Community Health Nursing Academic Essay

Writer,
Please answer the coursework QUESTION below using the provided bullets below to assist in answering the question posed by the Instructor of the course.
QUESTION: What do you think needs to take precedence in Community Health Nursing in the next five to fifteen years?
Please include the following points in ANSWERING the QUESTION (Please include one or two references using APA Citation and Formatting, preferably citations not from India, because citations from India is a giveaway to instructors that students are receiving outside help for the turned in coursework, and we can be accused of plagiarism, so thank you ahead of time for using other than that type of references. I have include a few references below that you can hopefully use):
• The Intervention Wheel contains three important elements: (1) it is population-based; (2) it contains three levels of practice (community, systems, and individual/family); and (3) it identifies and defines 17 public health interventions. The levels of practice and interventions are directed at improving population health (Nies & McEwen, 2015).
• Public Health Intervention Wheel –
o https://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opi/cd/phn/docs/0301wheel_manual.pdf
• The three core functions of public health are assessment, assurance, and policy development (Nies & McEwen, 2015) and can be applied to the Public Health Intervention Wheel, a model for Community Health Nurse.
• The core functions of public health and the determinants of health (Nies & McEwen, 2015) along with the Public Health Intervention Wheel are all interrelated
• Shifts in reimbursement, the growth of managed care, and implementation of the Affordable Care Act have revitalized the notion of population-based care (Nies & McEwen, 2015).
• Meaningful healthcare information technology and Remote healthcare monitoring
• Create environments where all can be healthy and achieve their maximum potential. Community education about environmental health, and working with local governments and local community leaders to enhance environmental safety in the community. Nurses must be aware of environmental threats or factors that might detrimentally affect the safety and well-being of particular populations or deprive them of access to resources necessary in the pursuit of health (Nies & McEwen, 2015).
• Empowering patients of their own healthcare
• Collaborations and partnerships with local community leaders, local government agencies, and city officials. It is important to note that community health nursing practice is collaborative and is based in research and theory (Nies & McEwen, 2015).
• Keeping the healthy out of trouble and helping people manage their risk factors
• Prevention of avoidable diseases and illness and engaging communities in prevention of illness and disease. Community health nursing needs an upstream focus, which includes working with aggregates and communities in activities such as organizing and setting health policy. This focus will help aggregates and communities work to create options for healthier environments with essential components of health, including adequate education, housing, employment, and nutrition and provide choices that allow people to make behavioral changes, live and work in safe environments, and access equitable and comprehensive health care (Nies & McEwen, 2015).
• Incentivizing and supporting healthier employee behavior. Workplace health incentives to promote healthy employees, such as offering employees significant percentages off local gym memberships
• Break down the barriers in obtaining health care and doing away with health inequalities
• Integration of out-of-hospital care
• Innovating new care delivery options
• Evolving Workforce/revamped clinical teams
Reference
Kulbok, P. A., Thatcher, E., Park, E., & Meszaros, P. S. (2012). Evolving Public Health Nursing
Roles: Focus on Community Participatory Health Promotion and Prevention. Online Journal of Issues In Nursing, 17(2), 1-1 1p. doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol17No02Man01
Minnesota Department of Health. (2001). Public Health Nursing Section: Public Health
Interventions–Applications for Public Health Nursing Practice. Retrieved on April 17, 2016, from
https://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opi/cd/phn/docs/0301wheel_manual.pdf
https://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/opi/cd/phn/docs/0103wheel_handout-color.pdf
Nies, Mary, McEwen, M. (2015). Community/Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Health of
Populations, 6th Edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved on April 17, 2016, from
https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9780323188197/