NR 443 (NR 443)

NR_443 Week 5 Discussion, Disaster Preparedness The date was 10/01/2017. The location was Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was the Route 91 Music Festival. I was in Las Vegas for a World Class Softball Tournament for ages 50 and over in which my husband was a participant. We had considered attending the festival however, in the world of softball tournaments, it is unpredictable when games will be played. We were unable to advance purchase tickets. We chose to forgo the concert festivities sin...

NR443 Week 3 Discussion, Caring for Vulnerable Populations Choose one of the three attached case studies, and reflect on the vulnerable population that the case study portrays. Identify which case you chose. Discuss several risk factors that may impact health outcomes for the vulnerable population in your case study. Identify one agency in your community that can assist this vulnerable group and assess this agency in terms of the 4 A's (see the lesson). Discuss each of the A's separately to ...

NR 443 Week 2 Discussion, Demographic and Epidemiological Assessment 1 For this discussion, you will collect assessment data about your city or county. This post will include information about demographics (general characteristics). You will then find epidemiological data (disease or health behavior rates) about one priority health problem in your community. I currently live in the town of West Orange. I’ve been there since 2000. According to the US Census Bureau, the population of West Or...

Week 1: Determinants of Health What are some factors that make some people healthy and others ill? Healthy People 2020 identifies five determinants of health that influence the health of individuals and populations. Healthy People 2020 describes them as "a range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status" (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, 2018, About Determinants of Health, para. 1). Determinants fall into five categories, including (a) ...

NR_443 Week 7 Discussion, Healthcare Policy Locate a news article or story related to a current event in healthcare policy. Some examples may be, but are not limited to healthcare reform, the Affordable Care Act, prescription drugs, healthcare costs, insurance coverage, healthcare fraud, transparency, or underinsured populations. • Provide a brief overview of the article, and include the URL link. • As a healthcare professional, has this raised any ethical questions or concerns for you? ...

NR443 Week 4 Discussion, Community Settings Community health nurses practice in a variety of settings. Choose one of the following CH settings, and describe what you have learned about the setting and the role(s) of the nurse in that setting (see Nies & McEwen, 2019, Chapters 30-34). Please do not choose school nursing for this discussion because your paper is on school nursing. • Home health nursing • Occupational health nursing • Forensic nursing • Hospice nursing Next study leve...

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...

NR_443 Week 5 Discussion, Disaster Preparedness The date was 10/01/2017. The location was Las Vegas, Nevada. The event was the Route 91 Music Festival. I was in Las Vegas for a World Class Softball Tournament for ages 50 and over in which my husband was a participant. We had considered attending the festival however, in the world of softball tournaments, it is unpredictable when games will be played. We were unable to advance purchase tickets. We chose to forgo the concert festivities sin...

NR443 Week 8 Discussion, Future Directions Review this week's lesson and assigned reading on the nurses' role in population health, and reflect on what you have learned in this course. Address the following questions. • What future concerns are likely to impact public health? • How do you see global health concerns impacting your community? • Identify one way that you can implement population health in your community or workplace. Hello Professor and class, The biggest challeng...