Discussion:?Community Health Nursing

NU474 Community Health Nursing Unit 2 Discussion: Community Health Nursing

Discussion: Community Health Nursing

Instructions:

Please review one of the following scenarios for your initial discussion post:

Scenario 1: Aging Population

Sousa County is a rural county located near three cities. Demographic profile estimates for Sousa County are close to the trends of state and national percentages. One difference of note is that the percentage of residents older than 65 years of age is higher in Sousa County than are the state’s percentages. Sousa County’s crude death rate is higher than the rates for the state and the nation; this may be attributable to the large number of senior citizens who reside in the county. Each Fall, 10% of the residents over 65 develop symptoms of the Flu. Of those 10%, 25% need hospitalization and 5% die. Discussion: Community Health Nursing

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Scenario 2: Homelessness

The community of Finnytown has identified the need for a shelter to serve homeless women and children. Finnytown currently has a homeless shelter for men. Women and children can obtain health care services there but are not allowed to stay overnight. The Finnytown health care task force performed a community assessment that revealed that a higher number of homeless men than women reside in Finnytown, but the percentage of homeless women is steadily increasing. Results further showed that more women with children than men are living in poverty. The task force speculated that many women who are living in poverty are being overlooked and thus are becoming women without homes.bei

Scenario 3: Migrant Workers

Bogg County is a rural area whose residents rely on farming for income. The most popular crop in Bogg County is tobacco, a very labor-intensive plant. To save money, many farmers employ Hispanic migrant farmworkers who come to the county looking for work. Migrant farmworkers are cheaper to employ than other farmworkers because many of them are illegal immigrants who cannot afford to complain about the low wages.

Scenario 4: Adolescent Health

Glenda R. is a parish nurse for Holy Cross Catholic Church. The church’s youth group teacher has overheard several of the 13- and 14-year-old teenagers talking about dating and sexual behaviors. The community, which includes the church, has seen a recent rise in unprotected sexual activity among adolescents.

Then complete the following steps for your discussion post:

Identify which scenario you have chosen to use for this post.

Identify a potential public health issue based on your chosen scenario.

Provide a written explanation of why it would be difficult to solve the presented problem at the individual level.

Discuss a problem you have identified in your community and how you might use community nursing rather than clinical nursing practices to address it.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

This topic is valued at 40 points. Please review post and response expectations. Please review the rubric to ensure that your response meets criteria.

Peer Response: Unit 2, Due Sunday by 11:59 pm CT

Community Health Nursing

Please respond to a minimum of 2 peers. Include at least 2 of the following in your response:

Ask a peer an open-ended question about their described problem (based on their chosen scenario).

Compare your explanation of why it would be difficult to solve the presented problem at the individual level to theirs.

Comment on the problem in their community.

Evaluate their plan to use community nursing rather than clinical nursing practices to address the problem identified.

Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.