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In an essay, describe why it is important to prioritize health issues in a community. Identify several criteria that public health professionals may use to determine priority health issues and outline the relevance of the criteria for your community. Provide a minimum of two external citations to support your post.
Identify a solvable problem in our community and write a 1,000-1,200 word MLA style essay that proposes a solution to this problem. The problem should be feasible to solve. As you write, be sure you have a clear idea of who your audience is; is it the mayor? city or town councilman? president of HCCC? owner of a store?
Disaster in the Community.
Read chapter 22 and 28 of the class textbook and review the Power Points under Lectures. Once done, answer the following questions.
1. Identify and discuss the types of disasters.
2. Mention and discuss two natural or man-made disasters that recently occurred and discuss how they affect the community health.
3. Discuss the stages of disaster management.
4. Describe and discuss the role and responsibilities of nurses in relation to disasters.
As stated in the syllabus present your assignment in an APA format word document, Arial 12 font attached to the forum in the discussion tab of the blackboard titled “Week 7 DQs†for grading and in the corresponding week “Week 7 DQs” under the assignment tab to verify originality. A minimum of 2 evidence-based references besides the class textbook must be used. You must post two replies to any of your peers sustained with the proper references and make sure that the references that you use in your assignment are properly quoted in it. A minimum of 700 words is required.
The RN to BSN program at Grand Canyon University meets the requirements for clinical competencies as
defined by the Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE) and the American Association of
Colleges of Nursing (AACN), using nontraditional experiences for practicing nurses. These experiences come
in the form of direct and indirect care experiences in which licensed nursing students engage in learning within
the context of their hospital organization, specific care discipline, and local communities.
Select a community of interest in your region. Perform a physical assessment of the community.
Perform a direct assessment of a community of interest using the “Functional Health Patterns Community
Assessment Guide.”
Interview a community health and public health provider regarding that person’s role and experiences within
the community.
Interview Guidelines
Interviews can take place in-person, by phone, or by Skype.
Develop interview questions to gather information about the role of the provider in the community and the
health issues faced by the chosen community.
Complete the “Provider Interview Acknowledgement Form” prior to conducting the interview. Submit this
document separately in its respective drop box.
Compile key findings from the interview, including the interview questions used, and submit these with the
presentation.