Kinnard NUR/405 Healthy Communities: Theory and Practice November 7‚ 2011 Beth Edwards‚ MSN‚ FNP- BC Windshield Survey The first step required for providing community health nursing services involves a comprehensive assessment of the community. This can be accomplished by a windshield survey‚ conducted by making visual observations from a car while driving through the neighborhood. Valuable information and data collection during a windshield survey can be used to identify the health-related
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Consultation and advocacy can sometimes be misconstrued as similar acts. Consultation is a tripartite relationship among at least three parties; the consultant‚ the consultee‚ and the consultee’s client or client system. Consultation is very common within the mental health professions. Consultation is defined as a process in which a human services professional assists a consultee with a work-related problem with a client system‚ with the goal of helping both the consultee and the client system in
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Gender-Based Violence: An advocacy guide for grassroots activists in Uganda Acknowledgments This guide was produced as part of CARE’s Great Lakes Advocacy Initiative (GLAI)‚ which seeks to address gender-based violence in Uganda‚ Burundi and Rwanda. GLAI is funded by CARE Norway. Thanks to CARE staff‚ community-based facilitators‚ sub-county coordinators and partner organizations in northern Uganda who shared their experiences‚ ideas and passion for preventing gender-based violence in their communities
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interview with. Geneva has over seven years experience as an Intake Caseworker in Child Welfare‚ three years experience in lobbying and policy analysis and additional experience working with low income families involved with substance abuse‚ mental health issues and homelessness before becoming part of the county social services department. Geneva Hausman works for the Cumberland County Department of Social Services. The role that Geneva plays as an advocate within the agency as the lobbyist that
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“Children advocacy center of California also know as the (CACC) was first open in 1985 when Congressman Robert E “Bud” Cramer who was then a district Attorney‚ organized an effort to create a better system to help abuse children”. (cacga.org). Children Advocacy of California is a statewide membership organization dedicated to helping local communities respond to allegations of child abuse in ways that are effective and effective and that put the need of the child victims first. The service that the
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Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy Abstract The purpose of this concept analysis is to clarify‚ define‚ and refine how patient advocacy is perceived in the nursing community. Much of the literature has attempted to define patient advocacy and emphasis its role within the nursing profession. This paper will discuss multiple definitions of patient advocacy from existing literature and refine them into two critical characteristics. Concept Analysis: Patient Advocacy (10%)I SELECTION OF CONCEPT
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Nursing advocacy Introduction Nurses are bound to experience issues on a day-to-day basis where it becomes their ethical and moral obligation to provide advocacy for patients and their family. The concerns can be attributed to the unprecedented changes in the healthcare systems. The uncertainty results in new regulations being implemented‚ financial burdens on the patient and the trend of population rise. These challenges present an opportunity for the nurses to adopt a more responsible role of patient
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References: Gladding‚ S. T.‚ & Newsome‚ D. W. (2010). Clinical mental health counseling in community and agency settings (3 ed.). Uppder Saddle River‚ New Jersey: Merrill.
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are humans and should be treated accordingly. Getting to know a patient is important to ensure the best treatment possible. Receiving additional information from patients allow medical personnel to advocate for the patient’s best interest. Patient advocacy is important to make sure all patients are treated with respect and dignity. Patients should have a voice in every medical professional‚ they must know their wants and needs and execute them. Healthcare professionals should also protect interest
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Patient Advocacy: Concept Analysis Nursing is a challenging‚ rewarding and exciting career. The nurse ’s role is not limited to changing bandages‚ giving needles and offering support‚ as the past has indicated. The role of the modern nurse is one of advocate‚ caregiver‚ teacher‚ researcher‚ counselor‚ and case manager. The caregiver role includes those activities that assist the client physically and psychologically while preserving the client ’s dignity (Kozier‚ Erb‚ & Blais‚ 1997‚ p.129). In order
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