Download or read book A Snapshot of Public Health Nursing and Community Registered General Nursing in Ireland written by Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and published by Anchor Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Community Nursing in Ireland written by P. Anne Scott and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Careers in Public Health Nursing written by Institute for Career Research and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION defines public health nursing as the practice of promoting and protecting the health of populations using knowledge from nursing, social, and public health sciences. The core focus of the public health nursing practice focuses on promoting health and preventing disease and disability. These specialized nurses are, in essence, responsible for ensuring the health of the whole nation. While most nurses care for one patient at a time, public health nurses (PHNs) care for entire populations. By working with whole communities, they are able to educate people about health issues, improve community health and safety, and increase access to care. Public health nurses work on the front lines to promote and improve health. Instead of being stationed in a hospital, PHNs reach out to people in the community. This allows them to assess their environment, available resources, and potential healthcare needs. By serving individuals and families in their own environment, they are able to provide care for those who may not be able to obtain healthcare services by other means. In group settings such as community centers or work¬places, they stop the spread of disease, prevent injury, and ward off illness through education and direct intervention. They also keep people safer by helping them prepare for natural disasters.PHNs work in a variety of settings such as health departments, schools, homes, community health centers, clinics, correctional facilities, work sites, and out of mobile vans. Where they work often determines their roles and responsibilities. For example, a PHN working in a community health clinic might provide immunizations and medical treatments, manage wellness clinics, and help people dealing with violence, pregnancy, or substance abuse. Within a government agency, the work would involve researching potential health epidemics and how to mitigate them. In a remote village in an undeveloped country, a PHN would work to slow a pandemic or reduce infant mortality through education. Public health nursing is generally considered a specialized field of registered nursing, which usually means a four-year Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree is required. Because there is a nursing shortage that shows no signs of letting up, it is possible to start with a two-year Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN) that is available at most community colleges. About half of all public health nurses enter the profession with an ADN, but nearly all eventually obtain a BSN because it is needed to qualify for jobs with more responsibility, advancement opportunities, and higher salaries. Many employers help their nurses obtain a BSN, offering tuition assistance and flexible scheduling so these nurses can continue to work while going back to school. Entry-level public health nurses start out earning on average $50,000 a year. After a few years of experience and earning a BSN, the average rises to $70,000. There are other nursing fields that offer higher pay, but none provides greater overall job satisfaction. In addition to the opportunity to improve the lives of great numbers of people, PHNs enjoy great benefits packages, exceptional autonomy, normal working hours, and good work/life balance. Plus, they can count on job security since robust job growth is expected, with more public health nurses needed each year for the foreseeable future. Nurses have many options, but if you want a broader, fuller life, public health nursing can be a great choice.
Download or read book Primary Care and Public Health written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2012-07-19 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ensuring that members of society are healthy and reaching their full potential requires the prevention of disease and injury; the promotion of health and well-being; the assurance of conditions in which people can be healthy; and the provision of timely, effective, and coordinated health care. Achieving substantial and lasting improvements in population health will require a concerted effort from all these entities, aligned with a common goal. The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) requested that the Institute of Medicine (IOM) examine the integration of primary care and public health. Primary Care and Public Health identifies the best examples of effective public health and primary care integration and the factors that promote and sustain these efforts, examines ways by which HRSA and CDC can use provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to promote the integration of primary care and public health, and discusses how HRSA-supported primary care systems and state and local public health departments can effectively integrate and coordinate to improve efforts directed at disease prevention. This report is essential for all health care centers and providers, state and local policy makers, educators, government agencies, and the public for learning how to integrate and improve population health.
Download or read book The Future of Nursing written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2011-02-08 with total page 700 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Future of Nursing explores how nurses' roles, responsibilities, and education should change significantly to meet the increased demand for care that will be created by health care reform and to advance improvements in America's increasingly complex health system. At more than 3 million in number, nurses make up the single largest segment of the health care work force. They also spend the greatest amount of time in delivering patient care as a profession. Nurses therefore have valuable insights and unique abilities to contribute as partners with other health care professionals in improving the quality and safety of care as envisioned in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) enacted this year. Nurses should be fully engaged with other health professionals and assume leadership roles in redesigning care in the United States. To ensure its members are well-prepared, the profession should institute residency training for nurses, increase the percentage of nurses who attain a bachelor's degree to 80 percent by 2020, and double the number who pursue doctorates. Furthermore, regulatory and institutional obstacles-including limits on nurses' scope of practice-should be removed so that the health system can reap the full benefit of nurses' training, skills, and knowledge in patient care. In this book, the Institute of Medicine makes recommendations for an action-oriented blueprint for the future of nursing.
Download or read book The Hospital written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 1516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vol. 14-41 have separately paged nursing section.
Download or read book Index to Theses with Abstracts Accepted for Higher Degrees by the Universities of Great Britain and Ireland and the Council for National Academic Awards written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 774 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theses on any subject submitted by the academic libraries in the UK and Ireland.
Download or read book Modern Hospital written by and published by . This book was released on 1930 with total page 1662 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Introduction to Advanced Nursing Practice written by Madrean Schober and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Prepared under the auspices of the International Council of Nurses (ICN), this first volume provides a comprehensive overview of the rapidly emerging field of advanced nursing practice. It addresses central issues in the role and practice development that are fundamental to defining and differentiating the nature of this field. Topics include defining the role, role characteristics, scope of practice, education, regulation and research. Obstacles to and facilitators of that role are addressed and include ethical questions arising in the context of practice development. With an international focus, this volume examines international developments in the field, as reflected in country-specific case studies and examples. It offers a valuable resource for advanced practice nurses, educators and administrators at healthcare institutions.
