Healthy People Objectives for Community Settings
Healthy People Objectives for Community Settings (graded)
Community health nurses practice in a variety of settings. Choose one of the following CH roles and describe what you have learned about the nurses’ role in that setting (see Chapters 29 –33).
School Nursing
Occupational Health Nursing
Faith-based or Parish Nursing
Home health Nursing
Hospice Nursing
Forensic Nursing
Correctional Nursing
The federal government developed Healthy People as a set of national health objectives that are revised every 10 years. These objectives are very specific in order to guide and measure our nation’s progress related to public health. Please visit http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/. Click on a topic area that relates to role you chose to discuss. Click on the green Objectives tab in that topic area to choose one Healthy People 2020 objective.
Discuss one specific numbered Healthy People 2020 objective (not a goal) related to this community health role. How could a community health nurse help meet this objective?
In Doc Sharing is a helpful "Introduction to Healthy People 2020 website" document to aid you in navigating the HP 2020 website.
Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2015). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (6th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier