Standards for Better Health

with the Washington State’s Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition have taken an incremental approach to help make an ironclad case for increased physical education standards in that state’s schools. In Washington, where almost one in four children are overweight or obese, a lack of physical inactivity continues to be a serious health concern that negatively impacts children there. And while students in Grades 1-8 are required to have an average of at least one hundred instructional minutes of…

benefits for health professionals, patients and the diagnostic radiography profession may not always be aligned. The Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) set the standard for continuing professional development (CPD) in the UK. The HCPC were created safeguard the public by regulating and making health professionals accountable through a register. They monitor standards for initial training and education, skills, behaviour, and health. The HCPC currently regulate 14 Allied health…

there are four domains. Each standard addresses a major practice (functional) area for registered nurses and health care workers. Each standard has a major component and describes the key elements of the standard in ways that are possible to measure. They refer to practice which works well together in relation to heath professional - client with mutual respect for each other contributions, and effective communication that can make all the difference in the client’s health outcome. Healthcare…

With the movement from paper based systems of patient data to electronic health records there is a need to manage patient information with efficiency and the ability to allow access at the time of care. This is not only limited to physicians and nurses in outpatient or in patient settings but also includes insurance companies, researchers, and the government that also need access to patient data and information. Also while managing our care, doctors and nurses may also rely other sources to…

Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. The certification standards and certified courses of study are accepted by Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA). They develop the Standards, codes and guidelines required for nurses and midwives. When trained practitioners from other countries have a desire to practice in Australia they are assessed by NMBA. In addition to that the complaints and investigations of nurses and midwives are managed by NMBA. Finally, it is the function of Nursing…

he/she is working in. Public health nurses do a verity of work in the school setting this work is guided by the community health practice standards and the comprehensive school health report. Community health practice standards out line a holistic approach, to advocate for the physical, mental, social and spiritual well being of clients (Canadian community health nursing 2011). The comprehensive school health report incorporates the community health practice standards by applying the same…

information on their health and wellbeing, which they have shared with their physicians’ and other caregivers. This is considered as an early form of patient generated health data that has evolved in the past few years. Nowadays patients and families have increasing interest in keeping health related data, especially with the advancements in technology that allowed this process to become more convenient for patients and families, which can positively contribute to the health care process.…

Code of conduct and ethical standard have a significant influence on business environment and its responsibility towards social, environmental health and human health. Our vision is to establish a brand identity which is easily relatable with integrity, authenticity and honesty while delivering high quality product that can bring a positive change to the community to encourage and promote better living. Corporate Citizenship: As part of the good corporate citizenship approach, our role…

Running head: NURSING INFORMATICS 1 Electronic Health Record: The Impact on Nursing Informatics Peta-Gay Pinnock Dr. Gwen Morse November 26, 2016 NURSING INFORMATICS 2 Abstract One of the goals of the field of nursing informatics is working to improve the electronic health record system. Electronic Health Record (EHR) is simply just what the name implies. Patient health information that is stored electronically. Instead of a paper filing system, everything is located on an electronic database.…

In my opinion a country can experience economic growth without a rise in standard of living of the people. It is first important to know what GNP, economic growth and standard of living is. They are defined as follows: 1. GNP is the economic performance of a country; it is the total value of all the finished goods and services in a time span of one year by the country’s citizens. 2. Economic growth is the increase in the produce of goods and services per head of the population over a period of…