Nurses play an active role in the community by developing evidence-based, cost effective, high quality, and useful ways to provide care for community members or patients (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2014). The high cost of medical services nowadays has prompted the need for measures to prevent diseases and promotion of health living. Community-based nursing and public health nursing play a vital role in achieving this goal. This paper will attempt to discuss the findings of my clinical experience at the Casa de Merced in Tolleson that houses low-income senior citizens.
Assessment
The community of Casa de Merced is a 41 unit apartment homes for low-income senior citizen. Before one can live there, they have to fit certain criteria; age, income and …show more content…
The Zumba class was scheduled every Monday after lunch. Preceding the Zumba was blood pressure checks for the residents. Our work was made easier by the management of the facility, whose goals was similar to ours; promote healthy living through community activities and exercise. The management of this facility goes above and beyond to set up health programs that educate residents about the needs to stay healthy. Examples of such programs include; better balance classes, assessment of each unit for safety hazard monthly, and educating residents about diabetes and health insurance …show more content…
Once that was identified we developed strategies to work around this obstacle. One of the remedies was to use the manager or the facility, Diana to translate/interpret for us. In order to attain a higher number of participants and make the process fun, we incorporated our teaching topic with the Zumba class. Our teaching focused on ways to control high blood pressure. We discussed the need to cut back of salt and reading of labels for low sodium products, the need to check blood pressure regularly, the importance of exercises and last not the least, medication
Assessment
The community of Casa de Merced is a 41 unit apartment homes for low-income senior citizen. Before one can live there, they have to fit certain criteria; age, income and …show more content…
The Zumba class was scheduled every Monday after lunch. Preceding the Zumba was blood pressure checks for the residents. Our work was made easier by the management of the facility, whose goals was similar to ours; promote healthy living through community activities and exercise. The management of this facility goes above and beyond to set up health programs that educate residents about the needs to stay healthy. Examples of such programs include; better balance classes, assessment of each unit for safety hazard monthly, and educating residents about diabetes and health insurance …show more content…
Once that was identified we developed strategies to work around this obstacle. One of the remedies was to use the manager or the facility, Diana to translate/interpret for us. In order to attain a higher number of participants and make the process fun, we incorporated our teaching topic with the Zumba class. Our teaching focused on ways to control high blood pressure. We discussed the need to cut back of salt and reading of labels for low sodium products, the need to check blood pressure regularly, the importance of exercises and last not the least, medication