The History of Public Health

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Course Media: Laureate Education, Inc. (Executive Producer). (2012).Family, Community and Population-Based Care.Baltimore: Author.

• “Community and Population-Based Nursing Care: The Past, Present, and Future” featuring Dr. Louise Fitzpatrick and Ms. Joan Marren

Readings

Course Text: Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2008).Public health nursing: Population-centered health care in the community. Philadelphia: Mosby Elsevier.

• Chapter 1, “Population-Focused Practice: The Foundation of Specialization in Public Health Nursing”
• Chapter 2, “History of Public Health and Public and Community Health Nursing”

• Chapter 9, “Population-Based Public Health Nursing Practice: The Intervention Wheel”

Students will also be assignedoneof the following chapters from “Part 7: Nurse Roles and Functions in the Community” in the course textbook:

• Chapter 39, “The Advanced Practice Nurse in the Community”
• Chapter 40, “The Nurse Leader in the Community”
• Chapter 41, “The Nurse in Home Health and Hospice”
• Chapter 42, “The Nurse in the Schools”
• Chapter 43, “The Nurse in Occupational Health”
• Chapter 45, “The Nurse in the Faith Community”
• Chapter 46, “Public Health Nursing at Local, State, and National Levels”

Optional Resources are listed in the Week 1 Learning Resources area.

This week, your Instructor assigned you a chapter in the course textbook that discussed the role of the public health nurse in a specific setting. Based on your assigned chapter and bearing in mind the primary prevention focus of the community/public health nurse, respond to the following:

• What differentiates the role of the community and public health nurse from other health professionals?
• What skills and knowledge are necessary for the type of decision making inherent in population-focused nursing practice?
• How do these skills differ from those required in the institutional setting?

Support your response with references from the professional nursing literature.

Post your response to this Discussion byDay 3. Respond to at leasttwocolleagues’ postings by

Day 7. See the Week 1 Discussion area for details.

Using Chapter 2 in the course textbook, your assigned reading on the role of the nurse in a specific public health setting, and reviewing this week’s media presentation, address the following in a 2- to 3-page paper:

Trace the history of the public health nurse including the contributions made by Lillian Wald and the Henry Street Settlement. Also, summarize the role of the nurse in the practice setting assigned. Include the following in your summary:

• Explain how the core functions of community/public health nursing and the standards of practice are met with that specific role.
• Describe the population served by the nurse in this role.
• Which interventions might the nurse in this role utilize?
• Explain the level of practice used in this practice setting (primary/secondary/tertiary).
• Describe an ethical dilemma that might be encountered in this nursing role.

Use the Application Rubric in the Course Info area on the left navigation bar to develop this paper.

Due by Day 7.

• Introduce yourself to your team members. Where do you work?
• Briefly describe the community where you live.
• For the purpose of the Population-Based Nursing Care Project, choose a population group that interests you. Describe what the members of your chosen group have in common? For example, do they share some important features in their lives?
• What are some health problems or issues that you can think of that may affect the population that you are interested in?.

Post your response to this Discussion byDay 5. Respond to at leasttwocolleagues’ postings byDay 7. See the Week 6 Practicum Discussion area for details.