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NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 1 Discussion

Consider the community surrounding your school of nursing. Pick two environmental conditions and assess these conditions. Where do you think you could locate data to support your observations?

 

NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 2 Discussion

Look through several major newspapers for articles that discuss care for the elderly in the community or care for those at the end stage of a life-threatening illness. Then answer the following questions:

A) What is the role of a community health nurse in assisting families in the care of the elderly in their homes?

B) What are some of the barriers related to the initiation of home care services in communities?

C) How does living in an urban area versus a rural area affect home care services?

 

NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 3 Discussion

Within your community, there has been a large increase in teenage smoking, and community leaders are developing a plan to decrease the incidence of smoking. To help them, you will:

A) Develop a research question to address the problem.

B) Determine what kind of study should be undertaken.

C) Design a study to decrease the incidence of smoking in teenagers.

 

NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 4 Discussion

Recently, immunizations have become a major topic in health care at the governmental level. Based on community-level data, you have identified the need to increase immunization rates in the refugee and immigrant population in your community. Whom might you enlist as partners in planning and implementing programs to achieve desired health outcomes at the community level? Why did you select these partners?

 

NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 5 Discussion

You are a school nurse. A student comes into your office and is hesitant to share his thoughts with you. What could you say or do to develop a therapeutic alliance?

NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 6 Discussion

An 86-year-old male parishioner is on hospice care at home, and his daughter, who is a nurse, has been trying to meet all his physical needs around the clock. The pastor, who made a home visit, calls the faith community nurse to express his concern that the daughter is becoming "burned out." How can the faith community nurse engage the faith community as a whole to provide volunteer support to this family?

 

NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 7 Discussion

After viewing your classmates’ presentations, describe some new things you learned about two different vulnerable populations other than the one you researched.

 

NURS340B Public Health Nursing

Week 8 Discussion

As you look back on Sessions A & B of Public Health Nursing, reflect on what you knew then and what you know now about the role of the public health nurse and her/his importance locally as well as globally to various communities.