Discuss educator role of the nurse to help patients assume responsibility for their own care
PLEASE USE PEER REVIEWED ARTICLE AND ATTACH THE ARTICLE. The objective of this Community Health research assignment is to look at events and health issues impacting public health. You will focus on the nurse’s role in providing education and care to increase life expectancy, quality of life and productivity. The challenges in community-based health care are numerous. Choose a topic of a current event or health problem impacting public health. Some of these events and problems include: the homeless population and immigrant populations, assessing levels of lead poisoning in young children, patients with mental illness, CRE, MRSA, Ebola (international), HIV (local, national, international), MERS, outbreaks of head lice, natural disasters affecting water supplies, fires destroying homes/towns and the impact, nosocomial infections, prison populations, school violence, etc. These are a few ideas for this assignment but it is not exhaustive. Choose a Nursing Journal article and an appropriate nursing/medical website related to your selected topic to help you find information for this assignment.
Introduction
• Name and definition of Public Health Problem
• Incident rates
• Vulnerable locations and populations
Literature Review
• Provide a brief overview from the literature of the current event or health problem
• Discuss related areas of literacy, social lifestyles, and economics as they apply
• Risk factor modification, education, and services available for this public health problem
• Complications or problems associated with this event or health problem
Assessment of the Nurse’s Role
• Discuss individualized care within the context of the patient’s community
• How the nurse serves as mediator for problems within patient’s community
• How the nurse serves as patient advocate in planning of care
• Discuss educator role of the nurse to help patients assume responsibility for their own care
• The role of the nurse in case finding and tracking incident rates of illness or issues relating to events
Summary
• Write a conclusion
• Discuss what you have learned from this assignment
• Discuss the role of the nurse
Evaluation
• Discuss your personal observations related to this topic
