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NURS4417_Davis: Assignment

Locate community demographics and health information.

Community/Population Needs Assessment (Outline)

Assessment: 

Add a case scenario of the chosen family or population in community settings

Describe the demographics of the chosen family or population.  

Describe the strengths, interests, or risks of the chosen family or population by utilizing appropriate assessment data 

 

Nursing diagnosis:

Includes 3 actual or potential problems & 1 wellness or health promotion nursing diagnosis >>> Include total 4 nursing diagnosis. 

Be based on the assessment data, 

Provides the rationales for prioritization of problems

 

3. Outcome Identification. Include 3 each:

  1. Short term outcomes (Process)
  2. Long term outcomes (Process)

Health status outcomes

 

4. Planning phase: 

Develop the effective interventions based on the appropriate level(s) below : 

Systems Level: In collaboration with all the organizations, services, citizens who are part of the systems intervention

Community Level: In collaboration with all the organizations, services, citizens who are part of the community intervention

Individual/Family Level

 

Appropriately selects interventions among the 17 Public health nursing interventions (http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opi/cd/phn/wheel.html)

The 17 public health interventions: (Intervention Wheel)

Surveillance 

Disease and Health Threat Investigation 

Outreach 

Screening 

Case-Finding 

Referral and Follow-up 

Case Management 

Delegated Functions 

Health Teaching 

Counseling

Consultation 

Collaboration 

Coalition Building 

Community organizing 

Advocacy 

Social Marketing 

Policy Development and Enforcement

 

 

Describes how the plan of intervention can address number 3, 6, 7, & 8 of the 10 Essential Public Health Services. Please review the 10 Essential Public Health Services. The 10 Essential Public Health Services (CDC https://www.cdc.gov/stltpublichealth/publichealthservices/essentialhealthservices.html

The 10 Essential Public Health Services describe the public health activities that all communities should undertake:

Monitor health status to identify and solve community health problems

Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community

Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues

Mobilize community partnerships and action to identify and solve health problems

Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts

Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety

Link people to needed personal health services and assure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable

Assure competent public and personal health care workforce

Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population-based health services

Research for new insights and innovative solutions to health problems

 

 

5. Assurance: Action Component

Utilize basic steps for each intervention,

Include best and actual work/practices when possible. 

 

6. Evaluation Plan: 

Collect evaluation data, 

Compare to outcomes identified, 

Modify interventions as needed and apply results to practice.  

For the case study review how, interventions should lead to goal completion.

 

Be sure you do the following in your write up:

Use systematic program planning to recommend effective public health interventions, including strategy & frequency of interventions, and evaluation methods.

Overall paper is presented professionally in APA style (title page, citations, page format, reference list, etc.).