According to Stanhope & Lancaster, they cited the World Health Organization’s definition of community as a group of people in a defined geographical area that share a common culture, values and norms, and are arranged in a social structure based on the community’s development over time. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 397, 2012). There are three factors in community: people, place and function. (Stanhope & Lancaster, p. 397, 2012). These three factors are what we as potential community health/public
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Family Nursing Diagnosis Susan Kenney, RN NUR/405 June 9, 2014 Beth Edwards, MSN, FNP-BC Family assessment, roles and structure The family I have been working with consists of three sisters who live in a house owned by the eldest of the three, C.H. C.H. is a 64 year old Caucasian female who was born with cerebral palsy and mental retardation. She has never been able to walk, and her mentation never progressed past the age of an approximately 4 year old child. She lived at home with her
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Community Health and Population Focused Nursing Community Assessment Western Governor’s University Mary Piersanti Identification of Community The city of Gilbert, AZ lies southeast of the metropolitan area of Phoenix, AZ. Gilbert has a population of 229,972 residents. The city of Gilbert is in the county of Maricopa. Land area is 43 square miles with approximately 5,354 residents per square mile. The metro area of Phoenix, AZ (including Gilbert and it’s other suburban areas) is known for
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According to Healthy People 2020, older adults over 65 years old with at least one activities of daily living limitation or live in a long-term care facility was 29.3% in 2007, and increase to 32.2% in 2011, and the desired target in 2020 is 26.4% (Healthy People 2020, see Figure 1). The demand for long-term care is growing up. United States is facing a growing shortage of nurses, with around
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Reflection Cynthia Caston NUR/405 March 31, 2013 Willadene Walker-Schmucker Community Assessment Reflection Community Health Partnerships It is so important for different agencies in the community to partner with each other, this helps ensure that people get directed toward the community resource they are in need of. In my families community The Clay County Health Department does eligibility assessments and referrals for social services in addition to all the services they provide themselves (Clay
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C228-Community Health Nursing-Task 1 Western Governors University Identification of Community Along the northern-end of Utah’s Wasatch Front is a scenic region of land known as Weber County. This county ranges from the peaks of the Wasatch Mountains into a portion of the Great Salt Lake of the lower valley. The Weber and Ogden rivers and their tributaries run through its valleys (Weber County, 2015). Weber County is the second smallest county in land mass and has the fourth largest population
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(2016), “are those that are at greater risk for poor health status and that have poor access to health care” (p. 716). Generally, the population who is considered to be vulnerable are the people who live in unsafe areas, work in stressful environments, live on unhealthy and fast food, unable to afford healthy foods, lack of physical activity, and do not have health insurance. This group is considered to be a subgroup of the population that are at higher risk for multiple health problems due to environmental
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By 2020 ¾ of americans will be obese. Yes. Undeniably yes. Americans do have a weight problem and the only way to fix it is to first admit it. The facts are there and this is an important issue. Of course nobody believes that being overweight is a good thing, but the problem is being largely ignored. As Zig Ziglar once said “the first step in solving a problem is to admit that it does exist.” In 1990, 56% percent of overweight americans were working to lose weight, today only 49%. This number is
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Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Mary Lou Lamer NUR/405 January 25, 2013 Dawn Warner Windshield Survey Summary and Reflection Introduction “Although it is necessary to identify health risk factors among individuals and groups in the community, it is of paramount importance that nurses learn to identify and work with health problems of a defined population or the total community”. (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2012, pg. 395). The “windshield survey” is one method that the nurse can
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San Diego County Community Health Rhonda Mohler Western Governors University Community Health and Population Focused Nursing C228 Marc Gayol June 30, 2014 San Diego County Community Health San Diego California shares a border with Mexico and has an estimated population of 3,211,252. It is a diverse and multicultural population comprised of 32.7% Hispanics, 47.6% Whites, 11.6% Asians, and 5.6% are Blacks (State & County QuickFacts, n.d.). San Diego has a long history with the US Military;
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