Application of Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing Job Jowel F. Khan Western Governors University Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing VWT1 October 21, 2014 Application of Community Health & Population-Focused Nursing A. Identification of Community This paper focuses on the health status of the Coachella Valley from a selection of published data. This Southern California community is home to a diversity of socio-cultural and economic families who settled in an ecology of arid desert, mountain ranges and agricultural areas. The Coachella Valley is part of Riverside County, one of the fifty-eight counties in California. The region has nine incorporated cities: Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot
Multiple fetuses such as twins, triplets, and beyond are treated as one pregnancy and one birth when recording the GTPAL. Amanda's GTPAL is 4 (pregnancies counting current one) - 1 (infant born at 39 weeks) - 1 (twins born at 35 weeks) - 1 (spontaneous abortion at 9 weeks) - 3 (each twin and the singleton, all living). D) 4-2-1-0-2. INCORRECT This does not reflect the client's obstetrical history. The nurse notes that Amanda's fasting 1 hour glucose screening level, which was done 2 days previously, is 158 mg/dl.
Another change that has happened in childbearing since the 1970's is that women are having fewer children and children later in life. Between 1971 and 2005 the average age of a women when having her first child rose by three years. Also the average number of children per family went all the way down to 1.84 in the UK when 30 years back it was 2.95. Women are also choosing to remain childless and a prediction has been made that a quarter of people who were born in 1973 will be childless when they reach 45. This all reflects the changes in society since the 20th century and that women have more options
The median age for the population of Dyer County is 36.5 years of age. Looking back at the US Census report from the year 2000 the population was 38, 335 and has only increased by 765 residents over the last twelve years. This is not indicative of a growing community but of one that is maintaining the status quo. In researching the economic status of Dyer County, it is clear according to an article in the local newspaper, Dyersburg State Gazette dated November 1, 2011 that the unemployment rate for the county is 13.7 percent. This dire statistic earns Dyers County the title of the eight highest unemployment rate for counties in the state of Tennessee.
In our civil society today, there are many, many different kinds of cultures that each person lives in every day. Some of those cultures include a “Western Civilization Culture.” In this type of culture, these people are very interested in religion (especially Christianity), artistic, philosophic, literary, and legal themes and traditions. The many heritages that practice this culture include Latin, Celtic, Germanic, and Hellenic ethic or linguistic groups. These religions that practice this western civilization culture help our understanding of how the western culture was hundreds of years ago. In conclusion, the western civilization people from the past hundreds of years have made a huge impact on our society today and the way things are done in our life.
In 2006, the proportion of mothers with newborns that were in the workforce was at 57% (“Working Parents”, 2012). That number increased to 61% in 2008 (“Working Parents”, 2012). There are many single working mothers who have not finished High School or received a GED. This leads to problems down the road. Thirty percent of teenage girls who have dropped out of school listed pregnancy or parenthood as the primary reason (“Teen Pregnancy Prevention”, n.d.).
Community Health and Population-Focused Nursing Emilie M. Reid, RN Western Governors University Master of Science, Nursing Leadership and Management (RN to MSN) Mentor Name: Terri Amos Task One, C228 Community Assessment The community I have identified is Richmond (City) Virginia. Richmond is broken into two areas: Richmond City and Richmond County. I will be focusing my research on Richmond city. Richmond city is an urban environment, ranking in 2013 as the nation’s 44th largest metropolitan area (Greater Richmond, n.d.). In 2010, the community had 204,214 residents was expected to reach 941, 278 residents in 2015 (US Census Bureau, 2015).
The concept of familism can be found in sociological literature from the mid 1940’s. The family is a most sacred part of the Mexican-American heritage. In total, they make up 10% of U.S population (31.8 million). The American family, on the other hand, is a traditional family support system consisting of two married individuals providing care for their biological offspring. In American history, the husband usually works and the wife stays at home.
The clamour heightened in recent weeks following a series of reports on road fatalities and fatal crashes involving motorists in this age group. Accident statistics released by the authorities have also indicated that motorists below the age of 25 years are the group most prone to mishaps. While car accident statistics involving young drivers are quite alarming, it can be argued that such statistics are at best telling only half the story. In their simplistic form, certain statistics on road crashes can even be misleading. For example, when we were told not too long ago that only three out of 10 road accidents in the country involved female motorists, it still did not mean that men were worse drivers than women.
Prevention of Teen Pregnancy: The Benefits of Sexual Education Programs In the United States, the rate of teen pregnancy continues to remain the highest in the developed world with approximately 26.6 births for every 1,000 adolescent females between the ages of 15-19 this past year. This totals to an unfavorable measure of 274,641 infants born to young women in this stage of life. Although prevention programs continue to grow and become more available throughout the states each year, their approach to influencing minors is questionable. Most engage in an abstinence-only education and believe that having teens refrain themselves from sexual intercourse is the only way to put a stop to unwanted pregnancies. Practicing abstinence may be the most utterly method for minimizing this rate, but it’s an irrational method.