Sentences with phrase «health of a family unit»

In short, family counseling is used to support the mental, emotional, and physical health of a family unit.

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We applaud your work to uphold marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife and to rebuild the marriage - based family as the fundamental unit of society and the original and best department of health, education, and welfare.

It is not necessary here to stress the important role played by relationships in the family; these affect the mental health of every member of the family unit, and especially that of the children and adolescents in their development into adulthood.

The mobile dental unit was operated by the Near East Council of Churches as part of the work of its family health centres in Gaza.

This is how it works: • The Children's Centre manager identifies relevant agencies already dealing with vulnerable families — for example schools, health visitors or a local homeless families unit • A simple form summarising the facilities and activities available at the Centre, and asking for a parent's contact details and a signature, is created • The manager / staff at the other agency agree, as part of their usual data recording protocols, to ask relevant service users to fill in the form.

However, being emotionally available to the family unit requires at least a reasonable amount of sleep, management of physical pain, and treatment of any physical or mental health conditions.

Thanks to a grant from the Department of Health, we are setting up a neonatal branch of the National Infant Feeding Network (NeoNIFN), specifically to support neonatal units to improve practice and standards of care for sick and preterm babies and their families.

After living through many sleepless nights and feeling the direct effects of chronic sleep deprivation, Sara began to realize how crucial healthy sleep habits are to the whole family unit and to the emotional and physical health of the family.

The Ministry of Health Family Welfare has been planning a network of human milk banks for 661 newborn care units across the country to feed newborn babies who can not be nursed by their mothers.

Michigan: Custody is awarded based on the best interests of the child, based on the following factors: moral character and prudence of the parents; physical, emotional, mental, religious and social needs of the child; capability and desire of each parent to meet the child's emotional, educational, and other needs; preference of the child, if the child is of sufficient age and maturity; the love and affection and other emotional ties existing between the child and each parent; the length of time the child has lived in a stable, satisfactory environment and the desirability of maintaining continuity; the desire and ability of each parent to allow an open and loving frequent relationship between the child and other parent; the child's adjustment to his / her home, school, and community; the mental and physical health of all parties; permanence of the family unit of the proposed custodial home; any evidence of domestic violence; and other factors.

The opt - out benefit allows members in the PS&T unit to opt - out of their own health insurance policy with the state health insurance program (NYSHIP) to achieve coverage as a dependent on a different state NYSHIP policy through a domestic partner or other family member.

Religious or spiritual considerations were discussed in 16 percent of family meetings in intensive care units and health care professionals only rarely explored the patient's or family's religious or spiritual ideas, according to an article published online by JAMA Internal Medicine.

«Booster seats seem less technical and complicated than installing an infant seat, which may lead parents and families to worry less about using them incorrectly,» says senior author Michelle L. Macy, M.D., M.S. of the University of Michigan's C.S. Mott Children's Hospital and the Child Health Evaluation and Research Unit (CHEAR).

As childcare and the family unit has largely transformed over the last half century and across different cultures, new universal guidelines were needed for modern parents and health professionals to assess normal and excessive levels of crying in babies.

The researchers drew data from several sources from 2002 to 2011: birth and death records from the Texas Department of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit, surveillance of children born with birth defects from the Texas Birth Defects Registry and child maltreatment information from the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services.

Instructional activities in writing, math, visual arts, science, health and safety are organized to help students identify the characteristics of family in relation to their social studies unit.

There are a variety of health insurance plans such as critical illness, medical insurance or mediclaim policies, family floater plans, individual medical policies, group mediclaims or unit linked health plans.

All medical assistant interns should use relations, interpersonal skills work ethics, and professionalism while working together with patients of various ages and ethnicity, their family members, physicians, doctors, staff's in physician work place and several other health care units in the true gathering of clinical, demographic, and economic information either face - to - face or by means of the telephone or video conferences if needed.

