After reviewing Module 1: Lecture Materials & Resources https://stu.instructure.com/courses/34661/pages/module-1-lecture-materials-and-resources, discuss the following:
Who are the clients in Community Health nursing?
What government resources might they be eligible for?
What agencies are responsible for those resources?
Tag: Community Health Nursing
Community Health Nursing
Chose one of the following specialties of nursing:
A. Compare and contrast the chosen specialty (from step 1) to another specialty of nursing practice that you have studied. Chose at least 2 of the following points to discuss and support your views with scholarly evidence:
Focus of nursing interventions
Family and client relationships
Nursing autonomy
Scope of professional responsibility
Nursing roles
B. Discuss how nurses working in your chosen specialty (from step 1) impact the health and wellness of vulnerable populations
Give a specific example from the news or the literature of nurses in the specialty impacting the lives of people in vulnerable populations. Select an example that occurred in the past 30 years.
Example: providing triage or other services after Hurricane Katrina
COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSINGDiscussion Social Factors
There are many factors that make people healthy or ill. This week we will focus on the social factors and determinants that impact health.
It is time to get out into your community!
• Go online to the U.S. Census Bureau at https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/ Links to an external site.(*note, you will be using this website in the Week 2 assignment, so you can get started on collecting all the required data if desired)
o Input your local zip code, city, or county. Try to get as specific data as possible (city, township, county).
o Next, identify the:
Total population
Median income
Percentage or number of persons living in poverty
• Go to your local grocery store, use a flyer, or app. Include the stores name, city, and state. Identify cost for the following items (please note whether items are organic):
o 1 gallon of milk
o 1 loaf of bread
o 1 bag of apples (include price per pound)
o 1 bag of carrots
o 1 large container of yogurt
o 1 2-liter of soda
o 1 bag of chips
o 1 package of cookies
• Utilizing the data collected, discuss social factors that might impact what groceries are purchased. Try to be as specific to your community as possible (location, availability, poverty levels, etc.).
• Discuss how a community health nurse (CHN) could use one of the 17 intervention categories from the Public Health Intervention Wheel to address areas of food security (Nies & McEwen, 2019).
• In your responses to classmates, include comparisons and contrasting information.
Your discussion post should look like:
• Paragraph one: Utilizing the data collected, discuss a social factor that might impact what groceries are purchased. Try to be as specific to your community as possible (location, availability, poverty levels, etc.)
• Paragraph two: Utilizing the data collected, discuss another social factor that might impact what groceries are purchased. Try to be as specific to your community as possible (location, availability, poverty levels, etc.)
• Paragraph three: Discuss how a community health nurse (CHN) could use one of the 17 intervention categories from the Public Health Intervention Wheel to address areas of food security
• Resources: Where did you find your data?
Community Health Nursing
discuss the following:
Who are the clients in Community Health nursing?
What government resources might they be eligible for?
What agencies are responsible for those resources?
Community Health Nursing
Discuss the following:
Who are the clients in Community Health nursing?
What government resources might they be eligible for?
What agencies are responsible for those resources?
Community Health Nursing
Who are the clients in Community Health nursing?
What government resources might they be eligible for?
What agencies are responsible for those resources?
Community Health Nursing
Describe the characteristics of the people you see in Sentinel City: race/ethnicity distribution, age ranges, gender mix.
Signs of poverty/wealth?
Who do you see on the streets-parent with a child, teens, couples, disabled persons?
Anyone in the city you would not expect to see?
Homeless persons, beggars, etc.?
Dogs on or off leash, other animals?
Churches or denominations?
All of the listed observations are clearly addressed and discussed in a comprehensive and detailed manner with 2 or more specific examples.
Additional issues, not listed are addressed.
Target Population
Select a target population of interest within Sentinel City.
Discuss relevant demographic data and health status indicators for your chosen population group.
All of the listed elements in the far-left column are clearly addressed and discussed in a comprehensive and detailed manner using 2 or more specific examples.
Community Health Nursing
Compare and contrast geographic communities, communities of interest, and communities of solution. Provide a specific example of how a geographic community can move from a community of interest to a community of solution. Provide rationale and include at least 2 scholarly references.
Using demographic information from the 2013 Sentinel City demographic database, as an example, briefly describe the target population that is served by your practice learning site. Discuss at least 2 health status indicators applicable to your target population.
Community Health Nursing
Describe the characteristics of the people you see in Sentinel City: race/ethnicity distribution, age ranges, gender mix.
Signs of poverty/wealth?
Who do you see on the streets-parent with a child, teens, couples, disabled persons?
Anyone in the city you would not expect to see?
Homeless persons, beggars, etc.?
Dogs on or off leash, other animals?
Churches or denominations?
All of the listed observations are clearly addressed and discussed in a comprehensive and detailed manner with 2 or more specific examples.
Additional issues, not listed are addressed.
Target Population
Select a target population of interest within Sentinel City.
Discuss relevant demographic data and health status indicators for your chosen population group.
All of the listed elements in the far-left column are clearly addressed and discussed in a comprehensive and detailed manner using 2 or more specific examples.
Community Health Nursing
Select a target population of interest within Sentinel City.
Discuss relevant demographic data and health status indicators for your chosen population group.
All of the listed elements in the far-left column are clearly addressed and discussed in a comprehensive and detailed manner using 2 or more specific examples.