Capella
BSN4014 Unit 1 Discussion 1 & 2 latest
2016
December
dq 1
Our
Global Community
Resources
- Reflect
on the global community we live in and consider the following:
- What
health issue do you feel has the greatest impact on the world today? - What
is the attitude of the United States toward this health issue? - Is
this an issue in your state or in your community? - How
might nursing influence the outcome of this issue?
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Review the posts and respond to the post of at
least one fellow learner. Your response post must answer the following
questions:
- Is
the health issue they have identified in the state/community in which you
live? - Can
you suggest any additional ways that nursing might influence the outcome
of the issue?
Response post should be about 75 words, but
may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an example
from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source. However,
if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of others
in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
dq 2
Public
Health Services
Resources
- Consider
the following for your initial post:
- Describe
the public health services offered in your community. - Do
these services adequately meet the needs of the residents who use the
services? - What
is the role of the public health nurse? - How
could the scope of services be expanded?
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Review the posts and respond to the post of at
least one fellow learner. Compare the public health services in their
communities to the public health services in your community and reflect on the
following:
- How
are they different? - What
similarities do you see? - One
additional suggestion for improving the scope of services offered.
Response post is to be about 75 words, but may
be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an example from
your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source. However, if
you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of others in
your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an outside
source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 2 Discussion 1 & 2 latest 2016 December
dq 1
Health Programs
Resources
- From
your readings, select a national public sector (government) health program
and an international health program and discuss the following:
- Describe
the programs to include the scope and goals of the programs. - Discuss
the advantages and disadvantages of both programs. - How
could these programs be improved?
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Respond to a post of at least one fellow
learner. Consider the following:
- Are
there other advantages or disadvantages that you can see? - What
other suggestions can you offer for improving these programs?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
dq 2
World
Hunger
Resources
- Globally,
malnutrition is a major public health concern, especially in developing
countries. In your post:
- Discuss
the influence of food insecurity on the health status of Americans. - Identify
types of food insecurity and the populations most affected. - Identify
what types of hunger-reduction programs exist both nationally and globally.
How do these programs differ?
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Respond to a post of at least one fellow
learner and consider the following:
- Do
they discuss programs that are different from the ones you discussed, or
the same? - What
similarities are there in these programs?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 3 Discussion 1 latest 2016 December
Riverbend
City: Cultural Competence
Resources
Watch the Riverbend City: Cultural Competence
Mission for this unit. Consider the following:
- How
did the differences in beliefs and values influence the situation? - What
actions might the staff at RCMC have taken to avoid the confusion? - What
is the likely outcome of the situation? - Discuss
the importance of being culturally competent and support your position
with references to your unit readings and one resource not required for
this course.
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Review and respond to post of at least one
fellow learner. Respond by considering the following:
- Do
you all agree as to the likely outcome of the situation? - Are
the actions your peers suggest different from the actions you suggested? - How
would these actions influence the likely outcome?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 4 Discussion 1 & 2 latest 2016 December
dq 1
Epidemiology
Resources
- Select
a community/population-based health problem common in your state and
consider the following:
- Describe
the epidemiology of the problem to include incidence and prevalence rates,
groups affected by the problem, differences in the distribution of the
problem based on group affiliation (for example, is the problem more
common among European Americans, Hispanic Americans, African Americans?
And so on), and local and state programs that address the problem. - Using
the Model of Ecologic Systems, discuss the influence of the micro and
macro system factors on the problem (for example, what macrosystem factors
exacerbate the problem, what microsystem factors minimize or exacerbate
the problem, include why you think the factors affect the problem).
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
For this discussion, respond to the post of at
least one fellow learner who lives in a different state and has identified a
different health problem.
- Research
the prevalence of the health problem you identified in the other learner’s
state. - Discuss
the differences and similarities of your findings then research the
prevalence of the health problem your peer identified in your state and discuss
your findings.
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
dq 2
Global
Citizenship
Resources
- Before
we can deliver culturally competent care we must understand the value of
culturally competent care and consider the following:
- What
is cultural humility? What does it mean to be a global citizen? - What
is the relationship between cultural humility and global citizenship? - How
might these concepts facilitate effective nursing interventions to serve
diverse communities?
