Community Health Practice Settings   Assignment Content   Community health nurses function in many capacities that differ greatly but share core functions.   Compare and contrast the role of the community health nurse in at least 2 community health practice settings (i.e. school nurse, home health nurse, correctional nurse, public health department nurse).   Discuss […]

Clinical Action Plan: Family Assessment   Assignment Content   The Clinical Action Plan will involve one initial family assessment visit and one follow-up visit to implement the plan (based on the family assessment data). Ensure that a signed Consent and Release of Liability form has been submitted to the instructor in the Week One assignments […]

How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime   Watch the TED Talk, “Nadine Burke Harris—How Childhood Trauma Affects Health Across a Lifetime,” selected from the University Library.   Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:   Is the prevalence of high ACE scores indicative of a public health crisis?     […]

You have been tasked with orienting new registered nurses in the emergency department in your hospital on how to manage child abuse and neglect cases. The orientation should cover child abuse and neglect definitions, prevention, detection, intervention and treatment, reporting, and interdisciplinary resources.   Create an orientation that covers the definition, prevention, detection, intervention and […]

Explore the Center for Preparedness and Response section from the CDC to learn about the resources available to public health officials in the event of emergency or disaster.   Read the Are We Prepared? page section from the CDC for national standards, reports, capabilities, and strategies for improvement in community preparedness and response.   Respond […]

Defining “Health   What are some of the ways people describe their health?   How is the definition of “health” different for different people?

Strategies for Addressing Questions In Week 1 you began building a foundation for your success by considering a network; individuals and teams that can help you to clarify and execute on the vision. A network is most helpful when you are comfortable asking questions. Chances are other members of your network have experienced similar questions […]

Networking Opportunities This week you begin to lay the foundation for your academic and professional success. Your efforts begin with a vision, which includes your own definition of success. Your vision may vary from those of your colleagues, but this does not mean you have to take these first steps alone.   Walden University and […]

To complete this week, after reading chapter one in Melnyk and reviewing the lectures you need to consider the topic of interest to you. List a ONE to two-word topic that you want to explore further and why you are interested in this topic. This topic should encompasses the question that you have been generating […]

To complete this week, after reading chapter two in Melnyk and reviewing the lectures you submit a 2-3 page paper that explores the background of your issue. For this paper #1 you will be defining this issue or disease using the literature.  It will end with the PICOT question.  The parts of your paper should […]