Franklin Township Needs Assessment Elyse Kocylowskyi October 8, 2012 Franklin Township, NJ Franklin Township is the most populated municipality of Somerset County, containing 62,300 people, with a population density of 1,350 persons per square mile (Brandstetter, 2010). Franklin Township, to be hereafter called Franklin, not only has the largest population, it also has the fastest growing – with a rate 2.4 times higher than any other municipality, accounting for 43.9% of the total population growth in Somerset County between 2000 and 2010 (NJSDC, 2011). Money Magazine’s ranking of the ‘one-hundred best places to live’ in the US listed Franklin as the fifth best place to live in 2008, and the twenty-fifth best place to live for
Hurricane Ike was the second-costliest hurricane ever to make landfall in the United States and the second most active hurricane to reach the Canadian mainland as a tropical storm in the great lakes region after hurricane Hazel in 1954. It was the ninth named storm, the fifth hurricane and third major hurricane of the2008 hurricane season. It was a Cape verde type hurricane, as it started as a tropical disturbance near Africa at the end of the gust. On September 1, 2008, it became a tropical storm west of the Cape Verde islands. By the early morning hours of September 4, Ike was a Category 4 hurricane, with maximum wind speeds of 145 miles per hour.
Cooper Green Hospital and the Community Care Plan HSA 599: Health Services Administration Capstone Abstract Cooper Green Mercy Hospital and the Community Care Plan provide a valuable service to the indigent population of Jefferson County. Blewett, Ziegenfuss, and Davern (2008) stated: The United States’ health care system has traditionally relied on safety net providers to meet the health care needs of people who do not have health insurance or who may have some coverage but still face financial barriers to getting the health care they need. A patchwork of local providers and services has developed over time to fill these gaps in health insurance coverage. (p. 460) This assignment will discuss six problems related to providing health care to an indigent population and five ways that the Community Care Plan will improve the community’s health status. There will also be a discussion regarding the five factors that point towards a need for change by Cooper Green Mercy Hospital.
Theory Based Exemplary Article: Implementing Pender's Health Promotion Theory into the Post Partum Setting Kim Freitas Liberty University NURS 502 Dr. Kim Little October 7, 2012 Abstract As a medical professional it is important to impact the patient population in such a way as to treat the condition in which they are seeking attention for, educate the patient on how to care for the condition, along with treatment options and curing factors. In an effort to prevent disease processes or conditions it is important to teach the community at large health promoting behaviors. This is exactly what Nora Pender sought out to do. She realized that the patients she encountered were being treated after a diagnosis, but nothing was being done
Practice nurses are hugely involved in health promotion and preventative work which is suggested by Williams and Sibbald (1999) to have caused some anxiety among health visitors as to their professional identity. According to the Healthy Child Programme (HCP) (DOH 2009) one of the lead roles for the health visitor is to ensure that the different professionals contributing within the HCP communicate effectively and provide co-ordinated and holistic care tailored to the needs of the family. This
Health Needs in Clark County, WA Brenda Chandler Western Governors University Identification and Description of Community Clark County is comprised of 644 mi.² located in Southwest Washington. The boundaries of the county include the Lewis River to the north and the Columbia River to the south located across the Columbia River is Portland, Oregon. To the west approximately 70 miles is the Pacific Ocean and on the east side of the county are the foothills of the beautiful Cascade mountain range. I've lived in Clark County my entire life and have witnessed the massive growth over the last 20 to 25 years. Between 1990 and 2000, it was the fastest-growing county in Washington state in which the total population
Boston (pronounced /ˈbɔstən/ ( listen)) is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts,[11] and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. [12] The city proper, covering just 48.43 square miles, had a population of 617,594 according to the 2010 U.S. Census. [6] Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country.
With this definition, it is by chance that a health care provider comprehend this vulnerable community these are people that is deficient in society is unable to transport, call a taxi or even get on a bus to see a doctor or go to the emergency room. The reason as mention in the opening statement that it is imperative nurses “widen their horizon” to outreach all aspect of vulnerable community not only members by chance got into the health care
Each of the four largest banks in the United States is larger than the whole credit union industry. The banks include, J.P. Morgan Chase & Company, Bank of America Corporation, Citigroup, and Wells Fargo and Company. Since the time the first U.S. credit union was established in 1908 until year-end 2012, assets increased to a total of $1.03 trillion. It took credit Credit Unions
This new reform is used to address the barriers to accessing health care for many individuals. Evaluate how your organization can improve patients' access to health care resources. You have been asked by the local health care association to create strategies to improve access to organizations within the southeast region. Discuss the barriers that patients experience when accessing health care resources. How can health care organizations improve patients' access to health care?