• Successfully resuscitate a patient who had a stroke, by providing him with immediate CPR, in the absence of medical staff • Implement a dynamic transcription procedure which reduced actual transcribing time by 65 % • Maintain the accuracy and confidentiality of patients» health records by following designated procedures • Manage paperwork including patient history forms and admission and discharge documents • Perform reception duties by greeting patients and families and providing them with necessary support and information • Order supplies for the unit, including hospital equipment, by creating and maintaining effective liaison with vendors

Prior to my CCHMC certification, I was working as a volunteer at the Family Health Hospital where I was provided much exposure to coordinating the monitoring of cardiac patients with clerical functions of the unit that I was working in.

RN Staff Nurse - Family Birth / Labor and Delivery Responsible for patient care within the Family Birth / Labor and Delivery Unit and participates as a member of the health care team in cooperation with...

I was contended to see your job advertisement for the position of Nursing Unit Assistant at the Family Health Hospital.

Baylor Regional Medical Center of Plano • TX 2006 — 2007 RN - Telemetry Unit Provided quality nursing and educational initiatives for patients and family members to facilitate patient's optimal health.

Charted and recorded information in client files.Tracked client movement on and off the unit by documenting times and destinations of clients.Checked facility for open windows, locked doors, malfunctioning smoke detectors and other safety hazards.Quickly responded to crisis situations when severe mental health and behavioral issues arose.Efficiently gathered information from families and social services agencies to inform development of treatment plans.Documented all patient information including service plans, treatment reports and progress notes.Collaborated closely with treatment team to appropriately coordinate client care services.Developed comprehensive treatment plans that focused on accurate diagnosis and behavioral treatment of problems.Consulted with psychiatrists about client medication changes, issues with medicine compliance and efficacy of medications.Organized treatment projects that focused on problem solving skills and creative thinking.Referred clients to other programs and community agencies to enhance treatment processes.Created and reviewed master treatment and discharge plans for each client.Guided clients in understanding illnesses and treatment plans.Developed appropriate policies for the identification of medically - related social and emotional needs of clients.Assisted clients in scheduling home visits and phone calls and monitored effectiveness of these activities.Evaluated patients for psychiatric services and psychotropic medications.Monitored patients prescribed psychotropic medications to assess the medications» effectiveness and side effects.Evaluated patients to determine potential need to transfer to specialized inpatient mental health facilities.Administered medication to patients presenting serious risk of danger to themselves and others.Conducted psychiatric evaluations and executed medication management for both inpatient and outpatient facilities.Led patients in individual, family, group and marital therapy sessions.Diagnosed mental health, emotional and substance abuse disorders.Recorded comprehensive patient histories and coordinated treatment plans with multi-disciplinary team members.Consulted with and developed appropriate treatment and rehabilitation plans for dually diagnosed patients.Referenced and used various therapy techniques, including psychodynamic, family systems, cognitive behavioral and lifespan integration psychotherapy.

Professional Experience Indian Health Services (Winnebago, NE) 04/2011 — Present Registered Nurse • RN for medical / surgical floor, drug dependency unit, wound / infusion clinic, immunization clinic, ER, and outpatient clinic • Oversee patient intake, triage, and discharge in a timely and organized manner • Provide exceptional patient care and chart progress in accordance with physician designed treatment plans • Administer medications, treat wounds, perform tests, and interpret lab results • Maintain working knowledge of accepted standards of care and emerging medical technology • Train junior nurses and administrative personnel in industry best practices ensuring orderly operations • Responsible for patient and family education in healthy lifestyles and ongoing disease management

Licensure & Certification ♦ Registered Nurse — Active ♦ Adult Cardiac Life Support (ACLS)-- Active ♦ Neonatal Resuscitation Program (NRP)-- Active ♦ Basic Life Support (CPR)-- Active ♦ Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI)-- Active ♦ Medical Billing and Coding Professional Experience Midland Memorial Hospital 10/2009 — 8/2010 Staff Nurse — Post Partum Unit • Consulted with healthcare team to assess patient condition and design and implement course of treatment • Monitored patient diet, physical activity, symptoms, status changes, vitals, and responses to treatment • Documented patient medical information and vital signs ensuring accurate, detailed, and organized records • Ordered and evaluated diagnostic tests and modified patient treatment plan accordingly • Prepared patients for examinations and procedures, administered medications, and changed dressings • Instructed individuals and families in health education, disease prevention, and childbirth • Developed health improvement plans offering guidance for patients awaiting hospital discharge

129 H. S. Merskey and G. T. Swart, «Family Background and Physical Health of Adolescents Admitted to an In - Patient Psychiatric Unit, I: Principle Caregivers.»

