Specified objectives:
#1 Describe the characteristics of the community health nursing
#2 Apply the roles of the professional nurse to community setting
#6 Assess factors that affect family health and its impact on individuals, families, and aggregates in their community
#8 Assess a selected community and develop a plan to address health problems in the community
Description:
As I arrived to Lansdale Catholic high school I pulled into a large parking lot with a beautiful field out back. The high school was fairly small, 2 floors with about 6 hundred students total. Each grade had approximately 150 students, the freshman grade being the largest. The school only has one nurse present during the day who handles all the students and faculty. …show more content…
We went to different facilities in different areas such as Center City Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, and Bucks County. By going to the homeless shelter, senior center, and high school, I assessed different age groups and people of different socioeconomic classes.
#2 Apply the roles of the professional nurse to community setting This competency was met by educating about blood pressure at the homeless shelter and providing education on ways to reduce blood pressure in relation to what these people had access too. Since most homeless people do not have a doctor, we handed out slips of paper that had locations of free health clinics in walking distance. We also educated about exercise and cutting down on smoking. I took my professional nursing knowledge about high blood pressure and treatments and related it to the population I was …show more content…
I also taught about health food to eat to keep their sugars in check and the student stated well this is what my mom packs me for lunch.
#8 Assess a selected community and develop a plan to address health problems in the community This competency was met by pulling all the students charts that did not have all vaccinations complete and calling the family to make sure they get those vaccinations within 30 days or else the students would be asked to leave the school until vaccinations are complete. This betters the community because the more people that are vaccinated; the less like the illness is to spread in the
#1 Describe the characteristics of the community health nursing
#2 Apply the roles of the professional nurse to community setting
#6 Assess factors that affect family health and its impact on individuals, families, and aggregates in their community
#8 Assess a selected community and develop a plan to address health problems in the community
Description:
As I arrived to Lansdale Catholic high school I pulled into a large parking lot with a beautiful field out back. The high school was fairly small, 2 floors with about 6 hundred students total. Each grade had approximately 150 students, the freshman grade being the largest. The school only has one nurse present during the day who handles all the students and faculty. …show more content…
We went to different facilities in different areas such as Center City Philadelphia, South Philadelphia, West Philadelphia, and Bucks County. By going to the homeless shelter, senior center, and high school, I assessed different age groups and people of different socioeconomic classes.
#2 Apply the roles of the professional nurse to community setting This competency was met by educating about blood pressure at the homeless shelter and providing education on ways to reduce blood pressure in relation to what these people had access too. Since most homeless people do not have a doctor, we handed out slips of paper that had locations of free health clinics in walking distance. We also educated about exercise and cutting down on smoking. I took my professional nursing knowledge about high blood pressure and treatments and related it to the population I was …show more content…
I also taught about health food to eat to keep their sugars in check and the student stated well this is what my mom packs me for lunch.
#8 Assess a selected community and develop a plan to address health problems in the community This competency was met by pulling all the students charts that did not have all vaccinations complete and calling the family to make sure they get those vaccinations within 30 days or else the students would be asked to leave the school until vaccinations are complete. This betters the community because the more people that are vaccinated; the less like the illness is to spread in the