Support your position using references from
your unit readings and any other research.
Your initial should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 5 Discussion 1 latest 2016 December
Healthy
People
Resources
- For
this discussion question you will need to select one of the scenarios
presented in the “Scenarios for Health People Discussion” linked
in the resources, as well as visit the Healthy People 2020, before
completing the following:
- Identify
one Healthy People 2020 objective and develop one culturally competent
primary prevention health teaching program applicable to your scenario. - Your
plan must also include one specific nursing intervention, a rationale for
the intervention, and how you will evaluate the intervention. As you
develop your plan, please be sure to consider all relevant factors, such
as biological and environmental influences on health, cultural influences,
and lifestyle influences.
Limit the length of your plan to between 200
and 500 words.
Response
Guidelines
Review a fellow learner’s post. Choose one
post and evaluate its plan while considering the following:
- Have
they offered a sound rationale for each intervention? - Have
they considered all relevant factors?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 6 Discussion 1 & 2 latest 2016 December
dq 1
Riverbend
City: Vulnerable Populations Mission
Resources
- Review
the Riverbend City: Vulnerable Populations Mission for this discussion.
The Vulnerable Populations Mission is focused
on the Ruby Lake community. Within the community is a nursing home where many
of the residents have mobility issues—they ambulate walkers, are in wheelchairs,
and/or immobile. Additionally, there is a large Hispanic population that does
not speak and/or understand English, several families with children with
special needs (such as, autism, attention deficit disorder, and so on), and
mothers with infants, toddlers, and school age children. In the wake of a
disaster, the residents of the Ruby Lake community are frightened and unsure
about what is happening. However, the residents must be evacuated, as the
disaster might lead to injury and possible death. As a public health nurse, you
must decide how to handle the situation, make difficult decisions, and
prioritize the evacuation of the residents of the Ruby Lake community.
For this discussion, prioritize the order in
which you will evacuate the residents of the Ruby Lake community and explain
your choices.
- How
will you communicate the need to evacuate with each population? - What
resources will you use to help with the evacuation? - How
can you make sure that everyone leaves? - What
will you do if someone refuses to leave because they do not fully
understand the severity of the situation?
Also discuss the ethical issues that a public
health nurse will face in this disaster response situation. How would you
address these ethical issues? Support your position with references from your
unit readings and any additional peer-reviewed journal.
Response
Guidelines
Respond to a post of at least one fellow
learner as though you are the Director of Public Health Nursing. Consider the
following:
- Could
you accept the list based on the explanation? - Can
you offer any suggestions to assist with communicating with the Ruby Lake
population?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
dq 2
Planning
for Emergencies
Resources
- Effective
disaster preparedness includes a pre-event plan. Community/public health
nurses can facilitate effective disaster response by ensuring they have
disaster plans for their families, their social groups, and/or their
workplace. Consider your own family, and reflect on the following:
- What
would you do in the event of a disaster? Would you evacuate? Would you
spend time gathering precious memories? - What
information do you feel would be critical to have to ensure appropriate
care for your loved ones? - How
would you ensure the safety of your children? - What
would you do with your pets?
Develop and post your disaster plan for your
family.
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Review the plans of fellow learners and
respond to at least one. Consider the following:
- How
well have they planned? - Did
they include things that are different from the things you have in your
plan? - What
kind of insights has this discussion highlighted?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 7 Discussion 1 & 2 latest 2016 December
Assessing
the Needs of a Community
Resources
- In
Unit 3, you submitted a Windshield Survey of your community. A Windshield
Survey is just one method a community/public health nurse can use to
assess the health of a community. For this discussion, consider the
following:
- Identify
the strengths and limitations of the Problem-Oriented, Single Population,
and Familiarization approaches to community assessment. - How
do they compare to the Windshield Survey in relation to providing the best
health care services for a community?
