Community is defined as a group of people living in the same area. Although accurate, it misses out an important point. What makes a group of individuals a community is them interacting and helping each other. I grew up in a small town in India with a strong sense of community. Helping people became a second nature growing up in a place where I knew almost everyone by their first name. So it was not a big surprise when I was drawn to family medicine from the very beginning of medical school. I remember growing up, seeing the same friendly face of my primary care physician every time anyone in the family used to get sick. Now after 15 years, although the small town has become a city and I don 't know the name of every person living there, my …show more content…
Ms X was a 42 year old female with the past medical history of diabetes. In last 2 weeks she had scheduled three appointments, but ended up missing them all. During her this visit Ms X mentioned that she has not taken her medication since last month, she explained she had missed her appointments because she felt too tired and didn 't feel like doing anything. During our conversation she expressed concern that it was all due to her diabetes. On further inquiry she told me how hopeless, she was feeling and have been having difficulty falling asleep. Although her blood sugar levels were raised, but all her symptoms were pointing towards depression. As tracked Ms X’s progress and discussed it with my attending, my first lesson was to take a holistic approach while managing my patients. I learned to perceive health problems in a broader scope and integrate biomedical, psychological and social perspectives while treating them, to care for not just the physical complaints, but emotional, social and mental issues as well. During my rotation that month I took care of patients from the infants coming for their well-child visit to 72 years old man with dementia. I was fascinated by the wide range of medical problems encountered and the opportunity to care for a diverse array of patients of all ages from birth to the end …show more content…
Listening to people, trying to understand their stories and struggles is something that I have always deeply revered. I love learning about different cultural backgrounds and working with a diverse patient base. Working in different settings I have learned how to use these qualities as my strengths to give my patients the best care possible.
Working in medicine I firmly believe that health maintenance and disease prevention are it’s two most important aspects. Family medicine through its unique longitudinal and community-oriented approach to health, provides a platform to promote preventive care and an opportunity to motivate patients and encourage lifestyle changes through continuity of care. As I enter the new phase in my training, I am committed to provide high quality patient centric and evidence based care, while maintaining an emphasis on preventive medicine and continuity of care for my patients of all
A community is comprised of a group of goal oriented individuals with similar beliefs and expectations. Currently the term is used interchangeably with society, the town one lives in and even religion. A less shallow interpretation suggests that community embodies a lifestyle unique to its members. Similarities within the group establish bonds along with ideals, values, and strength in numbers unknown to an individual. Ideals and values ultimately impose the culture that the constituents abide by. By becoming part of a community, socialization...
Client shared numerous physical concerns that should be tackled right away. Client explained a fall at home was the initial reason for the visit. While client refuses to go to see a doctor it would be advised client check to make sure there’s no fractures in the bones. At the doctor it would be detrimental to discuss if the diabetes played any effect into the fall. Lastly, it would be ideal the client got a professional opinion on whether her medications are adequate. It’s evident that in order to tackle the psychological barriers, the physical concerns are also priority.
A community is to help and support each other to be successful. Everyone is involved in a certain community regardless of anything. A community I am commit with is CAMP from CSUMB which stands for College Assistance Migrant Program. My community is a federally funded program that assists first year freshmen who have a migrant background and students whose parents are seasonal farmworkers. CAMP assist their students with many useful services such as with a grant of up to 1,200 dollars. My community is very important to me for the reason they are guiding me to be successful while encouraging me to graduate from college. In my community we tend to communicate really often such as in the article "Learning to Serve" by Toni Mirabelli. As in the article, my community also communicates by using various literacy such as writing, reading , and speaking.
A community is the feeling of togetherness felt in a setting with a group of people who share similar characteristics. Living in Scott Hall my freshman year of college, shaped my view of community quickly. Going to organized events, socializing in common areas and interacting with my Resident Advisors gave me an ideal
During one of my rotations, I was assigned a young adult patient who had run out of insulin and had been admitted to the hospital following a Diabetes Ketoacidosis (DKA) episode. I realized that my patient was probably torn between buying insulin and buying healthy food because her chart showed several admissions in the past following the same problems. This particular patient was in her room, isolated in a corner, and she was irritable. As her student nurse, I was actively involved in her care; I was her advocate for the day. The patient lived with her single mother and worked at a fast food restaurant. Since this was my first time dealing with a patient with DKA, it became a definite challenge for me.