Download or read book Communication Skills for Nurses written by Marilyn Edwards and published by Andrews UK Limited. This book was released on 2014-11-19 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over a third of all consultations in general practice are now conducted by nurses. The consultation is the key element of primary care, with patients being more satisfied with the care given by clinicians who have good communication skills. Poor communication or dissatisfaction with a consultation is reported to be one reason why patients decide not to attend or do not take a prescribed treatment. Patients need to be satisfied with the consultation, understand their condition and understand the reasons for their treatment or management plan. This book has been written to reinforce good consultation and communication skills and highlights areas where readers might wish to to review and improve their own consultation techniques. This is done though case studies and scenarios that are likely to be common in many practices. Although the text and scenarios relate to practice nurse consultations, the content can be transferred to all primary care nursing settings.
Download or read book Nursing Times Nursing Mirror written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 906 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Official Guide for Foreign Educated Nurses written by CGFNS International® and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2009-07-13 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[This book] will serve as your guide before and after you come to the United StatesÖ. [A] 'must-read' for every nurse who is contemplating migrating to the U.S." -Diana J. Mason, PhD, RN, FAAN This book is the only guide to the United States health care system for nurses immigrating to this country as well as foreign-educated nurses who are already here. The contributors provide a wealth of insight on how to address the challenges of being a foreign-educated nurse in the United States. Nurses can learn what is expected of them, how to prepare for the journey to the United States, and how to adapt to their new communities. The book can help foreign-educated nurses understand the health care system as well as their rights and roles within that system. Written in simple, accessible language, the guide will address the topics and issues that foreign-educated nurses care about, including living in the United States as a foreign-educated nurse, nursing practice in the United States, and the U.S. health care system. Key topics discussed: Preparing to leave the home country The process of entry into the U.S.A. Nursing education in the U.S.A. Understanding the U.S. health care system Employment challenges and guidelines for entering the U.S. workforce Foreign-educated nurses' roles, rights, and obligations Most importantly, this book will help foreign-educated nurses learn how to avoid being misunderstood by others, form enduring relationships with American colleagues, and join them in working to improve the quality of health care in this country--and worldwide.
Download or read book Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine written by M. S. J. Pathy and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 1080 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fourth edition of 'Principles and Practice of Geriatric Medicine' provides an account of the fundamental changes associated with ageing, which are essential to our understanding and management of the elderly sick population. The title has been updated to reflect in treatment options and medical conditions.
Download or read book Strengthening Health Systems Through Nursing written by Anne Marie Rafferty and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book High Quality Care for All written by Secretary of State for Health and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2008 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This review incorporates the views and visions of 2,000 clinicians and other health and social care professionals from every NHS region in England, and has been developed in discussion with patients, carers and the general public. The changes proposed are locally-led, patient-centred and clinically driven. Chapter 2 identifies the challenges facing the NHS in the 21st century: ever higher expectations; demand driven by demographics as people live longer; health in an age of information and connectivity; the changing nature of disease; advances in treatment; a changing health workplace. Chapter 3 outlines the proposals to deliver high quality care for patients and the public, with an emphasis on helping people to stay healthy, empowering patients, providing the most effective treatments, and keeping patients as safe as possible in healthcare environments. The importance of quality in all aspects of the NHS is reinforced in chapter 4, and must be understood from the perspective of the patient's safety, experience in care received and the effectiveness of that care. Best practice will be widely promoted, with a central role for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) in expanding national standards. This will bring clarity to the high standards expected and quality performance will be measured and published. The review outlines the need to put frontline staff in control of this drive for quality (chapter 5), with greater freedom to use their expertise and skill and decision-making to find innovative ways to improve care for patients. Clinical and managerial leadership skills at the local level need further development, and all levels of staff will receive support through education and training (chapter 6). The review recommends the introduction of an NHS Constitution (chapter 7). The final chapter sets out the means of implementation.
Download or read book Health Literacy in Nursing written by Terri Ann Parnell and published by Springer Publishing Company. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Print+CourseSmart
Download or read book Healthcare Across the UK written by Great Britain. National Audit Office and published by The Stationery Office. This book was released on 2012 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report highlights key trends and variations in the delivery of healthcare across the four nations of the UK. Life expectancy varies significantly across the UK - from 75.9 in Scotland to 78.6 in England for men, and from 80.4 in Scotland to 82.6 in England for women. Spending on health services in the UK more than doubled in cash terms in the last decade. In 2010-11, despite devoting a higher proportion of total public spending to health, England spent the least on health per person. NHS staff has also increased over the last decade. Scotland has the most GPs per person (80 per 100,000 people in 2009 compared with 70 in England and 65 per 100,000 in both Wales and Northern Ireland). Scotland also has the most medical hospital staff and nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff per person. Comparable data on the efficiency and quality of healthcare are patchy. In 2008-09, average hospital lengths of stay varied from 4.3 days in England to 6.3 days in Wales. Hospital waiting times have fallen in all four nations in recent years, although there are notable variations in how long patients wait for common procedures. In 2009-10 waiting times tended to be lower in England and Wales. There have been significant improvements in levels of healthcare associated infections with rates of MRSA infection dropping by a third or more in all nations. The NAO considers that there would be value in the health departments in the four nations carrying out further work to investigate the variations in performance and identify how they can learn from each other
