[Solved] Week 3

Assignment Prompt & Instructions

Part 1:

Part of health promotion is meeting a patient at their definition of health. One person’s health goals and possibilities may differ from another’s.

**Assume** you are a nurse at a community health clinic. Your supervisor has asked you to prepare a summary of definitions of health for the clinic’s staff.

**Search** the internet for representations of various definitions of health in populations like newborn babies, a healthy older adult, or a person in a wheelchair or with another physical disability.

Based on your research, **write** a 600-word summary of your findings in which you:

– Describe 6 representations of definitions of health for the following types of individuals:

– 1. Newborn babies
– 2. Healthy adult Asian woman over age 55
– 3. Disabled 35-year-old African American male veteran
– 4. Pre-teen White female entering middle school
– 5. Sexually active 20-something Hispanic male
– 6. Obese 75-year-old White male living with debilitating arthritis

– Explain the importance of meeting a patient at their definition of health.

Part 2:

Based on the windshield survey you completed in Week 2, respond to the following in a minimum of 200 words:

– Describe the community you surveyed.
– What is the role of community/public health nursing and community partnerships as they apply to your surveyed community?
– What influence do social determinants of health, such as culture and access to resources, have on your community?