HERZING NU474 Unit 2 Discussion Latest 2019 January Question # 00596669 Course Code : NU474 Subject: Health Care Due on: 01/10/2019 Posted On: 01/10/2019 05:35 AM Tutorials: 1 Rating: 4.8/5

NU474
Community Health Nursing

Unit 2
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.

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.