Lancaster

about myself in the process of interacting with a cultural group that is outside of my comfort zone. Throughout the semester I volunteered with the Building Bridges program. The program connects college students with high school students attending Lancaster Mennonite High School as part of the school’s boarding school program. All the students in the program were international students who lived in third world countries, except for one student who lived in the United States. Many of the…

Vulnerable population is a group of people who have an increased risk of getting sick (Stanhope, and Lancaster 2010). The example of the mother in vignette number one is definitely included in this group, due to a number of factors. The first one is poverty, we can see by the description of the vignette that the single mother receives government help to have enough money to pay for her, and her children’s expenses. Second, this mom was recently diagnoses with a mental disorder, which can also be…

Conestoga wagon derived its name from the Conestoga River Valley of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania. The first known use of a wagon in North America was recorded by James Logan, a Philadelphia fur merchant and trader, in 1716. By 1720, the necessity of horse-drawn wagons rose as people settled farther from Philadelphia and needed to transport goods and furs to Lancaster County. Between 1720 to 1750, immigrants from Germany came to Lancaster County and established farms throughout the countryside.…

disease is a major factor in when discussing medical costs and societal burdens. In the US chronic disease is costly especially as much of the aged population lives longer and many have chronic diseases that can later become disabling (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). Chronic disease places a lot of stress on a person and their finances. Medical costs related to heart disease are over $107 billion dollars annually (American Public Health Association, 2013). These rates will continue to rise until…

for every charts and data shared with other facilities who do not use Epic as their main system. An opportunity for improvement could be allowing organizations to share charts or data, no matter which system they use and not having to pay the fee. Lancaster General Hospital is continuing to improve by finding the best methods to care for their patients. They strictly stand by their mission “to advance the health and well-being of the communities we serve” (Health,…

Not much is known about John Willard's early life like when and where he was born. However, what is known is that he spent his youth in Lancaster, Massachuetts, and then eventually moved to Groton and married Margaret Wilkins in the 1680s. The Wilkin family disapproved of the marriage, this disapproval would soon play a role in the salem trial. Willard was a deputy constable who contributed to helping arrest accused people of witchcraft. At one of the trials he is quoted as saying, " Hang them.…

Making appropriate health care decisions depends on a person’s literacy; the ability to process and understand the healthiness information provided by clinicians (U. S. Department of Health & Human Services [HHS], 2008). Only 12% of the American population is able to thoroughly process the exchange of health information; and, the remaining population have medium to low literacy levels with the inability to comprehend all or some of what the clinician is telling them when providing treatment or…

amounts. People there live what we know as the farm life. They grow their vegetables, raise their meat, collect their eggs every morning, and work hard for everything they have. There is a place special to me and my family on the outside rural area of Lancaster, Kansas. This community where my family farm is, off a random gravel road. When I talk about the “family farm” I am referring to property actually owned by my step father 's family. Not only was this my home away from home, but it was…

Public health nursing can affect a variety of people. There are many different jobs a public health nurse can do. A school nurse is one option. There are many schools in the nation and each school is different in its own classification of specialties. Some schools are classified as to the level of class, financial ability, uniqueness, diversity, or the amount of quality of education students receive. Many parents open and enroll their children at certain schools they want their child to go…

Firebombing (Dresden, Tokyo, Hamburg) On March 9th, 1945, Tokyo was hit by a firebombing attack. Around 100,000 civilians had died. The plan was to have a low level bombing attack where speed and light weight was crucial. It would destroy the factories that produced war materials. The giant bonfire created spread the flames throughout Tokyo. The raid lasted around 3 hours, and it was the worst single firestorm recorded in history. Charred remains of Japanese civilians after the…