NR 443 Week 4 Assignment: Community Settings and Community Health Nursing Roles.
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to describe the community health
... [Show More] nursing role of the home health nursing in the community setting of your choice. Health promotion nursing interventions and a professional nursing organization related to this role will also be examined.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following Course Outcomes.
CO5: Analyze the nursing roles in providing comprehensive care in a variety of community health settings. (PO 1)
CO6: Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO 2)
Directions
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Roles Assignment.
This APA paper is expected to be no more than four pages in length (not including the title page and reference list). Below are the requirements for successful completion of this paper. Please use the recommended APA Template linked below, which incorporates the following categories as the first level headings on your paper. APA formatting helps you to organize your paper in a professional manner and provides consistent methods for citing your sources and completing your reference page. See the documents in the APA category in Course Resources for assistance with APA formatting. The Student Success Strategies resource has great sections on writing scholarly papers and APA formatting.
The role for this paper must be on Home Health Nursing (not including hospice).
Click to view and download the NR 443 Community Settings APA Template (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. to complete your paper. The template is formatted with the appropriate running head, title page, page numbers, paragraph formatting, and most of the headings. Please edit the headers and title page with your specific information. You are also encouraged to view the Week 4 assignment tutorial found at the end of the Academic Integrity Reminder.
Read the chapter of your textbook on the role and take notes based on the outline below.
Locate and read at least one scholarly peer-reviewed journal article that is not assigned in the course related to a nurse’s role in health promotion in this setting. Go to the Chamberlain library at http:/library.chamberlain.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.. Search peer reviewed journals to find a scholarly article on this topic. The article must be less than 10 years old (less than 5 years is best).
Thoroughly address the following categories using the APA Template that is provided.
Introduction (one paragraph):
The introduction should be interesting and capture the reader’s attention.
Introduce the assigned community health nurse role and a community setting where this nurse may work.
Introduce your community and where/how this CHN role is utilized in your community
Identify population(s) served by this role in your community
Include a purpose statement
Community Setting (two to three paragraphs)
Describe a practice setting for the assigned CHN role.
Describe the population(s) served in this setting.
Discuss three health services provided by the assigned CHN role in this setting.
You may use your textbook or an outside scholarly source to address these sub-points.
Health Promotion Nursing Intervention (two to three paragraphs)
Describe in detail health promotion intervention(s) of the assigned CHN role specific to the community setting identified.
Identify people/organizations/community members this CHN role may collaborate with in health promotion interventions.
Include one peer-reviewed journal article discussed that clearly relates to nursing health promotion intervention.
Professional Nursing Organization (two paragraphs)
Provide a detailed description of a professional nursing organization that supports nurses in this role in your own words. Search the text, your article, or the Internet for one professional organization that supports nurses in this role. If you can’t find an organization specific to this group, search the American Nurses Association (ANA) website for information on this role. Cite the organization in the body of the text with (organization name, year), and include a complete reference on the reference page.
Discuss one professional issue that this organization is addressing related to this CHN role.
Summary (one paragraph)
The summary reiterates key points about:
The CHN role and community setting
Health promotion intervention
Professional organization
Includes a concluding statement.
Reference Page:The reference page should start on a new page (insert a page break). All references should be cited within the body of the paper as (author or organization, year), and the full reference should be included in APA format on the reference page. A URL link alone is not an adequate reference. See the Chamberlain Guidelines for Professional Writing in the APA Folder in Course Resources for examples of properly formatted references.
Guidelines
The setting for this paper must … on Home Health Nursing (Not including hospice).
Application: Use Microsoft Word 2010 or later to create this assignment on the template provided.
We highly recommend that you used the specific APA paper template for this assignment linked above as the headings are already included.
Scholarly Writing: APA format is required. Review APA documents Course Resources, and use the free resources of tutor.com for writing tutors. Length: This paper is expected to be no more than 4 pages in length (not including the title page and reference list). Quotations should be minimal—please paraphrase your sources. A maximum of one quotation should … used for this paper.
Save your paper with your last name in the document title (e.g., Smith Community Settings).
Submission: Submit your paper by 11:59 p.m. MT Sunday of Week 4.
Late Submission: See the course policy on late submissions.
Best Practices in Preparing the Paper
The following are best practices in preparing this project.
Follow the guidelines above carefully.
Use only the assigned CHN role
Complete you own work.
Use the provided APA assignment specific template.
Ask you instructor if you have any questions.
Visit the SSPRNBSN Student Success resource for help with writing a scholarly paper, APA formatting, and library navigation. This should be one of your course tiles.
Use the 1st column of the grading rubric to make sure all elements of the paper are …
Cite all sources within the paper as well as on the reference page.
Proofread prior to final submission.
Check for spelling and grammar errors prior to final submission with Grammarly.com or the free tutor available through the Tutoring link in the course.
