Assignment 3: Application Exercise 1 – From Theory to Practice
This is the first of the three application exercises in this course. Please spend some time working through this exercise as it should provide you with a chance to utilize the theory you have learned in a practical way that you will take with you into your practice as a community health nurse.
NOTE: To complete this portion of Assignment 3 valued at 15% of your final grade, you need to complete Application Exercise 1 and then submit your work to your tutor.
Please review the Assessment page of the course before you submit your work to your tutor so that you are aware of how your work will be evaluated. Your tutor will be marking your assignment to see if you have summarized the key findings you discovered in completing the application exercise. Your work will achieve the maximum value/grade if it is succinct and insightful and clearly shows how you have applied the theory learned to a practical situation.
Integrating the Concepts of Population Health, Primary Health Care and Health Promotion
Hopefully, what you have learned in Units 1 and 2 has given you a beginning theoretical foundation and practical tools to use in the role of community health nurse. This application exercise is designed to assist you to use what you have learned in applying the concepts of population health, primary health care and health promotion.
You are the community health nurse in the following case study and your objective is to convince the manager of your community health unit to grant you dedicated nursing time to work with this community beyond your day-to-day community health nursing practice routine of working with families in immunization clinics and home visits.
First – read this short case study:
You are a community health nurse employed in a rural Alberta health unit. In your district, the unemployment rate is over 20%, and the incidence of small grocery store theft has increased markedly during the past year. During routine infant and preschool immunization clinics and home visits you have noted signs of fatigue, anemia, and susceptibility to respiratory infections in family members of all ages. In addition you have noticed that many of the parents that you see in their homes seem to be smoking more. During clinic and home visits, many parents express concern about the adequacy of the diet that they are able to provide, and say that the funding they receive from Social Services is insufficient to meet their families’ basic food needs. The largest urban centre where large discount food stores are available is a four-hour-drive away. Most families in the district do their grocery shopping at the local general stores, where prices are higher. Many of these families have large debts. The owners of these stores are unable to extend the credit lines of many of their customers much further, although they are sympathetic to the overall situation. The general tone within the district towards the employment and economic situation is pessimistic, although many parents do comment during clinic and home visits that they are still waiting for things to “turn around.”
Recently a small group of farmers and local businessmen expressed interest in developing a food bank, although no one has any experience in organizing one. The only condition that they have placed on their offer is that “needy families become directly involved in helping themselves and each other, and nobody just gets a free handout.” The provincial nutritionist, a good friend of yours, has indicated her support and is willing to be involved in consultation and teaching. (Adapted from Athabasca University NURS 436, 2000)
Second – Prepare one of the following for submission to your unit manager.
1. Develop a PowerPoint presentation – Using data supplied in the case study indicate how you, the community health nurse, would work with this community integrating the concepts of population health promotion, primary health care and health promotion. Offer to share your presentation with someone or a group in your network.
2. Develop a written proposal – Using data supplied in the case study outline how you, the community health nurse, would work with this community integrating the concepts of population health promotion, primary health care and health promotion. Offer to discuss your proposal with someone or a group in your network.
Submit your PowerPoint presentation or your written proposal to your tutor for marking via the Assignment Dropbox on the home page. (limit of 5 pages or 20 power point slides (excluding title and reference pages).
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