Yearly Archives: 2022

James Alvarez is a 52 y.o., recently divorced, Latino male; new patient who arrives at the community health clinic for an appointment with a primary care Nurse Practitioner. His chief complaint of abdominal pain and vomiting, fatigue, and weight loss. He notes that although he has experienced overall weight loss, his stomach “looks huge.” As […]

Emil Mowry is a 62 y.o., single, Latino rancher who did not complete high school. He remembers rolling his first cigarette when he was 11 years old. He does not remember ever wanting to quit smoking. For the last five years he has had increasing difficulty breathing. Emil was diagnosed by his Family Nurse Practitioner […]

The purpose of this paper is to address the following clinical scenario with the use of your textbook, external credible literature, and/or reliable electronic sources. Use the guide below to draft your paper and review the rubric to ensure you have met the assignment criteria. The expected length of the paper is approximately 4-5 pages, […]

See Van, a 35-year-old married Hmong-American woman recently underwent an annual Papanicolaou test (Pap smear) at her Certified Nurse Midwife’s practice, and the results were abnormal.  Her provider diagnosed her with low-grade cervical dysplasia.  What alterations at the cellular level would you expect to see with this diagnosis? Provide and discuss with your colleagues S. […]

Public health officials can play a huge part in disaster planning and emergency preparedness.   Evaluate your community or state disaster response plan. Ensure you:   Identify nursing roles and responsibilities during each phase of disaster management. Consider:   Planning   Preparedness   Response   Recovery   Evaluate your community or state’s plan for preparedness […]

Signature Assignment: Clinical Action Plan: Community Health Plan   Assignment Content   Part I   Using the data from your clinical family and community assessments, create a plan in which you:   Analyze the role of community/public health nursing and community partnerships as they apply to the participating family’s community.   Analyze the influence of […]

Imagine you are a community health nurse assigned to care for a family with a newly diagnosed type-2 diabetic member. The diabetic family member, JK, is a 76-year-old African American woman with hypertension and asthma. JK lives in a food desert and does not drive. JK’s family lives out of town.   Evaluate the following […]

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: Community Assessment   Assignment Content   Review Section 21. Windshield and Walking Surveys from Community Tool Box.   Review the Scorecard example provided in Section 18. Creating and Using Community Report Cards from Community Tool Box.   Review the Windshield Survey Resources activity in this week, which includes data analysis and plan/implementation […]

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 […]