Assignment 5 Family as Client: Public Health Clinic
Objectives
• Apply the public health nursing process to families. (Measured in virtual experience)
• Examine the impact of health disparities on health; barriers and facilitators to adequate
healthcare, community assets/resources for improving health from an ethical
perspective. (Measured in curricula)
• Evaluate evidence-based community health/public health nursing interventions to
address health disparities in a given population, emphasizing the roles of advocate and
collaborator. (Measured in virtual experience)
Competency *
1. Applies the public health nursing process to communities, systems, individuals, and
families.
2. Utilizes collaboration to achieve public health goals.
3. Establishes and maintains caring relationships with communities, systems, individuals,
and families.
Complete the Readings:
• Chapter 6 and 7 in ATI book
• Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Overview and How it Relates to Health People
2020. Read the pages on SDOH.
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/social-determinants-of-
health (Links to an external site.)
• Promoting Health Equity: A Resource to Help Communities Address Social
Determinants of Health pages 6-10 and select one case study to read from pages 12-
30.
https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/pdf/SDO
H-workbook.pdf (Links to an external site.)
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, Video Simulations:
1. Review the simulation.
2. While watching put yourself in the nurses role.
3. Consider how you would respond.
Reflections:
Complete the template below. The section will expand as you type into it.
Simulation Assignment Template and Rubric
Item Response Possible
Points
Assignment
1. How did the interprofessional • It united different professionals such
conference use collaboration to as social workers, school teachers, 20
achieve public health goals? and public health nurses to help
2. What do you see as the strengths Halimo and his parent to create a plan
and weaknesses of the conference? of care. They did this effectively by
brainstorming and listening to the
Name at least one strength and one
concerns of the parents.
weakness.
• A strength of this collaboration is that
all of the professionals were open
minded and empathetic, as well as
the parents in the simulation were
open minded and complying. Open
and honest communication is vital to
creating a plan of care that will be
effective.
• A weakness of this conference that I
saw is how it can make parents feel.
Halimo’s parents expressed shame
and guilt about not working with him
more and for the times they just let
him watch tv. Having a bunch of
experts telling parents they need to do
this and that can feel intimidating and
like you’re receiving a lecture. If
parents feel like they are being
reprimanded they might not want to
receive help and no progressive care
plan can be made.
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Objectives
• Apply the public health nursing process to families. (Measured in virtual experience)
• Examine the impact of health disparities on health; barriers and facilitators to adequate
healthcare, community assets/resources for improving health from an ethical
perspective. (Measured in curricula)
• Evaluate evidence-based community health/public health nursing interventions to
address health disparities in a given population, emphasizing the roles of advocate and
collaborator. (Measured in virtual experience)
Competency *
1. Applies the public health nursing process to communities, systems, individuals, and
families.
2. Utilizes collaboration to achieve public health goals.
3. Establishes and maintains caring relationships with communities, systems, individuals,
and families.
Complete the Readings:
• Chapter 6 and 7 in ATI book
• Social Determinants of Health (SDOH) Overview and How it Relates to Health People
2020. Read the pages on SDOH.
https://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topics-objectives/topic/social-determinants-of-
health (Links to an external site.)
• Promoting Health Equity: A Resource to Help Communities Address Social
Determinants of Health pages 6-10 and select one case study to read from pages 12-
30.
https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dch/programs/healthycommunitiesprogram/tools/pdf/SDO
H-workbook.pdf (Links to an external site.)
Community Health Nursing 2020 University of Texas at Arlington Page 1 of 5
, Video Simulations:
1. Review the simulation.
2. While watching put yourself in the nurses role.
3. Consider how you would respond.
Reflections:
Complete the template below. The section will expand as you type into it.
Simulation Assignment Template and Rubric
Item Response Possible
Points
Assignment
1. How did the interprofessional • It united different professionals such
conference use collaboration to as social workers, school teachers, 20
achieve public health goals? and public health nurses to help
2. What do you see as the strengths Halimo and his parent to create a plan
and weaknesses of the conference? of care. They did this effectively by
brainstorming and listening to the
Name at least one strength and one
concerns of the parents.
weakness.
• A strength of this collaboration is that
all of the professionals were open
minded and empathetic, as well as
the parents in the simulation were
open minded and complying. Open
and honest communication is vital to
creating a plan of care that will be
effective.
• A weakness of this conference that I
saw is how it can make parents feel.
Halimo’s parents expressed shame
and guilt about not working with him
more and for the times they just let
him watch tv. Having a bunch of
experts telling parents they need to do
this and that can feel intimidating and
like you’re receiving a lecture. If
parents feel like they are being
reprimanded they might not want to
receive help and no progressive care
plan can be made.
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