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Chapter 1 Nurse's Role
Ø Refers to considering the health of communities when enacting any policy
Nurses Role in Health Promotion and Protection
· Advocate - directly assists persons to obtain services needed
Care manager - assists individuals in obtaining care
- coordinates care
Consultant - specialize skills and knowledge
Deliverer of services - provides direct care
Educator - promotes patient literacy
Healer - helps individuals integrate and balance
Researcher—evidence-based practice
Evidence-Based Practice
· Definition: searching for the best evidence to answer clinical research
questions
Growing Populations
· Latino and Hispanics, second fastest growing minority
· Asians, fastest growing minority
Homelessness
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· Growing problem
· Pneumonia, TB, HIV are common
Dental and vision problems
Medical Errors in Nurses
working overtime, interruptions, burnout, inadequate staffing
Health Insurance Plans
· HMOs
o Independent prepayment plans
o Managed care that restricts providers caring for only those in their
organization
· Community Nurse Centers
o Public
· HDHP
o High annual out-of-pocket deductible
o Suitable for health ppl
o Health savings account
PPO
o Pay more from monthly paycheck, pay less when having doctor visit
Funding vs. Uninsured
Developed countries: US has highest proportion uninsured - 30 million
younger than 65
Groups at most risk: Ø Persons of Mexican origin, illegal immigrants Ø
Young adults Ø Working uninsured
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Healthy People 2030 (Ch.5)
· Attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being, free of preventable disease,
disability, injury, and premature death
· Eliminate health disparities, achieve health equity, and attain health literacy
to improve the health and well-being of all
· Create social, physical, and economic environments that promote attaining
full potential for health and well-being for all
· Promote healthy development, healthy behavior, and well-being across all
life stages
· Engage leadership, key constituents, and the public across multiple sectors
to take action and design policies that improve the health and well-being of
all
Self-determination Act
· Federal law that states a patient has the right to self-determination in health
care decisions be communicated and protected
Genogram
· Family diagram
· Represents the family and depicts each member of the family, with
connections between each generation
· Ecomap uses pictorial techniques to document family organizational
patterns with visual clarity
Gordon's Functional Health Patterns Explained in Families
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· Health perception/management
o Development issues, concerns about children, environmental safety
· Nutritional-metabolic
o Eating disorder risks, obesity, pregnancy, diabetes, sharing meals, the types
of food being consumed
· Elimination
o Toilet training, elimination problems in elderly, regularity of going
· Activity-exercise
o Families attitudes/beliefs of exercising, creating setting for exercising,
amount of television or videogames, frequency
· Sleep-rest
o Usual hours of sleep, who decides bedtime, naps, do all ppl sleep at same
times
· Cognitive-perceptual
o How decisions are made, choices about lifestyle, types of care (alternative
or traditional), decision-making power
· Self-perception, self-concept
o Family's self-worth, assets of family members, values, family handling
stress
· Roles-relationship
o Family structures (two parents or are they split), family organization (how
the family is set up), violence, care for family members, role models
Windshield Theory
· Looking around and obtaining data, determine community appearances
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