Community Setting for Family Health Nurses

Overview

The family nurse provides care within many facilities in a community.  This is discussed in chapter 17 of your text.  They include nurse home visiting programs, community nursing centers, public health departments, and home education, and community education.  Discuss these facilities in your community as well as access to these resources.  For each resource be sure to include how families in the community benefit. Also discuss three ways in which a family health nurse may be useful in community resources.  Use what you’ve learned about the role of a family health nurse and what he/she may use to help in community settings.

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Objectives

• Examine family health nurse role in various community health settings.

Points: 40

Due Date: Sat, Dec 5 by 8:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST) of the US. (Please note: No late assignments will be accepted for Module 5 assessments.)

References

Minimum of four (4) total references: two (2) references from required course materials and two (2) peer-reviewed references. All references must be no older than five years (unless making a specific point using a seminal piece of information)

Peer-reviewed references include references from professional data bases such as PubMed or CINHAL applicable to population and practice area, along with evidence based clinical practice guidelines. Examples of unacceptable references are Wikipedia, UpToDate, Epocrates, Medscape, WebMD, hospital organizations, insurance recommendations, & secondary clinical databases.

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Style

Unless otherwise specified, all the written assignment must follow APA 7th edition formatting, citations and references. Click here to download a Microsoft Word APA template. Review this annotated student sample paper guide which draws attention to relevant content and formatting in 7th edition APA style. Make sure you cross-reference the APA 7th edition book as well before submitting the assignment. Refer to the ‘LEARNER SUPPORT’ tab for more information regarding APA 7th edition with comparisons to 6th edition.

Number of Pages/Words

Unless otherwise specified all papers should have a minimum of 600 words (approximately 2.5 pages) excluding the title and reference pages.

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Instructions

To be successful, complete the following steps in order:

STEP 1. Review the instructional materials and finish learning activities in this module.

STEP 2. Click here to download the rubric.

STEP 3. Create a new Word document, write your paper based on the above overview.

STEP 4. Refer to APA book and rubric for correctly formatting the paper.

STEP 5. Save the document with the filename: “”Lastname_Firstname_Module_5_Assessment_10” (Example: Smith_Jill_Module_5_Assessment_10.docx)

STEP 6. Submit the document by clicking the link on the left titled “M5 A10 WA: SUBMISSION AREA – COMMUNITY SETTINGS FOR FAMILY HEALTH NURSES”

Note: You will have three (3) attempts to submit a written assignment, only the final attempt will be graded. For each attempt you will receive a SafeAssign originality report. This will give you a chance to correct the assignment based on the SafeAssign score. Click here to view instructions on how to interpret your SafeAssign originality report.

SAMPLE SOLUTION

A family health nurse specializes in helping individuals, families, and communities cope with stress, chronic illnesses, and disability. They help individuals and families make use of the various community facilities and resources as they endeavor to lead quality healthy lives. The nurses also ensure that the community members enjoy the maximum benefits provided by the various facilities.

Community Settings and Resources One of the most common community resources that require the input of a family health nurse is the home visiting program. In this particular community setting, the nurse visits the client in their home or an environment in which they feel comfortable to provide them with social support and | GET AN EXPERT FOR YOUR ASSIGNMENT / the nurse to assess the patient’s home situation and advise on how the patient and their family can make changes to ensure that they all live healthier lives. Additionally, it allows the patient and family health nurse to form a rapport and build trust among each other, especially since the patient…