In therapy we approach the family as a unit and identify what is important to that family unit viewing each individual as having an important contributing part so that the individuals can work together for the overall mental health of the family, which will work conjointly to improve the mental health of the each individual.

Positions held include Director of the Regional Governance Unit in the Office of Indigenous Policy Coordination; Executive Director of Sexual Health and Family Planning ACT and Reproductive Healthcare Services in Canberra; Apunipima Cape York Health Council in Queensland; and Pintubi Homelands Health Service in the Northern Territory.

I value the family as a fundamental unit of society that provides crucial connections for basic human health and emotional wellbeing.

A neutral facilitator (who is often a trained mediator, psychologist, or other licensed mental health professional) is brought on board to ensure that discussions focus on the future of the family unit rather than the arguments of the past.

1 Koya Aboriginal Corporation 2 Western Australian Perinatal Mental Health Unit, WA Department of Health 3 Kulbardi Aboriginal Centre, Murdoch University 4 Pindi Pindi National Research Centre for Aboriginal Children, Families and Community

It will provide an evaluation of a family - based interventions capacity to reduce the mental health symptoms of both young people (12 - 25 yrs) and the members of their families, and engage young people reluctant to use mental health services individually by working therapeutically with the whole family unit.

Abigail M. (Jewkes) Velikov, Ph.D., is the senior director of the Early Childhood Health and Development Unit in the Division of Family and Child Health at the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, where she is leading work focused on a holistic set of supports beginning at birth to ensure all young children thrive in nurturing environments.

Senior Director of the Early Childhood Health and Development Unit, Division of Family and Child Health, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene

Before private practice, Ben began a mental health program for study abroad students with the Scuola Lorenzo di Medici in Florence, Italy; worked in the Jewish Board of Family Services LGBTQ Unit; and worked in Greenwich House's HIV Mental Health and Chemical Dependency prohealth program for study abroad students with the Scuola Lorenzo di Medici in Florence, Italy; worked in the Jewish Board of Family Services LGBTQ Unit; and worked in Greenwich House's HIV Mental Health and Chemical Dependency proHealth and Chemical Dependency programs.

The RAP was prepared and written in collaboration with Reconciliation Australia after Chief Judge Pascoe recognised the opportunity to do so, following on from the work of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Access to Justice Committee's report at the end of 2013 and following the Committee's consultation with legal services who work directly with Aboriginal communities, health services, family violence prevention units and community welfare services.

In that study, the Office of Early Childhood Mental Health Unit and the University of Denver, with support from the Ben and Lucy Ana Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation, partnered to look at the prevalence of ACEs in Colorado, and the impact of ACEs on the physical and mental health of adults and their chiHealth Unit and the University of Denver, with support from the Ben and Lucy Ana Walton Fund of the Walton Family Foundation, partnered to look at the prevalence of ACEs in Colorado, and the impact of ACEs on the physical and mental health of adults and their chihealth of adults and their children.

These factors include the bonds between parent and child, the length of time a child has lived with a particular parent and the stability of that environment, any allegations of physical abuse or domestic violence, the character of visitors to each parent's home, the physical and mental health of each parent, the parenting competence of each parent, the stability of the family unit and each parent's ability to maintain said stability, including the ability and desire to maintain the child's relationship with the other parent.

In other words, as stated in the final report about positive family functioning edited by the Australian Department of Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (2010), family functions refers to a variety of characteristics encompassing several domains such as emotional attributes (e.g., closeness of parent — child relationships, warmth, sensitivity, perceived support, and safety), family governance issues (e.g., members» role, age appropriate rules), engagement and cognitive development, physical health habits, quality of intra-familial relationships (e.g., parent — child interactions, parent - parent relationships, spouse — spouse relationships), and social connectedness (e.g., relationships with the extended family, activities outside the family unit, members» role balance).

Throughout the past couple of years, I have practiced counseling in a variety of settings: working with hospital patients in a rehabilitation unit; conducting online therapy; supporting persons and their families through home health and hospice; and providing mental health services in a community mental health setting.