Healthcare

Health and Wellness Wrap-Up My thinking about health and wellness has changed in that now, I understand it is not only about mental and physical wellbeing. There is also social, environmental, spiritual, intellectual, and occupational wellbeing.  This will help me as a nurse in ensuring that I use a holistic approach when dealing with patients. […]

Stress Assignment Introduction Stress is more of a feeling of mental, physical, or emotional tension. It comes as the body’s reaction to changes that normally require a response or adjustment. Events or thoughts that make you feel angry, frustrated, or nervous are likely to set-up the stress. An individual’s experience with stress is usually affected

Sugar Intake I took the initiative to document the amount of sugar I consume within a 24 hours period. This does not necessarily imply that this is my sugar intake levels throughout since it is just a documentation of a single random day. However, this serves as a good example of the levels I am

Speak Up Brochure Adult Depression Brochure The brochure under review is titled “What you should know about adult depression.” It was published in 2013 by The Joint Commission to provide credible evidence about adult depression, which has affected many people globally. Depression is a serious and common condition affecting people of all ages. The brochure

Sodium Intake I took the initiative of documenting the amount of sodium I took within a 24 hours period. I have documented the foods and drinks consumed on this particular day in the chart provided. In total, I consumed 2,880 mg of sodium within the 24 hours. This is equivalent to 2.88 grams. 1 mg

RUA Health Assessment Health Assessment History The patient is a 35 years old married African American female named MG. The interview took place on 01/07/2020 at 1200 hours.  The patient is alert, oriented and a good historian. Patient skin is elastic, intact, color normal warm and for ethnicity. Patient facial features are symmetrical, and there

Required Uniform Assignment The patient is a 32 years old married African American with three kids. The reason for care is because the patient is feeling pain on her right leg slightly above the knee. PQRST was used to assess the present illness in this scenario. When it comes to the provocation, the patient was

Reduce Tobacco Use by Adults Introduction Nurses work from different theoretical basis from patient-centered to holistic and chronic disease approaches. These approaches are all based on the need and the responsibility to promote health in individuals and the community. Through health promotion, nurses provide patients with information to improve their health. Nurses promote and advocate

PYSC 103 Chen, J. (2012). Maternal Alcohol Use during Pregnancy, Birth Weight and Early Behavioral Outcomes. Alcohol And Alcoholism, 47(6), 649-656. Introduction The aim of the study is to investigate infant birth weight and early behavioral outcomes as a result of maternal alcohol use during pregnancy. This goes hand in hand with investigating the inherent differential susceptibility

Public Health Data As a public health nurse, after determining the necessity for a mass inoculation program, the public health information I would use to justify this need includes the number of people presenting with the new influenza strain, it’s mortality rate, the demographic statistics, cost involved, how it spreads and whether the inoculation is