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COURSE

NR443: RN Community Health Nursing

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Directions for Part 1

1. Review the Direct Care Project Overview above. Select topic (Air Quality OR Substance Use) from the table. This will be the topic of your entire course project.
2. View the Direct Care Project Part 1 Tutorial (Links to an external site.).
3. Download the corresponding Assessment and Diagnosis template under Templates below. For example, if you have selected Air Quality as your topic, download the Air Quality Assessment and Diagnosis Template.
4. Collect the data outlined in the template. There are two parts:
   • Online data collection – gather data from the weblinks provided on the template
   • Modified windshield survey data collection – gather local community data by physically looking at your community
     • If possible, plan on asking someone to drive during your survey so that you can take notes.
     • Your community should be the area where you live or the area surrounding your work. The community must include a residential area and be a large enough area to answer the survey questions. If you live in a large area, you may choose a suburb.
     • Note: It is helpful to conduct this portion of the assessment at least two different times: during the day or evening, on a weekday, and/or on the weekend.
5. Identify a nursing problem (nursing diagnosis) based on data and observations
   • You must select a problem caused by your topic
   • Important: the problem you identify will be utilized in Parts 2, 3, and 4 of the project.
6. Identify the vulnerable population that the problem affects. This will also determine who you will present to in Part 2.
7. Write the nursing diagnosis (See template and chapter 6 in Nies & McEwen textbook for more information)
8. Submit template through the submit assignment button on this page.

Solution

Directions: Collect the data outlined in this template. Fill in the blanks in the tables provided. There are two parts – online data collection and a modified windshield survey data collection. You will then identify a nursing problem in a vulnerable population and write a nursing diagnosis. See the assignment directions for suggestions and best practices. For full credit, all information in a category must be completed. This will be the topic of your Assessment and Nursing Diagnosis Template and also Parts 2 through 4 of your course project.

 

Name:                                                                         Date:

 

Online Data Collection

 

1. Community Information

 

	Your Community Data
Name of city or town and state	Palm Beach County, Florida State
Population	1,496,770
Nature of this community (rural, suburban, urban)	Urban
Describe your community in 2-3 sentences	Palm Beach County is the third most populated and the wealthiest county in Florida which forms part of Miami metropolitan area. It also leads the state in agricultural productivity such as vegetables and sugarcanes giving it a name “Winter Vegetable Capital”.

 

2. Community Demographics
   1. Go to https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/US/PST045218
      1. The US data should automatically populate
      2. Input your zip code or county/township name

• Then input your state for comparison data

1. Enter the data into the table below
2. Compare the county, state, and US data

	County Data	State Data	U.S. Data
Population total	1,496,770	21,477,737	328,239,523

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