Health literacy

be defined as a set of planned education activities designed to improve patients’ health behaviors and health status. It is a key component for effective self-management and monitoring required with many acute and chronic conditions. Education is a tool to provide information to patient regarding their health condition, treatment and recovery. Education to patient also helps to reduce the negative impacts of health problems on quality of life. An educated patient will be able to actively…

The assistant helps to assess, exam, and treat patients. The following skills such as good communication, active listening, multi-tasking, administrative, computer literacy, phlebotomy testing, EKG testing, vitals, and physical health testing are skills of great importance. I am a great listener and communicator and have a knack for learning new skills. I started my new journey at Mildred Elley College in the clinical medical assisting program. Along…

Social Determinants of Health Healthy People 2020 aim to increase the quality and life span of all Americans. By setting specific goals in several areas of health, it draws attention to the areas in need of improvement. They reevaluate the progress made every tens years in order to make these changes happen. The overall goal is to achieve a society in which all people live long, healthy lives. One of the areas that Healthy People 2020 aims to improve is social determinants of health, which was…

three states form the health triangle. You have to keep this three states to be healthier, cause if you are depressed (bad mental health) you will not want to socialize with your friends any more so your social health are bad too, and you will not try to exercise. In conclusion if you don't have any of those three aspects good you will doesn't have a good health. 2. Heath literacy is the skill that you have to find and analyze some information or service to promote you health and make choices.…

The application of evidence-based practice (EBP) in nursing has created substantial impressions in science, education, and practice in the discipline. The field does not develop new nursing knowledge or validate existing data; rather, it enables medical practitioners to use tried and tested techniques to make clinical decisions. This paper review literature to reveal the way EBP incorporates patient values, preferences, and clinical experiences in nursing practice. The analysis section…

What influences general health? Many individuals might not think outside of the box when this question comes up. Most of the populations believe that the only factors that affect public health are food and physical activity. However, that is not true. There is a lot of factors that contribute to general health such as economic information. Some financial information could be considered education, income, employment, etc. Many economic issues are seen in many communities such as in Los Angeles…

result of the rise of multi-billion dollar food-marketing business and the “shifting grounds of nutrition science” (268). Michael Pollan believes that Americans focus too much on the scientific aspect of food that they fail to concentrate on their own health and happiness. Americans have misconceptions on the way Americans eat because of the rise of nutrition science, flawed data on healthy eating, and the redefinition…

communication with my spouse are a many of those habits. However, walking through life can be a very unpredictable journey and during the process I might come across many roadblocks. For example: A death in the family, children making poor choices, and health issues. Many of us cannot handle many of these tragic events, however keeping focus and taking life as it comes, it will make us emotionally stronger. Knowing that there are things in life we don 't have any control over, as a result, we…

The databases that have been used were Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), PubMed, and Science Direct. The search was done using the following key words: leadership, nursing, goals, goal-setting, setting goals, and influence. The importance of setting goals must be addressed from the very beginning of…

A person’s body is what makes them who they are. Everyone is unique due to a physical trait they have. Even though everyone has a different opinion about what his or her perfect body would be, changing one’s physical features would take away from the uniqueness and specialty of that specific individual. I personally would never even think about getting plastic surgery for myself, because I really do not see any point of changing the way God created you, just so you become content with changing a…