NURSING ROLES FOR CARE AND PROMOTING HEALTH 2 One of our first assignments in the RN to BSN distance learning program at Western Carolina University involved introducing yourself to classmates and describing why you became a nurse. Over half of the responses stated to help or care for others. A major component of providing quality nursing services to a patient involves caring, health promotion and disease prevention. Caring in my opinion is showing genuine concern and compassion for others. Caring in my current position as a pediatric case manager is exhibited when I take the time to send a
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In the 1970’s health promotion campaigns spread across the United States. Throughout the years health promotion has become a priority of the United States department of Health and Human Services. These priorities have become strategies known as the Healthy People 2020 with a goal for all people in the United States to live longer and healthier lives. Healthy People 2020 is a multidisciplinary organization with over 40 topics addressing chronic diseases and leading health indicators. For example, the chronic diseases like diabetes mellitus. Health promotion
NURSING ROLES FOR CARE AND PROMOTING HEALTH 3 could be centered around decreasing complications with education on diet changes and regular physical activity to reduce elevated blood sugars. However, health promotion often has
In the 1970’s health promotion campaigns spread across the United States. Throughout the years health promotion has become a priority of the United States department of Health and Human Services. These priorities have become strategies known as the Healthy People 2020 with a goal for all people in the United States to live longer and healthier lives. Healthy People 2020 is a multidisciplinary organization with over 40 topics addressing chronic diseases and leading health indicators. For example, the chronic diseases like diabetes mellitus. Health promotion
NURSING ROLES FOR CARE AND PROMOTING HEALTH 3 could be centered around decreasing complications with education on diet changes and regular physical activity to reduce elevated blood sugars. However, health promotion often has