COURSE  

NSG4076 CP02 RN to BSN Capstone Synthesis

TASK

Post your initial response to the topic below.

In community and public health nursing, the target of care is the community, thus the community is the client receiving the care. The role of the nurse is to evaluate health concerns and develop an aggregate plan of care to address those concerns. Aggregates or target populations in the community may include child care centers, cities, counties, senior centers, homeless shelters, minority communities, faith-based organizations, work sites, schools, or other populations.

• Identify and discuss a few targeted populations in your community that are of interest to you.
• Provide your rationale for the selections identified.

SOLUTION  

In the field of health promotion and disease prevention, a target group is a group of individuals with identical characteristics who are the objective of health promotion or disease prevention intervention. That said, the targeted populations in my community that are of interest to me are the minority communities and senior centers.

To begin with, the minority community that is of interest to me is African Americans. African Americans belong to one of the most widely represented minority groups. However, despite being one of the biggest communities in the US, this group of people faced many problems, healthcare issues being among the most severe ones. The rationale for selecting the African American community as a target group of interest is because there are several major health disparities experienced by the African American community. According to the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, the rate of illegal drug use among this minority group in 2014 was 12.4%, whereas the national rate was 10.2% (Palmer et al., 2021). …….please click the icon below to purchase full solution at $10