This assignment consists of both an interview and a PowerPoint (PPT) presentation.

Assessment/Interview

Select a community of interest in your region. Perform a physical assessment of the community.

1. Perform a direct assessment of a community of interest using the “Functional Health Patterns Community Assessment Guide.”
2. Interview a community health and public health provider regarding that person’s role and experiences within the community.

Interview Guidelines

Interviews can take place in-person, by phone, or by Skype.

Develop interview questions to gather information about the role of the provider in the community and the health issues faced by the chosen community.

Complete the “Provider Interview Acknowledgement Form” prior to conducting the interview. Submit this document separately in its respective drop box.

Compile key findings from the interview, including the interview questions used, and submit these with the presentation.

PowerPoint Presentation

Create a PowerPoint presentation of 15-20 slides (slide count does not include title and references slide) describing the chosen community interest.

Include the following in your presentation:

1. Description of community and community boundaries: the people and the geographic, geopolitical, financial, educational level; ethnic and phenomenological features of the community, as well as types of social interactions; common goals and interests; and barriers, and challenges, including any identified social determinates of health.
2. Summary of community assessment: (a) funding sources and (b) partnerships.
3. Summary of interview with community health/public health provider.
4. Identification of an issue that is lacking or an opportunity for health promotion.
5. A conclusion summarizing your key findings and a discussion of your impressions of the general health of the community.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA format ting guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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PART 2 of the assignment 

 

1.4 Participate in health care policy development to influence nursing practice and health care.

Research public health issues on the “Climate Change” or “Topics and Issues” pages of the American Public Health Association (APHA) website. Investigate a public health issue related to an environmental issue within the U.S. health care delivery system and examine its effect on a specific population.

Write a 750-1,000-word policy brief that summarizes the issue, explains the effect on the population, and proposes a solution to the issue.

Follow this outline when writing the policy brief:

1. Describe the policy health issue. Include the following information: (a) what population is affected, (b) at what level does it occur (local, state, or national), and (c) evidence about the issues supported by resources.
2. Create a problem statement.
3. Provide suggestions for addressing the health issue caused by the current policy. Describe what steps are required to initiate policy change. Include necessary stakeholders (government officials, administrator) and budget or funding considerations, if applicable.
4. Discuss the impact on the health care delivery system.

Include three peer-reviewed sources and two other sources to support the policy brief.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. 

1. How has the role of the strategic planner changed over the past several decades? What new skills will be essential for the strategic planner?
2. How does the scanning process create a “window” to the external environment? How does the window concept help in understanding organizations and the types of information they produce?

Professional Development: 

1. Using the questions listed in Exhibit 2-8 (p. 68), as your basis discuss strategic assumptions and how you would respond to them in a strategic planning assessment.

  

Read chapters 20 of the class textbook and review the PowerPoint presentations located in the PowerPoint folder. Once done answer the following questions.

1. Identify and discuss disaster types.

2. Explain the disaster planning process and nursing participation.

3. Work on the following case studies;

A. Case Study # 1

As a county health department nurse, your supervisor has informed you that the local Emergency Management Team is issuing a warning of impending disaster as an F3 tornado is expected to hit your large, metropolitan city within the hour. 

a. Which emergency measures would you expect to have already been in place?

b. What are your potential activities during each phase of the emergency management response?

B. Case Study # 2

A plane crashed while landing on the runway during a snowstorm. The plane was not able to stop in time and slipped off the end of the runway onto a busy interstate highway. Public health nurses were expected to respond to this disaster as well as many first responders. (Learning Objectives: 1, 2, 5)

a. What are the responsibilities of public health nurses in disaster management?

b. Public health nurses have been requested to use the START model to assess the cars involved in the plane crash on the highway. What is the START MODEL, and how are numbers assigned to the individuals?

c. The houses in a two-mile radius around the airport have been requested to evacuate the area because airplane fuel is leaking into the river located directly next to the airport. What guidelines should be considered for individuals requested to evacuate?

d. When the public health nurses were color coding for prehospital triage, what do red and black color codes mean?

APA style (intext citations and references)

Plagiarism FREE

3 references (in less than 5 years)

800 words

  

Respond to the discussion below, use APA format and subheading for each individual question. The attached textbook should be used with 5 other reference. 

1. 150 words—Of the three personal health records programs listed below, which sounds the most appealing? Why? Which seems to be the most innovative or forward-thinking approach?

2. 150 words– The most practical? 

3. 150 words–The most secure?

4. 150 words–What are risk and benefits associated with utilizing personal health records? 

5. 150 words–How can utilizing personal health records enhance client care and outcome? Provide examples. 

MyHealtheVet

Athenahealth’s electronic health records.

Kareo personal health record system. 

One of the principles of an ideal PHR is data sharing; another is data ownership, control, and privacy. 

1. 150 words–Do you see any potential conflicts between these two principles? Provide example and relational. 

2. 150 words–How do you think these issues can be resolved in the practical use of the PHR?

3. 150 words–What security risk is associated with data sharing within the healthcare setting? 

4. 150 words–How can health providers and information technologist client safety when sharing data? Provide example. 

This project has to be in APA format, it is evaluated by Turnitin and it is about human growth and development. I selected Chapter 2 and within it the module 2.3. I post two PowerPoints with summaries of that module and the pages of the book for which I am taking the class. It’s just talking about module 2.3.