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    Socio-historical Context Applied to Present Day Health Inequalities Forms of violence and trauma resulting from the Indian Act during colonization are embedded in social determinants of health and are directly linked to a disproportionate burden of illness. Before colonization, Indigenous communities had ‘subsistence cultures’, which means that nutrition, diet, and medication were provided through their local ecosystem (Richmond & Cook, 2016, p. 3). During colonization by European settlers in Canada

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    Areas for focused assessment (30 points) Individual’s strengths noted in the Health Assessment/Health History: • Strong spiritual beliefs • Good church and friend support system with close male friends. • Knowledgeable as well as engaged with his health care. • Active in bicycling, with his employee group and church group. • Up to date with immunizations and has not had any major illnesses. • Access to healthcare with health insurance with a wide network of providers. • Takes his medications as prescribed

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    NSG306 Health Assessment: Health History on Mr. Ricky Ricardo Jean Bors-Koefoed & Sarah Wright Baptist College of Health Sciences Health History Biographical Data Date: 05-23-2010 Name: Ricky Ricardo Gender: Male Race/Ethnicity: Hispanic Marital Status: Married Date of Birth: XX/XX/XX Occupation: Medical Device Representative Address: XXX XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX Phone Number: (XXX) XXX-XXXX Contact Person (relationship to patient): Lucille

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    as well as, the mission of the health department. Then I will give the history of the health department. Following this, I will discuss the health commissioner as well as the services that are provided by the health department. Next, I will describe the role of the public health nurse and then the department’s emergency planning components. Then, I will state the services that are not provided that I think should be. Health Department, Mission, and History The health department in the community that

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    As a nurse, assessment is the first step of in the progress in health care to evaluate patient’s condition. It is important no matter in a hospital, nursing home or even a health centre of a school. Through a health history assessment, we could collect subjective data from the patient, it allow us to listening to their point of view . Use the combination of both subjective data and objective data from physical examination, (课本)the whole assessment can be more accurate, it also help to make more

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    Complete Health History Virginia G Parrott Fort Hays State University Health History Health history assessment conducted on George on the fifteen of February 2010 at approximately one o’clock. George is a fifty-four year white male married with three adult children and two grand children. He has been working as a teacher for over twenty years a local middle school. This paper will highlight George’s health care issues and will identify five nursing diagnosis for him. Methods of Health History

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    Health Insurance History

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    History of Health Insurance in the United States Health insurance has a long and extensive history in the United States. The history or beginning of health insurance can be traced back to the Great Depression in the 1930s. The Depression affected several indigenous hospitals in the United States. In order to ensure adequate payment for medical services during the Great Depression, hospitals and physicians had to establish and implement different types of insurance. The health insurance was

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    Health Screening History of Adolescent Biographical Data James King is a 15 year old girl who appears to be healthy, though painfully thin for her age. Her parents are divorced and she lives with her mother in Weston, MA. The two of them travel together a great deal to New York City where James trains as a ballerina at the famous School of American Ballet. James sees her father in the summer time when she trains with Boston Ballet or at the ballet program at the North Carolina School of the

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    Family Health History

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    Family health history is a vital component in assessing a patient, and it helps identify order at risk health problems the patient might have just from the information collected (Weber & Kelly, 2014). This information can be gathered on a routine visit to a primary care doctor. Even though studies have shown that collecting family health history can be challenging due to insufficient time to obtain, organize, and analyze the information (Guttmacher, Collins & Carmona, 2004). However, obtaining an

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    Patient Health History

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    Patient Health History Assessment The patient chosen in this study is one that has Alzheimer's. The patient is a 76-year-old man who has a history of heart disease and who is known as James Smith. Mr. Smith is a widow with three daughters, all of whom reside out of state. Mr. Smith is presently functioning well living on his own and has not yet had any incidences that resulted in potential harm to his well-being. Mr. Smith was referred by the VA hospital. Nursing Diagnosis The patient relates

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