ANSWER
For this week’s topic of discussion, I chose to talk about the setting and role of the Community Health Nurse in the school health setting, as well as an objective from Healthy People 2020 regarding that of bullying among adolescents. At-risk health behaviors typical for teens among the school-aged group tend toward things like violence, irresponsible sexual activity, poor dietary intake, suicide, inadequate physical activity, reckless driving, and the use/abuse of drugs, alcohol, and tobacco (Nies & McEwan, 2019). Community Health Nurses who specifically care for this aggregate population see students for everything from simple medical complaints to immunizations, mental health, health education, to learning disability screening (Nies & McEwan, 2019). Nurses, in this setting, function as a bridge between home and their health care provider (Nies & McEwan, 2019). School Nurses can also administer daily medications, perform vision tests and hearing tests, provide first aid, and provide parents with resources within their community (Nies & McEwan, 2019). NASN (2011) defines the role of the school nurse as “a specialized practice of professional nursing that advances the well-being, academic success, and lifelong achievement and health of students.” School Nurses also “facilitate positive student responses to normal development; promote health and safety, including a healthy environment; intervene with actual and potential health problems; provide case management services; and actively collaborate with others to build student and family capacity for adaptation, self-management, self-advocacy, and learning” (Nies & McEwan, 2019).
One of the most common issues related to a school-aged adolescent is stress. Stress can lead to more serious symptoms such as eating disorders, substance abuse, anger issues, class absenteeism, problems sleeping, physical exacerbations, sexual promiscuity, depression, and even suicidal ideations (Nies & McEwan, 2019). Depressive disorders usually begin in school-age years and have a direct correlation with the risk of suicidal behaviors (Nies & McEwan, 2019). As a School Nurse, it is especially imperative to be fully aware of typical warning signs and students in need of a mental health referral to a professional (Nies & McEwan, 2019). One such cause of depression can be related to violence, which is a significant risk factor affecting a student’s physical and psychological health (Nies & McEwan, 2019). Warning signs of Violence come in many forms indicating neglect or abuse (e.g. physical, emotional, or sexual) and can ultimately lead to criminal behaviors in some (Nies & McEwan, 2019). In the past decade, many of us have seen the effects of violence among adolescents in the form of school shootings.
A specific issue of interest that I keep hearing about in recent years, but has always been a problem, is bullying and its more recent partner-in-crime trend, cyber-bullying. The healthy objective topic I chose to address this issue, as a community health nurse relates to Violence Prevention – IVP-35 Reduce bullying among adolescents (USDHH, 2016). According to this data, nearly 20% of all high-school aged adolescents report they were bullied at school in 2009 (USDHH, 2016). While some studies suggest that bullying may stem from abuse during an adolescent’s past childhood, one study collected data to find the correlation between bullying behavior and abuse from current adult family members (Fujikawa et al., 2016). According to this study, more students identified themselves as victims of abuse from current adult family members than students who were not exposed to abuse from current adult family members (Fujiwaka et al., 2016). Additionally, the study also revealed there was an increase of suicidal ideations among adolescents dealing with abuse at home (Fujiwaka et al., 2016).
There are many methods and resources that we as community health nurses can use to identify, assess, advocate, and intervene for students whom we suspect are victims of bullying. We can start by noticing common clues that indicate certain health risks, such as depression, that can lead to bullying (Loftus, 2013). It is also important to be aware of common victims, which can be LGBT teens, ethnic minorities, teens with learning disabilities, and teens with physical limitations (Loftus, 2013). Antidiscrimination and anti-harassment policies can be put in place that include LGBT and ethnic diversities to help establish a societal norm, which in turn can change a student’s perceptions (Loftus, 2013). We as community health school nurses must also make sure we utilize specific interventional strategies to identify the root of the issues (Loftus, 2013). Additionally, these policies must be consistently implemented to foster a supportive and protected environment (Loftus, 2013). It is a good idea to raise awareness and gather input from teachers as well as other classmates who are more likely to witness such behavior. As school nurses, we are in a unique position to gain trust with adolescents. Students know we will not be handing out a grade and remain neutral. While bullying has and will always be a natural course of nature for some, there are still ways to end this cycle. Some online resources include www.stopbullying.gov, www.pacer.org, www.stompoutbullyingorg, and www.anitbullyingnetwork.net.
References:
Fujikawa, S., Ando, S., Shimodera, S., Koike, S., Usami, S., Toriyama, R., & ... Nishida, A. (2016). The Association of Current Violence from Adult Family Members with Adolescent Bullying Involvement and Suicidal Feelings. Plos One, 11(10), e0163707. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0163707
Loftus, T. (2013). You can help stop the cycle of teen bullying. American Nurse Today, 8(3). Retrieved from https://www.americannursetoday.com/you-can-help-stop-the-cycle-of-teen-bullying/
National Association of School Nurses: Role of the school nurse. 2011, Available from .
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2019). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (USDHH). (2016). Healthy People 2020: 2020 topics and objectives. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. [Show Less]