Your initial post is to be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Respond to a post of at least one fellow
learner. What additional advantages or limitations to these approaches can you
identify?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 8 Discussion 1 latest 2016 December
Health
Care Delivery Systems
Resources
Compare private and socialized health care
delivery systems in relation to how these systems provide public/community
health programs for special populations. This is not a political discussion and
your post needs to address the effectiveness and ineffectiveness, benefits and
limitations of bothsystems
in providing health care to special populations.
Your initial post is to be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Keeping in mind that this is not a political
discussion, respond to at least one fellow learner. The post must reflect the
following:
- Did
they effectively discuss both systems? - Can
you suggest additional benefits and/or limitations?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 9 Discussion latest 2016 December
Leadership
Resources
True leaders possess a variety of qualities
that make them effective and efficient. Discuss the role of leadership in
community/public health and how leadership (or lack of leadership) impacts the
health of local and global communities.
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Respond to at least one other learner.
- Provide
constructive arguments that offer other viewpoints. - Support
your alternate viewpoints using references from your unit readings and
other research.
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 10 Discussion 1,2 & 3 latest 2016 December
dq 1
U.S.
Public Health Service
Resources
The U.S. Public Health Service Commissioned
Corps is a cadre of active duty officers. As one of the seven uniformed
services in the United States, this group of active duty officers is the front
line leader in advancing the science of public health. For the discussion, you
must:
- Briefly
describe the role and function of the U.S. Public Health Service
Commissioned Corps as it relates to public health. - Select
a Healthy People 2020 goal/objective and discuss the role of the U.S.
Public Health Service Commissioned Corps in meeting that goal/objective. - Include
the specific agencies where Commissioned Corps nurses are employed and
their roles with respect to meeting the goal/objective. - Identify
the group you feel is best suited to meet the goal/objective, Commissioned
Corps nurses, or civilian public health nurses. - Explain
your decision and support your choice with references from peer-reviewed
journals.
Your initial post should be about 150 words,
referenced with at least one APA-formatted reference. It can be a text, any
assigned readings, or a reference you find on your own through the Capella
Library.
Response
Guidelines
Respond to a post of at least one fellow
learner as you analyze their post. Consider if they had selected a different
Healthy People 2020 objective; would their choice of group best suited to meet
the objective still be the same?
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
dq 2
Western
and Non-Western Health Care
Resources
Discuss the value of both Western and
non-Western health care practices when working with diverse populations.
- Provide
one example of how Western health care practices can be effective when
working with diverse populations. - Provide
one example of how non-Western health care practices can be effective when
working with diverse populations.
Response
Guidelines
Respond to a post of at least one fellow
learner. In your response:
- Determine
if the post demonstrates a value of both Western and non-Western health
care practices - Offer
one additional way that Western and non-Western health care practices can
be effective when working with diverse populations.
Your response post should be about 75 words,
but may be longer. If you are responding with a personal perspective or an
example from your workplace experience, you are not required to cite a source.
However, if you offer an alternative viewpoint or refer to the ideas or work of
others in your response to a classmate, your response must be supported with an
outside source, which you must cite using APA style.
dq 3
Reflection
Resources
When you reflect on this course:
- Identify
two things covered in this course that stood out for you. - Discuss
why these things were important to you. - Discuss
how these things will influence your nursing practice.
Response
Guidelines
Review the posts of fellow learners. Are there
common themes in the reflections of your peers? There is no requirement to
respond to others for this reflection question, but you may.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 3 Assignment 1 latest 2016 December
Windshield
Survey
Resources
- For
community health nurses to be able to plan effective health services for a
community, it is important for them to understand a community, understand
any health-related issues in the community and the resources available, as
well as the gaps in those resources. For this assignment, you will apply
the skills necessary to understand a community by completing a windshield
survey of a community of your choice. A windshield survey is so named
because it is often conducted from a car (though it can also be completed
on foot, bike, or public transportation) and provides a visual overview of
the conditions and trends that exist in the community that could affect
the health of the population. When completing your windshield survey, keep
in mind that the community you survey will be used as a starting point for
your other assignments throughout the course.
