NU450 Public Health Nursing Population Centered Health Care in the Community

Equity and access to care in my community are influenced by several demographicfactors such as education, health literacy, religion, preference, and skewed health beliefs asexplained by Lopert & Rosenbaum (2007) &Demarco & Healey-Walsh (2019). In my area,obesity in children is a significant issue influenced by a balanced diet and sufficient physicalexercise (Colorado Department of Public […]

This course contains Assignments where you will be required to submit a Practice Experience Log. This document will be used to record the number of practice experience hours and the type of practice experience activities. Students who fail to submit the Practice Experience Log to the Dropbox with the specified Assignment will post a failing grade […]

Assignment Details Note: You have two Assignments to complete. You must complete each as they are graded separately. Assignment #1: Analysis of a Community’s Health Course Outcome NU450-4: Develop collaboration with community partners regarding health data, services, resources, and programs. Introduction You know that many factors affect the public’s health. In order to take action to improve population health […]

Challenges for Elders in Rural Areas Elders in rural areas face a range of problems that include lack of access to healthcare, distance, lack of transportation, social stigma and privacy issues, and poor health literacy. Lack of access to care mainly attributed to lack of health insurance coverage (Warren & Smalley, 2014). A June 2016 […]

The major health problem in Borough Park Revolves around a high incidence of cancer and heart disease, and the reluctance to conduct screening and preventive measures. Cancer and Heart disease remain the highest causes of mortality in the community, but Cancer is the leading cause of death. Many residents have not yet received screening for […]

This course contains Assignments where you will be required to submit a Practice Experience Log. This document will be used to record the number of practice experience hours and the type of practice experience activities. Students who fail to submit the Practice Experience Log to the Dropbox with the specified Assignment will post a failing grade […]

Note: You have two Assignments to complete. You must complete each as they are graded separately. Assignment #1: Community Assessment Course Outcome NU450-2: Appraise population health and health risks using community assessment, epidemiologic data, and vital statistics Introduction A windshield survey is a kind of community assessment that provides the nurse knowledge of the community of interest. The characteristics […]

According to CDC (2012), dating violence poses potential destructive physical, sexual, orpsychological effects to victims within a relationship. As a victim, Christina is possibly facinghealth risks in all the three scopes: physical, sexual, and psychological. Therefore, the schoolnurse should question her based on these scopes during the assessment (Rippke, Briske, Keller,& Strohschein, 2001). Examples of […]

I met with a public health professional at Maimonides Medical Center in Borough Park,Brooklyn, with whom I discussed the state of health in the community. My assessmenthighlighted the overall status of the community, strengths and weaknesses of the community, andthe need for health education and advocacy. The geographical location does not pose dangersand threats to […]

Recommendations for HPV vaccine The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) puts forth three majorrecommendations with reference to Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccines. To begin with, theorganization indorses vaccination at the age of 11 to 12 years, but immunization may be initiatedas early as at the age of nine through a series of three injections […]