Family medicine or doctor that provides basic health care to all the members of a family and patients, Family medicine treat and diagnose diseases and stop the immediate abnormal growth, family medical care for all ages, sexes, each organ system. Family medicine also provides personal care for the individual in the community. Family medicine started in the 1800s, family medical don’t have the proper health care the doctors only treat their patients in a small carriage or hunt houses. Doctors don’t have any training, some doctor learned family medicine as an apprentice working with other physicians and some doctors learned a small course and work at a workshop. There is no medical school, organized training and good facilities to care for patients.
My vision for the Family Nurse Practitioner in a primary healthcare setting is to bring health care to small communities, comprised of predominately poor working class people, who are classified as underprivileged. Performing exams on the sick, providing immunizations to the young, educating all, and assisting the elderly with chronic illness and disease management, while providing preventative care and education on wellness. The Family Nurse Practitioner sees patients from young to old in need of a wide variety of care. As a Family Nurse Practitioner I will provide education and holistically meet the health care and wellness needs of my community, and others like it, by providing critical access to health care for the most vulnerable
Community is like a Venn diagram. It is all about relations between a finite group of people or things. People have their own circles and, sometimes, these circles overlap one another. These interceptions are interests, common attitudes and goals that we share together. These interceptions bond us together as a community, as a Venn diagram. A good community needs good communication where people speak and listen to each other openly and honestly. It needs ti...
Their skill, knowledge, and love of their occupation help them to exceed in everything they do. Moving towards a required doctorate degree will open up many doors for nurse practitioners, as they will be seen as a more professional occupation. The role of every health care member is essential for a patient, and nurse practitioners are able to play a huge role in each case by providing assistance in diagnosing and treating patients, as well as researching different ways to help them. Having a nurse practitioner to help educate the patient’s family is so important because it allows the family to feel more involved with their loved one’s care. The way nurses and nurse practitioner’s follow the code of ethics and standards of practice give them the characteristics of honesty and loyalty, and without both of them, key parts of the patient’s care would be
If you were to look up the definition of community in the Merriam-Webster dictionary you would find a variety of answers, most of them with the same basic characteristics. A community is a group a people with common interests living in a particular area. The general definition is used so often to describe even the most loosely related groups of people in similar areas, that is has lost its true meaning. The basic connotation of the term is now vague and worn out. A community refers to the things people have in common that bind them together by a sense of belonging with one another (Day, 2006, p. 1). Sometimes related to a specific location, but not always. In the traditional concept of community, it is based on family
A community is a group of people who are like minded and share the same values and beliefs. Being part of a community gives us a sense of belonging to something greater than us. That’s all most of us ask for, to belong to something. Many people would assume that the community build around a workplace would involve terrible management with little to no care about the employees or, the employees sitting around hardly doing their jobs just ranting about customers. But in the community, I work in that is not true. I work at Best Buy and what I get out of being part of a workplace community is far greater than what it is thought to be.
How would someone define the word community? A community could be anything. If one were to listen to an everyday conservation, the word community, would probably be used very little. The word community has multiple meanings, ranging from communist or socialistic society (Emerson) to the quality of appertaining to or being held by all in common (Oxford).
Community, as a concept, cannot be defined in a single way. There are several perspectives that go into making a community. The Oxford dictionary of Sociology has defined community as follows:-
A Community can be defined as a group of people who don’t just live in the same area, but also share the same interests, experiences and often concerns about the area in which they live. Often when individuals have lived on a street or in an area for a while they become familiar with each other and the issues surrounding them. Children often attend the same schools and grow up together, again sharing similar experiences. In some instances adults may work together, and quite commonly all community members will share the same doctors, dentists, hospitals, health visitors and other public services and facilities.
Everyone has their own perception of an ideal community. For each person the factors of an ideal community will vary depending on their upbringing. My understanding of a community is a place where a group of people live, and socialize. Everyone is caring, thoughtful, and respectful. In my community people take care of each other they think before they act, and are respectful to one another keeping in mind equality.