Missouri Department of Health

Mo- Northwest officials have issued a warning to students and staff about the spread of influenza virus on campus. According to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, more than 50,000 cases of influenza have been reported in Missouri alone making Missouri one of the hardest hit states. However, according to director of the Nodaway County Health Center, Tom Patterson Nodaway County hasn't experienced an abnormal amount of cases of flu. But, he still stressed that people…

Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health”. The study made 8 recommendations two of which apply to the concepts of policy change regarding scope of practice discussed in this paper. The 1st recommendation is to “Remove scope of practice barriers” (IOM, 2011, p. 8). The study recommends the elimination of strict collaborative contracts between physicians and APRNS. The IOM believes such regulations are barriers to improving the future of health care and should be removed. The IOM…

In January of 1983 Nancy Beth Cruzan lost control of her car on a icy Missouri road. This accident left Nancy brain damaged and was left in a “permanent vegetative state”. She could breath on her own but other than that there was nothing she could do on her own and she showed no signs of thinking capabilities. The doctors put a feeding tube into her stomach about month after the accident. In 1988 Nancy’s parents didn’t believe that their daughter would ever wake up and recover from the…

used the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s guidelines to establish what was considered healthy. The researchers used data from the 2000…

According to Kim Krisberg, an advocate for the Nation’s Health, in 2010 more than 105,00 U.S. residents were either killed or injured by a gun. I believe that gun control should be enforced, but shouldn’t totally abolish guns because not everyone will use a gun to harm someone. If we enforce gun control, make it harder to get a gun, and allow the government to help us with gun control, lots of lives could be saved. As mentioned before, in 2010, there were 105,000 U.S. residents that were…

abilities”). I'm sure staying organized isn't that hard. I think steady hands might be a problem because sometimes I start shaking randomly. The salary of a cosmetologist in Missouri follows a three-tier system. A beginner starts with 21,800$ a year.The average cosmetologist can make is 33,290$. If I work hard I can make $60,080. Missouri has an average salary when it comes to cosmetology (“cosmetologist”). I'm concerned because the pay is low. Even if I work hard, I feel I can make more…

persons. In a 2006 Justice Department analysis, it was concluded that 1.2 million people that are in either state, local or federal custody reported some kind of mental health problem. What is staggering about the 1.2 million, is that it is now just a drop in the bucket, 9 years later. “The criminal justice system; from police departments and jails, to courthouses and prisons, they has become the de facto caretakers for the mentally ill and…

Sessions court for adults, is supposed to be rehabilitative rather than punitive. It attempts to match juveniles and their families with services provided by the state of South Carolina like substance abuse counseling, positive peer groups and Department of Mental Health counselling. The goal is getting these young students back in school and keep them from ending up in General Sessions as an adult. However, this is not always the case. Often, juvenile clients are back in detention quickly…

Donations can be made beginning June 26 at city hall. "It's a low-cost solution that saves lives," Schumacher said, adding that anyone, regardless of whether they own or rent a property, can seek assistance for the devices through the city. "Our fire department will go out and check them and provide a smoke detector if needed and put it up for them," he said. Hunt, who recalled his children's personalities and relayed the shock he was feeling by their deaths to The Star one day after the…

"The Ferguson Report" is a report written by the United States Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division which details the investigation of the police department in Ferguson, Missouri after the death of an unarmed black young man named Michael Brown. Racial bias within law enforcement and local government are the focus of "The Ferguson Report", and "The Ferguson Report" includes information about how the City of Ferguson got to the point where it could legally blatantly discriminate against…