American Sentinel BSN432 Discussions Latest 2021 May (Full)

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 1 Discussion

Describe the role of the Community Health Nurse as it relates to the Public Health Essentials, QSEN, and IOM Reports.  Compare your role in your current practice to the roles of the community health nurse.  Include a minimum of 2 scholarly references to support your answer.

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 2 Discussion

DQ1 Compare and contrast geographic communities, communities of interest, and communities of solution. Provide a specific example of how a geographic community can move from a community of interest to a community of solution. Provide rationale and include at least 2 scholarly references.   

DQ2 Using demographic information from the 2013 Sentinel City demographic database, as an example, briefly describe the target population that is served by your practice learning site. Discuss at least 2 health status indicators applicable to your target population. Next describe the community assessment model (framework) appropriate for your target population. Include a rationale for selecting this model. What types of information on the CLAS website pertain to the population served by your practice learning site?  Include at least 2 scholarly references – 1 reference should be from a peer-reviewed professional journal published within the past 7 years.  

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 3 Discussion

Discuss two ‘determinants of health’ that impact your target population. Address how these determinants of health contribute to the global burden of disease and how they contribute to health disparities pertaining to your target population.  What is the health ranking for the county where your practice learning site is located? Identify a health concern that impacts your target population for which you will develop an intervention and your rationale for selecting this problem. Include a community health nursing diagnosis that meets one of the Healthy People 2020 objectives.  Discuss which level of prevention you would use to address this health concern and include your rationale for the level of prevention you selected. Include at least 2 scholarly references – 1 reference should be from a peer-reviewed professional journal published within the past 7 years. 

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 4 Discussion

DQ1 Conduct an online visit of your state health department and review your local newspaper or online TV news station (most have an archive) to find an epidemiological event that occurred within the past year in your home county, city, state, or country. Examples might include food borne outbreaks, water contamination, or a disease outbreak. [Ok to use an event that occurred in a neighboring state/country if nothing had been reported in your location within the past year]. Include a description of the event, including the specific location and time period. Include specific information about the host; agent and environmental factors-Does the CDC require mandatory reporting for this event?  Include at least 2 relevant and scholarly references.

DQ2 Based on your initial bus ride through Sentinel City, identify one epidemiological event/issue that could potentially occur in this city. Provide a rationale for why you selected this event/issue and using the epidemiologic process described in Chapter 6, address the following questions: From whom and where in the city would you gather information? What types of data would you obtain to document the problem? What steps would you take to control or prevent this event/issue from impacting the entire city? Include at least 2 relevant and scholarly references. 

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 5 Discussion

Use the first letter of your first or last name to select an infectious disease from the CDC National Notifiable Infectious Conditions list.

Clearly describe the disease, explain the chain of transmission and discuss strategies the nurse would use to decrease the spread of this disease. Include the CDC mandatory reporting requirements for the disease and address how this disease could become a global health issue. In other words, what might cause this disease to spread from the U.S. to other countries?

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 6 Discussion

Discuss the similarities and differences between vulnerable and underserved populations. Identify one vulnerable or one underserved population and address at least two health problems specific to these groups.  Describe two factors that contribute to the vulnerability of these population groups.  Identify three (3) key informants in Sentinel City. Examples of key informants include, but are not limited to: political leaders, health care providers, service providers such as mail carrier or shop owners; and long term residents of the community, members of fire or police department. People who live or work in the community are a rich source of information regarding the community and can often provide data not found in printed form.

Your practice learning site mentor will serve as your fourth key informant. Provide a rationale for why you selected these people as key informants and include 2-3 questions you would ask all of your key informants. Include your mentors’ response to your questions. To protect your mentors’ privacy, use only their initials or professional title (i.e. school nurse).

Go to the Urban and Rural Up-and-Coming Ranking websites and get pollution information for your practice site by entering the zip code or county where your practice learning site is located. Based on this information, include your recommendations to the city council regarding environment health concerns and recommended resources that should be made available to address the needs of the vulnerable and underserved populations in Sentinel City. Discuss other ways the nurse can advocate for vulnerable and underserved populations.

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 7 Discussion

You oversee Disaster Management for Sentinel City.  The healthcare team has just been notified that there was a tornado that ripped through Casper Park and Acer Tech Center in Sentinel City.  You visit these areas of the city and observe services, routes, and populations that are impacted due to the tornado.

Describe the potential public health effects, infrastructure damage and environmental hazards related to the tornado.

Describe the members and roles of the emergency management team and organizations (public and private) that would be activated in Sentinel City.

Considering each phase of emergency management:  Preparedness:  What steps should you as the community/public health nurse take to prepare the citizens of Sentinel City for this type of disaster? Response:  You are the only nurse at the scene.  What actions would you take? Recovery:  How would you handle recovery efforts for the city?  What specific things should be addressed?

You must use at least 2 scholarly references besides your textbook to support your answer.

BSN432 Community Health Nursing

Module 8 Discussion

Reflect on the learning that occurred during this course.  Identify 2-3 areas of learning that enhance your current practice.  Share with your classmates any additional thoughts you have after completing this course.

You must use at least 2 scholarly references besides your textbook to support your answer.