Community Staff Nurse Intervention Project Paper
You will develop a proposed public health nursing intervention to meet an identified need and/ or gap based on the list below and using data found for your individual community (Charlotte County, Fl). You will frame the paper within the elements of the nursing process (Assess/ Identify/ Plan/ Implement / Evaluate).
You will be assigned one of the Health Issues for your Population Intervention Paper:
Reduction of Maternal Mortality in diverse populations – specify cause and population
Prevention of Infant or Child Mortality or Injury– specify a defined issue in the paper
Interpersonal Violence (examples- elder or child abuse, domestic violence, gender/ sexual orientation) – specify in the paper.
Disabilities- specify one (Ex- visual or hearing impairment)
Communicable diseases- reportable to CDC – specify.
Mental health issues suicide prevention /PTSD in specific population – specify) can’t be to build a new facility or clinic or program.
You will inform the faculty of your topic in Log#2. The intervention must be focused on the community/ population (not individual patient/family) within your own community (community used for the Windshield Survey paper). This must be within the scope of the Tier 1 staff level public health/ community health nurse. (Note: you cannot propose building facilities, developing a large program, expanding mental health care, or purchasing a mobile health van). Please refer to the QUAD COUNCIL Competencies for Community/ Public Health Nurses. https://www.cphno.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/QCC-C-PHN-COMPETENCIES-Approved_2018.05.04_Final-002.pdf (Links to an external site.). (Link also found in Course Resources in Modules).
The baccalaureate degree in nursing (BSN) is the educational preparation for entry-level C/PHN practice. The varied courses in a BSN Program provides the grounding in order to understand how personal, social, policy, economic, work, and environmental determinants affect the health status of individuals, communities, and populations. BSN education prepares PHNs both didactically and clinically. The paper should be 6-8 pages excluding the title page and references.
The following topics must be covered in the paper. You are a PHN/CHN in a local health department (your community from Windshield Survey). The intervention is a one-time four (4) hour event held at a location (grocery/drug store, park or appropriate to the topic) and is not repeated.
Introduction – the identified need and a summary of relevant data that supports the need, its relevance to public health nursing practice as summarized from your data collected.
Proposed Intervention – description of intervention – evidence/ research/ literature to support and at what level(s) of prevention is the This must be at the Tier 1 Community/ Public Health Nurse competencies. You need a specific objective for the event that will be reflected in your measurable goal. Develop the initiative as a one-day health event in a local grocery/ drug store area – what level of prevention
Resources required – stakeholders and how to involve, financial costs estimated not to exceed $500 and how you will obtain other requirements like facilities, locations, persons, The $500 funding is being provided by your agency and can’t exceed that amount.
Implementation plan including a timeline- specifically the steps in the actual implementation.
Specific Evaluation method(s) to assess the effectiveness of the This should be a SMART goal with a specific goal and how to evaluate the goal. The evaluation method must be a specific measurable criteria, reflecting the objective of your event.
Reflection on your individual learning from the completion of the project. Include how this has or will impact your professional practice at this point in your career or in the future.
Product is 6-8 page paper excluding title page and references including a handout advertising the event and services provided.
APA format is required – see grade rubric for reference type and number. (Student paper format title page)