The Role of the Nurse in Global Health In this week’s media presentation, Dr. Louise Fitzpatrick shared how health and disease are global issues. She pointed out that with the mobility of today’s population, health issues experienced in one area of the world are easily brought to other areas of the world through such means […]

Nurses Working to Prevent Disease at Home According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (2016), a vaccination has not been found to prevent the Zika virus, a disease that has been transmitted to humans through mosquito bites from mosquitoes that are most active during the day. Zika has been found in many […]

Preventing Disease in Communities: The Role of Public Health, the Silent Sentinel   Our “world” starts with our own community, county, and state, then moves out in concentric rings from that point to include our country and eventually the world. Disease is transmitted from person to person through direct contact, or from a source such […]

Nurses Working to Improve the Socioeconomic Status of Impoverished Citizens Through Government Actions The influence of poverty on health is a problem that transcends national borders. This week’s readings discussed some of the political, economic, and ethical issues that lead to health disparities in developed and developing countries. In addition, in this week’s first media […]

Windshield Survey/Community Assessment Conduct a “Windshield Survey” in a section of your community. Instructions for the survey can be found in Stanhope and Lancaster (2020) on page 383, Table 17.5.  As you notice, conducting a Windshield Survey requires that you either walk around or drive around a particular section of the community and take notes […]

Population Based Nursing Care Plan This week, you will be presenting your practicum project to community members, community professionals, or mentors to elicit their opinions about your project and to gather their suggestions for improvement, which you can then incorporate into the document before it is due by Day 3 of Week 6.   By […]

Windshield Survey/Community Assessment   Conduct a “Windshield Survey” in a section of your community. Instructions for the survey can be found in Stanhope and Lancaster (2020) on page 383, Table 17.5.  As you notice, conducting a Windshield Survey requires that you either walk around or drive around a particular section of the community and take […]

Disaster Planning for Public Health Select a potential natural or man-made disaster that could happen in your community. Then, write a 3- to 4-page paper about the disaster from the community nurse’s perspective.   Section 1: The Disaster, Man-Made or Natural   What disasters may strike your community and why? For example, do you live […]

Community Health Issues To prepare for this Discussion, you will be required to read the assigned chapters in your Stanhope and Lancaster text. Then, call the Department of Health or your local Public Health Department and speak to a nurse. Find out the top health concern(s) for your community. Please focus your attention on the […]

Advocating for Social Justice Consider the following topics. In many U.S. communities, low-income populations use the emergency room instead of going to a physician or mid-level provider’s office. They often do not pay the bill for their service, which shifts the cost of their care to other, paying patients at the hospital. This practice drives […]