The Health of a Community: The Project

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A community health assessment is an on-going evaluation process. The community health nurse faces many challenges that impact the health of communities. The community health nurse is adaptable and is able to provide care to a diverse population group with many different health needs. The community health nurse is a critical thinker, an advocate of those who reside within the community and has investigative abilities; they are the educators (Meadows, 2009). Utilizing the nursing process will uncover the health care needs of the community. Through the assessment process the community health nurse will be able to describe the health of the community. Utilizing data on morbidity and mortality of the community facilitates the development of a health plan and identifies risk factors within the community. The purpose of this final paper is to provide the foundation for the work yet to be accomplished in BSN430. This paper will provide the nursing process that was utilized to determine the health needs of the community. This paper will assess the health, health care and preparedness needs of a community. This paper will discuss the community health project that has been chosen and how it was assessed, planned, implemented and how it will be evaluated. The Population of the Community Traditionally rural communities are sparsely populated areas of America. Agricultural areas make up rural populations as well as forest or mountain areas. There are small towns within these rural communities. Statistically rural areas average only 10% of healthcare providers in these areas (Gorski, 2011). This makes providing healthcare services in rural areas a challenge for communities and public health nu... ... middle of paper ... ...cember). Transforming the delivery of care in the post health reform era what role will community health workers play [Journal]. American Journal of Public Health, 101 (12), 1-5. http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2011.300335 Meadows, P. (2009). Community health nursing great challenges and great opportunites. American Journal of Nursing, 19. Retrieved from http://journals.1ww.com/ajnonline/Fulltext/2009/01001/Community... Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2011). Community/public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier Saunders. Perry, H. (2010). Conceptual frameworks: health systems and the community. Retrieved from http://slideshare.net/jehill3/conceptual-frameworks-health-systems Wolf, K. C., & Robinson, Z. (2013, Winter). Unrealized potential [Journal]. Pennsylvania Nurse, 68 (4), 16-21. Retrieved from htt://we.a.ebschost.com

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