Nr443 week 5 discussion Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Week 5 Discussion: Healthcare Policies and Population Health 1. Healthcare policies impact all populations. Now, with the use of social media, policies involvement and awareness are rising. 1. Take a moment to review the Twitter feed for compelling Tweets that are related to healthcare policy and are directly impacting your community or those you care for. 2. Give an overview of a policy or potential policy. Include how it could impact your community or those you care for positively negativel...

Week 3: DQ Resources Assurance is one of the three core functions of public health. Knowing what resources are available is part of this function. Find a resource in your community that could be used as a referral source and share information about the services provided. Who is eligible for the services? What could be done in order to improve the accessibility, acceptability, affordability, or availability of this resource in your community? Make sure to address all four of the A's in your pos...

NR443 Week 6 Discussion, Environmental Health For this week’s discussion I chose to look at the My Health tab on the EPA (2018) website. The 2014 risk for cancer due to inhalation of toxins in the air in Williamson County, Texas is 32 per million. One surprising thing I learned is that the largest contributor to toxic air in my county are secondary sources at 67.3% and that is a measure of ambient concentrations of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein. This is important information to hav...

Week 5: Disaster and Communicable Disease Preparedness Preparing for disasters or communicable disease outbreaks is an important part of public health nursing. Visit the website . Review the steps for being prepared for a disaster. • As a community health nurse, what elements do you think are important to stress to the community? • How well is your community prepared for a potential outbreak or disaster? Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2014). Ready: Prepare. Plan. Stay Informed. Re...

NR 443 Graded Discussion Topic Disaster Preparedness

NR 443 Week 5 Graded Discussion Topic: Disaster Preparedness. CO3: Plan prevention and population-focused interventions for vulnerable populations using professional clinical judgment and evidence-based practice. (POs 4 and 8) CO6: Utilize a systems-based and collaborative approach to address factors that influence the health of a community and population health problems. (PO2) Preparing for disasters, terrorist threats, or communicable disease outbreaks is an important part of public health n...

NR443 Week 6 Discussion, Environmental Health For this week’s discussion I chose to look at the My Health tab on the EPA (2018) website. The 2014 risk for cancer due to inhalation of toxins in the air in Williamson County, Texas is 32 per million. One surprising thing I learned is that the largest contributor to toxic air in my county are secondary sources at 67.3% and that is a measure of ambient concentrations of formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, and acrolein. This is important information to h...

NR443 Week 5 Discussion, Disaster and Communicable Disease Preparedness Preparing for disasters, terrorist threats, or communicable disease outbreaks is an important part of public health nursing. • Share an overview of a natural or human-made disaster that has occurred in your area in the last 20 years. o Include a URL and reference to the event. This may be a news article. • Describe how your community was impacted. • Describe lessons learned and changes made to preparedness. Hur...

NR443 Week 5 Discussion, Disaster and Communicable Disease Preparedness Preparing for disasters, terrorist threats, or communicable disease outbreaks is an important part of public health nursing. • Share an overview of a natural or human-made disaster that has occurred in your area in the last 20 years. o Include a URL and reference to the event. This may be a news article. • Describe how your community was impacted. • Describe lessons learned and changes made to preparedness. H...

Week 5: Disaster and Communicable Disease Preparedness Preparing for disasters or communicable disease outbreaks is an important part of public health nursing. Visit the website . Review the steps for being prepared for a disaster. • As a community health nurse, what elements do you think are important to stress to the community? • How well is your community prepared for a potential outbreak or disaster? Federal Emergency Management Agency. (2014). Ready: Prepare. Plan. Stay Informed. Re...