Use the Windshield Survey Template located in
the Resources area to conduct an assessment of your community. You will
determine what constitutes your community, but you should try to limit your
survey to an area of no more than 1–2 square miles.
Note:Be sure to know the area you are surveying. Your safety is
important to us. We suggest that you bring a friend with you. Scan the area for
potential safety issues. Never put yourself or anyone else in potential danger.
Do not bring anything of value with you if you choose to conduct the survey
outside of a car.
Next, identify one or more key health care
issues in the community. These issues could encompass anything from providing
appropriate services for an aging population to dealing with an increase in
incidence of a specific disease. After your health care issues have been
identified, locate and interview two key informants. Key informants are people
who are knowledgeable about the problems in their community. For example, if your
identified health care issue was an increase in teen pregnancies, a school
nurse could be one of your key informants. If your identified health care issue
is an increase in type 2 diabetes, you could interview a person with consistent
contact with a variety of community members—for example, someone like a
minister or a health care professional in a community center. Keep your
interview questions focused on the identified problem from the informant’s
perspective.
While completing your Windshield Survey keep
in mind the following:
- Use
the Windshield Survey Template located in the Resources area. - How
will you describe the boundaries, environment, and culture of the
community? - How
will you describe the health care services in the community? - How
will you describe the health care issues of the community? - What
assets does the community possess with regards to providing health care
services during a crisis? - What
are potential obstacles in the community with regards to providing health
care services during a crisis? - How
will you relate the information from your interviews about community
health issues to your own observations of the community?
When you submit your assignment it should
contain or follow requirements below:
- Title
page. - Windshield
Survey Template. - Interview
questions and responses. - Your
notes on how the responses of the key informants matches or differs from
your observations of the community. - APA
format. - Times
New Roman font, 12 pt.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 5 Assignment 1 latest 2016 December
Service
Learning Experience
Resources
- For
this assignment you are to select a service learning experience in your
community and participate in that experience. Some example of appropriate
service learning experiences include, but are not limited to:
- Attending
a meeting of your local health department. - Attending
a PTO meeting that focuses on a health issue. - Attending
a faith-based meeting that addresses a health issue. - Volunteering
four hours at a homeless shelter or a soup kitchen and observing health
issues related to the populations you are serving.
You may choose the event, but the focus of the
event must be health-based.
In addition, the service learning experience
should also include oneof the
following expectations:
- It
must take place in, or be focused on, the community/neighborhood that you
observed for your Windshield Survey in Unit 3. - It
must involve the diverse or vulnerable population that you described in
your Windshield Survey in Unit 3. - It
must focus on or address the health concern that you described to complete
your Windshield Survey in Unit 3.
Once you have completed your service learning
experience, write 2–3 pagesdetailing
your experience. When composing your report you should include the following
components:
- Title
page. - A
brief description of the event you attended, and why you selected this
event. - A
brief description of how the event was connected to your work on the
Windshield Survey. - A
brief explanation of the purpose of the event you attended (for example,
discussing the spraying pesticides to reduce mosquito population to
control West Nile Virus, a report on the predicted nutritional effects of
adopting a new school lunch program, or to answer questions about a
proposal for community health responses to seasonal flooding, et cetera). - Brief
notes on the impact that community stakeholders had on the focus or
outcomes of the event. - Brief
notes on the impact that community diversity had on the focus or outcomes
of the event. - An
explanation of the impact that the event did have, or could potentially
have, on the health of the community. - A
description in which you detail the impact of the event on the community’s
health and the role nursing might play in the outcome. For example, if you
attended a PTO meeting where the focus was making sure that elementary
school children have PE, the impact might be that PE may reduce the
incidence of childhood obesity, and the role of nursing might be to help
formulate a healthy lifestyle plan. - Minimum
of three resources, including at least one peer-reviewed journal not
required for this course. - APA
Format. - Times
New Roman font, 12 pt.
Capella
BSN4014 Unit 7 Assignment 1 latest 2016 December
Disaster
Response Plan
Resources
- For
this assignment you will be developing a disaster plan to address a hypothetical
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