Community Nursing AssignmentI

Criteria

Percentage

DESCRIBE THE COMMUNITY HEALTH PROBLEM (15%)

Describe the community health problem (CHP) in detail in relation to the community.

· What is the CHP? Do not describe the disease process; instead, describe the CHP in terms of the community – how does it impact the community’s health? (5%)

· Why is it a CHP? What evidence supports the fact that the CHP is, in fact, a health problem in the community? (5%)

· Which community members or aggregates are most at risk for this CHP? (5%)

5

5

5

DESCRIBE THE LINES OF DEFENSE (10%)

Describe the normal and flexible lines of defense that exist in the community.

· What evidence supports the normal line of defense in the community? (5%)

· What evidence supports the flexible line of defense in the community? (5%)

5

5

IDENTIFY EXISTING COMMUNITY RESOURCES (20%)

Community resources are described in terms of primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention and community subsystems.

· What community resources are available to address this CHP at the primary, secondary, and tertiary levels of prevention? (5%)

· Which of the eight (8) subsystems impact the availability and usage of community resources? Identify and discuss at least three (3) subsystems that impact existing community resources. (5% each)

5

15

EVALUATE EXISTING COMMUNITY RESOURCES (20%)

· Evaluation of whether the existing programs are adequate to meet the health problem of the community. Are the existing resources sufficient to address the CHP, taking into consideration the levels of prevention and community subsystems? (10%)

· Discussion regarding the need for additional resources and/or enhancement of existing resources, taking into consideration the levels of prevention and community subsystems? (10%)

10

10

EXPLAIN YOUR ROLE AS A COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSE (30%)

Your role as a community health nurse is explained in relation to the identified community health problem.

· How could you, as the community health nurse, use the identified existing resources? (15%)

· How else could you, as the community health nurse, influence community health in relation to the identified community health problem? (15%)

15

15

PAPER MECHANICS (5%)

Grammar, spelling, syntax, APA format (less than 3 errors in any combination)

5

Total Percentage

100