and advances in treatment therapies to name but three), is bringing about rapid and important changes in the delivery of health care services in the United States (Salmon, 1993). One of the more significant of the changes occurring involves the direct delivery of health care services by non-physician health care professionals. A second significant change involves a trend toward the delivery of health care in non-institutional community settings-including the home.
Zerwekh (1997, p. 46) noted, however, that nursing care "provided in the patient's home continues to lose status and funding. … Funding continues to be cut because of lies about the..."
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