Description
The primary focus of a community health nurse is to improve the health of the community. To do this involves using demographic and epidemiological findings to assess the community’s health and diagnose its needs. This assessment is aligned with the module objective “Discuss the elements of practice in community/public health nursing.”
This assignment is not a paper, so there is no cover page. All of the work is completed by completing the attached template. As part of the assignment, you will complete the following tasks: typing data, an analysis of the findings with four (4) references, and community health nursing diagnoses directly on the template.
Compile a range of relevant demographic and epidemiological data found on the community assessment rubric for this assignment. Use the websites listed below, as well as other websites (you can also do a Google search to find the health data you are looking for), gather information about your county and compare it with your state and national numbers.
Example Websites:
Healthy People 2030
U.S. Census Bureau
Quick Facts – U.S. Census Bureau
Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Bureau of Labor Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics
United Way Directory
Visit your local health department’s website for their annual report (some sites provide data by zip code whereas others may not)
World Health Organization Data and Statistics Center
City Data
The data you obtain may vary from source to source. **Be sure to include your source/reference!.
This assignment is not intended to be overwhelming and should take no more than 3-4 hours to complete.
If you are unable to locate data, check with your peers to see where their information was located or you may record “no data available” in the provided assessment template.
Record the most recent data available; the data you record should be dated within the last 5 years;
Complete the assignment using the attached template on STEP 2.
Once you have obtained the required data, in the Analysis Section of the template, write a summary of findings in the space provided. Click on the analysis space and begin typing your summary. Identify actual and at risk health problems from the data that are relevant to your community.
Below the analysis summary formulate 2 (two) community health diagnoses using the data you have collected. Use the Figure 6-3 format in Chapter 6, pp.103 of your textbook.
How your community is doing in comparison with other communities?
NRSE 4540: MODULE 1 ASSESSMENT 2: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT – COMMUNITY HEALTH DIAGNOSES TEMPLATE
Community Statistics
Submit this assignment by end of day Sunday of Week 1.
This assignment is worth 40 points of your final grade.
Name:
Date:
Student ID:
Email
:
NOTE: This assignment is about the experience of using databases to locate information about your
community. Keep in mind as you complete this assignment that you may not be able to locate all
data fields listed in the worksheet.
Record the data you collect into the following tables. Record the source (website) of your data in the
Source Column. Collect the most recent data available (usually within the last 5 years). If you
cannot find that data for a few inquiries just enter “NDA” – No Data Available. However, this should
be limited to two or three areas.
Selected County, State:
Number of population
Public Services and Access to Care
Data MUST be presented as number per 1000 people or in a comparable manner (i.e. percentage by
population)
Provider
County
State
Nation
Source/Reference of Data
Hospitals
Physicians (both
primary care and
specialty)
Overdoses – heroin
Public
transportation
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NRSE 4540: MODULE 1 ASSESSMENT 2: WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT – COMMUNITY HEALTH DIAGNOSES TEMPLATE
Demographic and Ethnic Data (Example: search Google for “Ohio, County Name, and Population”)
Data MUST be presented in a comparable manner (i.e. percentage by population)
Demographic
Variable
County
State
Nation
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