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.
NR443 Week 7 Discussion: Communities and Disaster Preparedness
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)
Due Date
- Answer post due by Wednesday 11:59 PM MT in Week 7
- Two replies to classmates and/or instructor due by Sunday 11:59 PM MT at the end of Week 7
Points Possible
100 points
NR443 Week 7 Discussion: Communities and Disaster Preparedness
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.
Discussion Question
NR443 Week 7 Discussion: Communities and Disaster Preparedness
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 the header Canvas
- Go to My files, choose the Upload file
- Click on the image you want to display
- Choose Open
- Click Update
- 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?
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