Community Health Nursing Practicum Essay Assignment Paper

Assess and describe the family’s level of Emergency Preparedness (5)

Assessment – Provide a brief summary about the family including the following information:

Type of family

Describe the family functions

Describe the family structure

Is the family healthy or dysfunctional? (10)

Health Risk Appraisal – Conduct a family health risk appraisal assessing for the presence of specific factors in each of the categories that have been identified as being associated with an increased likelihood of an illness (Biological/age-related health risk, Environmental risk, Behavioral risk(5)

Identify at least 5 resources/strengths the family possesses. (5)

Identify and list at least top 5 family needs. Prioritize the identified needs. (10)

INTERVENTION

Design a detailed culturally appropriate intervention plan for 1 or more of the needs identified and list specific public/community health nursing roles you would employ in addressing the family need (from intervention wheel – home visits, screening, case management, etc.). Include the level of prevention you used (primary, secondary or tertiary). (10)

Review literature and select one article from the literature in support of the identified intervention.Use the article to support your design and attach the article.(5)

Implement the intervention with the family, providing appropriate resources as indicated. (5)

Evaluation- Develop an evaluation plan for the intervention and include recommendations for the future. Follow-up with the family to conduct an initial evaluation of the intervention. (5)

• Includes purpose in introduction.
• Paper is logically arranged with introduction, body, and summary.
• Subsections and paragraphs reflect the main idea.