Friday, November 26, 2010

community health nursing

very important question asked in CHN for exams HOME VISITING http://www.notesfornurses.com/nursing-lecture-notes/1st-year-nursing-subjects/community-health-nursing-1/19-home-visiting/

current status of health and disease burden in india

very important topic for MSc nursing students of first year,TOPIC: current status of health and disease burden in india. All the current status according to the government reports are seen in this seminar please refer this for ur studies,this question may be asked in university exams MUHS
the link is http://www.4shared.com/file/_VcW1b8w/current_status_of_health.html
please leave comments,,thanks





disaster management

The seminar presented about disaster management in india is:http://www.4shared.com/document/Y9sbo6qD/Avb_DISASTER.html

http://www.4shared.com/file/iYhg7Pwy/kpark_DISASTER_MANAGEMENT_AND_.html

you can use it for presenting seminars....more to come please reply what u want so i can provide u with the same.thanks













DISASTER MANAGEMENT AND NURSES ROLE

Introduction:
In the past two decades, there have been many natural and man made disasters in India. Natural disasters like floods, earthquakes, cyclones, droughts and human made such as terrorist acts, Nuclear or chemical war, fires and industrial accidents. Disasters can significantly lead to a degradation of social and economic progress achieved over decades of initiatives by the people. 80% of countries geographical area is disaster prone and the majority of people live at or below the poverty line.
India has been devastated by three major disasters in last five years- Super Cyclone in Orissa, earthquake in Gujarath and now the latest one the tsunami in the Andaman and Nicober Islands,. Tamilnadu, Andrapradesh and Kerala. Each disaster brought a great deal of miscarry to the affective population.

Definitions of Disaster
A disaster can be defined as any occurrence that cause damage, ecological disruption, loss of human life, deterioration of health and health services, Vs a scale sufficient to warrant as extraordinary response from outside the affected community or area.
(W.H.O.)
An occurrence of a severity and magnitude that normally results in death, injuries and property damage that cannot be managed through the routine procedure and resources of government.
- FEMA (Federal Emergency Management Agency)
A disaster can be defined as an occurrence either nature or man made that causes human suffering and creates human needs that victims cannot alleviate without assistance.
- American Red Cross (ARC)
United Nations defines disaster is the occurrence of a sudden or major misfortune which disrupts the basic fabric and normal functioning of a society or community.

Definitions of Disaster Nursing
Disaster Nursing can be defined as the adaptation of professional nursing skills in recognizing and meeting the nursing physical and emotional needs resulting from a disaster. The overall goal of disaster nursing is to achieve the best possible level of health for the people and the community involved in the disaster.
“Disaster Nursing is nursing practiced in a situation where professional supplies, equipment, physical facilities and utilities are limited or not available”.
‘DISASTER’ alphabetically means:
D - Destructions
I - Incidents
S - Sufferings
A - Administrative, Financial Failures.
S - Sentiments
T - Tragedies
E - Eruption of Communicable diseases.
R - Research programme and its implementation
for rest in word document download from:http://www.4shared.com/file/iYhg7Pwy/kpark_DISASTER_MANAGEMENT_AND_.html


Web sites
www.ready.gov
www.onestorm.org
www.fema.gov
www.who.org
www.un.orgwww.healthalerts.com