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RRMR

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Special needs shelters reduce the surge demands on hospitals and long-term care facilities. Careful preplanning for a community's special needs population is essential. Persons arriving at a shelter:
 
  1. Must not bring all their special equipment and medications
  2. Must have a psychological condition that makes them inappropriate for a regular shelter
  3. Are assessed by a nurse to determine whether this type of facility is appropriate
  4. Receive medical care as though they were in a hospital

Question 2

The Intervention Wheel framework is based on 10 assumptions. Assumption 2 is, Public health nursing practice focuses on populations.. This implies:
 
  1. A population is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or en-vironmental characteristics in common.
  2. The population at risk has many identified and unidentified risk factors.
  3. The focus of public health nurses is on individuals in a population.
  4. The determinants of health are focused on knowledge from international sources.


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chevyboi1976

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Reply #1 on: Jul 8, 2018
Answer to Question 1

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Any person who comes to a special needs shelter must be assessed by a nurse to determine whether this type of facility is appropriate.

Answer to Question 2

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A population is a collection of individuals who have one or more personal or environmental characteristics in common: this is the focus group of public health nursing.


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Wow, this really help

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