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    Obesity costs Canada billions of dollars in health care per year (Tran, Ohinmaa, Kuhle, Johnson, & Veugelers, 2014). Obesity impacts individual’s ability to participate in and contribute to society fully due to the psychological and physical consequences, such as cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and some types of cancers (Tran et al., 2014). Risk factors for obesity include poor eating habits and a sedentary lifestyle (Tran et al., 2014). In an Alberta based study looking at the impact of

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    Community Case Study Introduction During my third year of nursing clinical placement on 3B surgical unit, I met a client, Mr. X, who was 75 years old Caucasian male with a diagnosis of small bowel obstruction/ perforated bowel. He had a surgery of laparoscopic right hemicolectomy with ileostomy and the laparoscopic incision closure of JP drainage three days after the first surgery. His past health histories were class one obesity, hypertension, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)

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    MRSA in the Community According to Mosby’s Medical, Nursing, and Allied Health Dictionary (2002), Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), is a gram positive bacterial that is normally found on the skin and in the throat, and is a life threatening staphylococcal infection that may arise within hospitals, and “is frequently responsible for abscesses, endocarditis, impetigo, osteomyelitis, pneumonia, and septicemia.” Treatment usually includes bed rest, analgesics, and an anti-microbial

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    improving employee treatment are just a few of the various responsibilities shouldered by occupational health nurses (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). Occupational health nurses are instrumental in the identification, limitation, and education related to potential risks in the workplace. Occupational health nurses have provided employees with routine health and safety education (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). Yearly competency training and testing are another way nurses have worked to increase staff

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    According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2008) society is composed of many types of communities such as neighborhood and face-to-face communities in which interactions occur within a specific geographical area. Communities not limited to geographical areas are known as special

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    Rural America Nearly 70 million Americans live in rural areas (Gorski, 2011). A rural area is “defined generally in terms of the geographic location and population density or the distance from or the time needed to commute to an urban center” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014, p. 390). Due to this geographic isolation, healthcare facilities are limited and healthcare practitioners are scarce (Gorski, 2011). Rural residents are characterized as poorer, underinsured or uninsured, with fewer years of

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    behaviors are widely influenced. Health and spirituality started way back from the early Jewish and Christian foundations (Stanhope, 2012). Faith communities focus on holistic care: melding the concept of God, wholeness and peace, compassion and mercy, harmony within the mind, body, and spirit, and applications based on knowledge of health sciences and humanities (Stanhope 2012). Hence, the development of parish nursing stems from the

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    Famous words that George Edward Stanhope Molineux Herbert, 5th Earl Carnarvon, fabulously said to Archeologist, and close associate John Carter. Herbert’s hope-and bank account- was shattered by the continuous lack of success in finding the precious Tutankhamun’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings. Alas, Carter’s determination in finding the tomb with or without his financial support, shifted Herbert’s state of mind, stirring once more his innate sense for adventure. The Earl of Carnarvon ( 26 June

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    Hospital Based Shootings

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    “A disaster is an event that is a natural or man-made occurrence that can disrupt or destroy the lives of those it affects” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). “Management of a disaster includes four phases; prevention, preparedness, response and recovery” (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). To date there have been 154 hospital-based shootings, which resulted in 235 dead or injured. (C.Catlett, 2012). The purpose of this paper is to identify emergency preparedness and response to hospital based shootings, and

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