Many people die every year and others suffering from cancer due to smoking. According to The NHS Information Centre report (2010), Around 81,400 deaths (18% of all deaths of adults aged 35 and over) were estimated to be caused by smoking. That’s shows how big the issue of smoking in the UK and in the others developed countries. The governments try to minimize the problem by legislation. Jean King, Cancer Research UK's director of tobacco control, (2008) said: "The smoke-free law was introduced to protect the health of workers from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke.
Introduction The purpose of this paper is to discuss pancreatic cancer and explain how it plays out as a terminal illness. This paper will provide statistics about the occurrence of pancreatic cancer in the United States of America. Also, information will be provided on the warning signs of the illness, known causes, how it is treated and statistics related to the illness. Pancreatic cancer is listed as one of the top five causes of death among men and women. Pancreatic cancer is diagnosed in around 28,000 Americans each year (Mayo Clinic, 2012).
Griffin Hayes Mr. Guay English 10 Honors 11/7/14 Should Cigarette Smoking Be Banned? Meet Anna, a five year old girl who lost her father to lung cancer. Like Anna’s father, cigarette smoking is a known leading cause of lung cancer and death for about 159,260 people in the United States this year so far ("How Many People Get Lung Cancer?"). Lung cancer has caused about 27% of all cancer deaths but can be prevented if we ban the smoking of cigarettes. Cigarette smoking has caused lung cancer to many smokers and even non-smokers.
One of those organizations is the Joint Commission and another one of them is the National Committee of Quality Assurance (NCQA). These organizations are responsible for developing and improving the quality of care. The Joint Commission is responsible for trying to continually improve the health care of the public they do this by working with stakeholders and evaluating different health care organizations while encouraging them to go above and beyond in providing safe and effective care at the highest quality and value (Spath, 2014). The NCQA is responsible for developing standards that will continue to improve the quality of health care. If an organization is interested in acquiring the seal of the NCQA they must first be able to pass a rigorous and comprehensive review as well as report annually on the continued performance of the organization (About NCQA, 2014).
9/29/12BBC News - Whooping cough outbreak: Pregnant women to be vaccinated HEALTH Woman is 53 But Looks 27 Carshalton: Mom publishes free facelift secret that has angered doctors... Mother Turns Skinny in 4 Weeks Carshalton: Mom cut 2 stones in thighs, face and arm using this 1 weird trick... ads not by this site 28 September 2012 Last updated at 00:45 Whooping cough outbreak: Pregnant women to be vaccinated By James Gallagher Health and science reporter, BBC News Hundreds of thousands of pregnant women across the UK are to be offered a whooping cough vaccine to protect babies from an escalating outbreak of the disease. Very young babies are at the greatest risk of serious complications. Nine have died in the UK this year.
Quality Improvement Report HCS/588 Measuring Performance Standards November 18, 2013 Quality Improvement Report Quality Improvement (QI) in healthcare is essential. There is always a need to improve healthcare organizations patient satisfaction as well as improving health outcomes. These improvements are the focus of management and it is the goal of management to assemble various employees within the organization to accomplish these goals. Organizations must have the personnel with the ability and insight to integrate a system that will provide distinct contributions such as a safer and effective healthcare environment (Lamb, Zimring, Chuzi, & Dutcher, July). This paper will address the foundational frameworks of QI, the various stakeholders’ definition of quality, the various roles of clinicians and patients in QI.
The Ottawa charter describes Health promotion in a broad focus on health including education, interdisciplinary collaboration, and the importance of client’s participation to influence on his or her own care and outcome. Health Promotion in its core focuses in advocacy for health, equality of health, and participation from all those involved including the patient for achieving health and well-being. Health promotion takes a holistic approach to health and addresses health inequities to lessen negative impacts arising from determinants of health. (WHO, 1986, p. 1). Relational Practice is being mindful of your own actions, environment, and situations.
Health Promotion in Nursing Practice Health promotion education practiced in the communities can positively affect the communities’ health and nurses contribute to this result. “The International Council of Nurses (ICN) (2009) reported that health-promoting actions performed by nurses working in diverse settings provide ideal opportunities for health promotion with a goal of creating healthy homes, schools, cities and workplaces. Individually and through national associations, nurses, along with other healthcare providers, can be effective in paving the road for good health through health promotion.” (Jadelhack, 2012) Nurses’ can educate their patients on the important lifestyle changes that include smoking cessation, implementing an exercise regimen, vaccinations, dietary changes, etc all of which can contribute to the prevention of health problems such as obesity, hypertension, coronary artery disease, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and other chronic diseases. The General Nursing Directorate (GND) addressed the following goals for primary health care centers on behalf of the nursing profession 1.
They are primary, secondary and tertiary levels of care. Education plays a vital role in all three levels. The first or primary level of health promotion and prevention is to promote optimal health. By promoting optimal health we can prevent diseases or illness from occurring. The primary focus on this level of care is to help ward off diseases through a healthier life.
Smoking Cessation in Healthcare Non-smokers exposed over a long period to passive smoking i.e. smoke from other people's cigarettes have at least a 35% increased risk of lung cancer and also increased or cardio-respiratory symptoms (Irish smoking statistic 2011). This assignment will discuss the smoking cessation programme in terms to health education, disease prevention and rehabilitation at national and local levels. It will outline the effectiveness of the smoking cessation programme and examples as well. It will describe the role of the Healthcare Assistant (HCA) in supporting the smoking cessation programme in relation to Health education.