WU Community Health What Is the Role of The Nurse Leader in Population Health Essay

Part 1 – Community Health Issues

To prepare for this assignment, the requirement includes reading the assigned chapters in your Stanhope and Lancaster text. Then, call the Department of Health or your local Public Health Department and speak to a nurse. Find out the top health concern(s) for your community. Please focus your attention on the unique tools that nurses who work in the community utilize to care for populations, including the Intervention Wheel.

Please listen to Dr. Attia’s Ted Talk in the resources for this week and then respond to the following questions:

• Pick a top health issue in your community and describe some ways in which a nurse might improve this issue at the population level.
• Are the problems that your colleagues are sharing the same as you are seeing in your communities, or are they different?
• Help each other consider different aspects of intervention(s) at the system and community levels of care to address health problems in their own communities. Consider Dr. Attia’s profound message as you respond to your peers and think outside the box.

Resources Includes:

Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2020). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

• Chapter 1, “Public Health Foundation and Population Health” (pp. 1-21)
• Chapter 11, “Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice: The Intervention Wheel” (pp. 231-254)
• Chapter 31, “Health Equity and Care of Vulnerable Populations” (pp. 697-715)

http://wonder.cdc.gov/http://www.who.int/publicati…

https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_wants_to…

https://www.ted.com/talks/peter_attia_what_if_we_r…

https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/about/foundatio…

** On a side note, there has been an increase in whooping cough especially with minor children of immigrants within the community, who are reluctant to go to the doctor for check up or with illnesses. Most of these immigrants also tends to stay in overcrowded houses with sometimes over 4 families with kids living in a 2 bedrooms apartment.

Part 2 – An epidemic in the community

To prepare for this Assignment, visit the CDC Wonder site in this week’s resources. Investigate the incidence and prevalence of TB in your community. What information did you find? Analyze how your community compares to county, state, or national data for the same topic. Was the incidence and prevalence of each higher or lower than you expected?

Consider the following scenario: This is Debbie’s first year working as a nurse at the local health department in a rural county. Most of her days are spent in the clinic seeing clients who often do not have health insurance.

Over the past month, Debbie has noticed that several young Hispanic men have come to the health department, each diagnosed with tuberculosis. Debbie is concerned about what the outbreak of tuberculosis among the migrant workers could mean for the community. Through a community health profile, Debbie identifies the group of migrant farm workers as being at highest risk for contracting tuberculosis.

Using the Epidemiologic Triangle concept, consider the relationship among causal agents, susceptible persons, and environmental factors. Then, respond to the following:

• As a BSN-prepared community health nurse, what steps should Debbie take next?
• Considering economic and social considerations within the community, what are the primary, secondary, and tertiary interventions that Debbie might use in managing this outbreak?
• Can similar interventions be applied to your community and its TB prevalence?
• What considerations need to be addressed within your community that are different form Debbie’s community?

Resources:

Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2020). Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community (10th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

• Chapter 6, “Environmental Health” (pp. 121-148)
• Chapter 13, “Epidemiology” (pp. 269-298)
• Chapter 14, “Infectious Disease Prevention and Control” (pp. 299-332)
• Chapter 15, “Communicable and Infectious Disease Risks” (pp. 333-355)
• Chapter 17, “Community as Client: Assessment and Analysis” (pp. 370-394)

https://ezp.waldenulibrary.org/login?qurl=https%3A…

http://wonder.cdc.gov/

https://www.ted.com/talks/maryn_mckenna_what_do_we…