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    Western Governor’s University Community and Population Focused Nursing “Adult Obesity in Tarrant County, Texas” Tarrant County, Texas Tarrant County, founded in 1849, was named after Edward H. Tarrant, who drove the Native Americans from this area in hopes of preparing land for new settlers. Today, Tarrant County has a total area of 897 square miles: 863 square miles of land, 34 square miles of water. Its neighboring counties are Denton County (north), Dallas County (east), Johnson County

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    Community Health And Population-Focused Nursing Practicum Jennifer Figueroa April 11, 2017 Western Governors University A. The Assessment 1. The community chosen for this fieldwork practicum is Pasadena, California. Pasadena is a city in Los Angeles County, California. As of 2015, the estimated population of Pasadena was 140,881, making it the 183rd largest city in the United States (City Data, 2015). Pasadena is the ninth-largest city in Los Angeles County. Pasadena is home to the famous

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    Application of Community health and Population-Focused Nursing Description of Community Los Angeles, a metropolis based in southern California, is known for its ethnically diverse population and known for being home to the entertainment industry. The city itself lies within a coastal basin and is sided on three ends with mountains which scale over 3,000 meters. It covers 502 square miles with a population of 3.8 million. It is the most populated county in the United States and has the third largest

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    STRENGHTENING NURSING LEADERSHIP FOR SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT IN WEST NILE SUB REGION Building Essential Effective Nursing Leadership Beyond 2020 Aserua Rosemary November 2015 SEMESTER THREE CAPSTONE PROJECT FOR THE AWARD OF BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN NURSING Key words-Leadership, community health, sustainable development.

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    innovative Nursing care model chosen is the Nurse Managed Health Center. I chose the community health model of nursing care delivery because I am mostly involved in community health activities. I have a little experience with community development activities and significant community health care policy development campaigns. By studying the model, I would get a lot of information about my field of interest and realize areas for improvement and involvement to improve community nursing practice. The

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    C228-Community Health Nursing-Task 1 Western Governors University Identification of Community Along the northern-end of Utah’s Wasatch Front is a scenic region of land known as Weber County. This county ranges from the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains into a portion of the Great Salt Lake of the lower valley. The Weber and Ogden rivers and their tributaries run through its valleys (Weber County, 2015). Weber County is the second smallest county in land mass and has the fourth largest population

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    laboratory of Public Health was able to confirm the diagnosis, with the last known case being confirmed on May 7th. The investigation of this outbreak revealed 4 patients with a confirmed diagnosis that had received one of vaccination of the two part series. The other 19 cases had not ever been vaccinated. The North

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    Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing Brown County is located in Northeast Wisconsin and is the state’s fourth largest county. The county consists of thirteen townships, nine villages, and two cities including Green Bay, the largest city and home of the Green Bay Packers. Brown County covers 530 square miles of land and 86 square miles of water (Brown County, n.d.). Green Bay is well-known, nation-wide on behalf of four large paper mills, three large pulp mills and four paper converting

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    Community Health Nursing interview Bhumika Chaudhari Sep 29 1015 Nebraska Wesleyan University American Red Cross is the agency that has served for more than 130 years to its neighbors down the street, across the country and around the whole world. It is the nations premier emergency preparedness organization. It is helpful to community in every imaginable crisis from the house fire to earthquakes. American Red Cross was found by Clara Barton to prevent and relieve of human suffering in

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    C228 – Community Health Nursing – Task 2 Renee Todd Western Governors University Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS) is a severe acute respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus named MERS-CoV. It is believed that the virus is found in camels and passed on to humans who are in contact or around infected animal. These camels are mainly located in Egypt, Oman, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia (WHO, 2015a). Those infected with MERS exhibit fever, cough, and shortness of breath

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