Health Promotion

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Give your own definition of health promotion and provide examples of health promotion from your clinical settings. (as a registered nurse)

Should be 200-250 words, APA format, please put 1 reference.

Disasters

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Disasters

Instructions:

  1. Choose one of topic below and post your response.
    1. Think about your own community and its residents or neighboring countries. What are some host factors that might increase its risk of experiencing a disaster? What environmental factors might be significant? In each case, identify the likely agent. What interventions could be included in a disaster plan to reduce these factors?
    2. Provide a weblink to a story about a recent disasters and discuss the impact on human lives.
    3. Access one or both of the Internet sites listed here. Report on the change in statistics for disasters or terrorism since the year 2000. Have the rates increased or decreased? What factors might be involved?
  2. Your response should be 200 – 250 words. APA Format, 1 reference at least. (This is for a community nursing course)

Substance Abuse

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  1. Please respond to one (1) of the following discussion prompts below:
    1. Select a research nursing article that addresses the effects of substance abuse on the individual, the family, or the community. Post a brief summary of the article.
    2. Choose one commonly abused substance and present a summary of the prevalence of the problem and the local resources for individuals, families or the community
  2. Your response should be 200 – 250 words. APA Format, at least 1 reference. (Community is Miami, FL)

Community Nursing

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.Why do many people seem to have negative feelings toward elders? What do you think that they fear when interacting with or touching older people? How can you as a nurse can overcome some of those fears or hesitations?

2. What types of rights do feel older adults should have when it comes to the end or prolong their life? If older adults with dementia or longtime chronic illnesses choose to withhold food/water or refuse treatment for an illness, do you feel that is within their rights? How would you counsel family members to deal with these types of issues?

3. Mention some strategies for assisting older adults in avoiding the problems of polypharmacy and organizing their medications in an easy to understand and use format. What are the different strategies that could be used? How would strategies change if the patient had hearing or vision deficits? What about if the patient were illiterate?

As stated in the syllabus the assignment must be presented in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum on the discussion board.

– A minimum of 3 evidenced-based references must be used, and one of them must be from a Geriatric Nursing Journal. References must be no older than 5 years.

– A minimum of 700 words is required.

– No plagiarism.