Purpose
The purpose of this discussion is for learners to identify ways their community is helping members be prepared for potential disasters including the importance of collaboration.
Course Outcomes
This assignment enables the student to meet the following course outcome:
- CO4 Analyze the professional nursing roles in a variety of community settings (PO7)
- CO5 Utilize a collaborative approach to address factors that influence population health (PO2)
Directions
- Discussions are designed to promote dialogue between faculty and students, and students and their peers. In discussions students:
- Demonstrate understanding of concepts for the week
- Integrate scholarly resources
- Engage in meaningful dialogue with classmates
- Express opinions clearly and logically, in a professional manner
- Use the rubric on this page as you compose your answers.
Think about disasters your community has or could potentially face. Now, think about how your community is helping its members prepare.
- Explore your community and find an advertisement that represents helping community members be prepared for a disaster.
- Examples could be a billboard, poster at a bus stop, marquee sign, flyer, yard sign and more. Example: Sign advertising ‘free’ flu vaccinations at a local pharmacy.
- Upload that picture into the discussion.
- To have it display in your post:
- Click the embed image (looks like a picture of a mountain),
- Choose upload image from the drop down arrow
- Click on the Upload Image (rocket ship) icon
- Click on the image you want to display
- Choose Open
- Click Submit
- To have it display in your post:
- Describe the message the advertisement is conveying.
- Describe how the message impact preparedness.
- If you cannot find any advertisement in your community, describe a type of advertisement for disaster preparedness you think would be most beneficial to your community and how it would be best conveyed.
- Next, identify one community setting that is impacted by the disaster advertisement you shared
- Settings:
- Correctional facilities
- Home health
- Schools
- Forensic areas
- Hospice
- Faith communities
- Occupational health
- Settings:
- Analyze at least one nursing role (refer to Week 6 lesson) related to disaster preparedness in that setting. Example: In the school setting, what actions and interventions would be involved with the nurse as coordinator of disaster preparedness?
- Identify at least one key stakeholder related to the setting that a CHN could collaborate with regarding disaster preparedness. Include why this collaboration is important.
Your discussion post should look like:
- Uploaded picture
- Paragraph one: Describe the message the advertisement is conveying and how the message impact preparedness.
- Paragraph two: Identify one community setting that is impacted by the disaster advertisement you shared. Analyze at least one nursing role related to disaster preparedness in that setting.
- Paragraph three: Identify at least one key stakeholder related to the setting that a CHN could collaborate with regarding disaster preparedness. Include why this collaboration is important.
- Resources: Where did you find your data?
ANSWER:
Since the new Covid19 virus was discovered, a significant proportion of the American population has been affected, directly or indirectly. It has caused high rates of mortality, economic decline, loss of employment, business closure, etc. This pandemic has caused more harm than I had ever imagined. With the need to educate the community and the public about the virus, many posters have been created and posted in many areas. While walking around our facility, I came across the uploaded poster, which informs people to wash their hands, use tissue when coughing, and avoid touching their… To continue reading, click on the button below.