APPLICATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND POPULATION-FOCUSED NURSING — C228

COMMUNITY HEALTH SIMULATION

APPLICATION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH AND POPULATION-FOCUSED NURSING — C228

PRFA — KLP1

COMPETENCIES

7019.1.1 : Epidemiology
The graduate applies principles of epidemiology to the assessment of the healthcare needs of communities.
7019.1.5 : Environmental Health
The graduate assesses the impact of the environment on the health of the community.
7019.1.8 : Cultural Competency
The graduate analyzes social and cultural factors that affect the care of diverse populations.

INTRODUCTION

More emphasis is being placed on healthier communities as changes are occurring in the fields of healthcare
financing, policy, and focus. One of the primary roles of a community health nurse is to assess the community
or population in order to determine its health status in relation to its assets and needs.

In this task, you will engage in a Community Health simulation for a total of 20 hours to gather information
about a virtual community. Sentinel City™ Community Health Simulation is a virtual city developed by
Healthcare Learning Innovations to represent what you may find in any real United States city. You will be
able to take a virtual bus trip and/or walk around the city while observing the environment and people of
Sentinel City™. Through your observations, you will gather information to assess potential health issues and
risks within this online virtual learning environment.

You will assess different factors that may contribute to or detract from the health and wellness of the
community and its citizens. During your trips through the city, you may be asked to describe the people you
see and any expected or unexpected findings related to the citizens of Sentinel City™. Your keen observations
will be the foundation to successfully completing assignments within your course. The simulation website
will automatically log your hours and produce a special report at the end of each session. Be sure to have a
notepad to record your observations of Sentinel City™ in preparation for this task.

The link to Sentinel City™ is located in the Community Care and Collaboration section of the Course of Study.
Please review the Sentinel City Quick Start Guide, Student Guide, and Troubleshooting and FAQs Guide prior
to engaging in the Sentinel City™.

You may also want to download the Demographic Assessment, Neighborhood/Community Safety Inventory,
Windshield Survey and Population Health Scavenger Hunt tools located in the attachment section to
complete section B of this task.

TASK OVERVIEW SUBMISSIONS EVALUATION REPORT
REQUIREMENTS

Your submission must be your original work. No more than a combined total of 30% of the submission and no
more than a 10% match to any one individual source can be directly quoted or closely paraphrased from
sources, even if cited correctly. An originality report is provided when you submit your task that can be used
as a guide.

You must use the rubric to direct the creation of your submission because it provides detailed criteria that
will be used to evaluate your work. Each requirement below may be evaluated by more than one rubric
aspect. The rubric aspect titles may contain hyperlinks to relevant portions of the course.

A. Within Sentinel City™ you will notice a camera icon. Use the camera to take pictures within the simulation.
Use the “enter text” feature to add your observations to the pictures. Submit a PDF of your action report
from Sentinel City™ that includes the following completed activities from Industrial Heights, Casper Park
District, Acer Tech Center, and Nightingale Square:

• Interfaith Church
• Sentinel City School District
• Sentinel City Department of Transportation
• Better Health Clinic
• ABC Daycare
• Sentinel City Affordable Housing Project
• City Hall
• Radio Buzz 96.5FM
• Sentinel City Healthcare System
• Lilly’s
• Joe’s Grocery
• Sentinel City Department of Parks and Recreation

B. Complete a needs-assessment summary to determine the health needs and risks of the virtual community
in Sentinel City™ by using each of the following tools:

Note: These tools can be found either in the web links section or as an attachment to this task.
• Demographics Assessment
• Neighborhood/Community Safety Inventory
• Windshield Survey
• Population Health Scavenger Hunt

Note: The name of each of the four tools should be identified in the needs-assessment summary, along
with a brief summary of how each of the four tools were used in the needs assessment.
1. Analyze the collected data using concepts of epidemiology and health determinants.
Note: Refer to these three sections of your COS for additional information: Epidemiology and
Environmental Health, Epidemiological Data, and Application of Epidemiology.

C. Formulate a community diagnosis for Sentinel City™ by doing the following:

1. Discuss the three problems for Sentinel City™ based on the Healthy People goals.
2. Discuss community resources (e.g., Sentinel City™ Affordable Housing Project, Better Health Clinic)
that are available to address one of the problems identified in part C1.
3. Identify a primary prevention topic based on the problem you selected in part C2.
Note: See the attached “Approved Activities List” for guidance in formulating your topic.

D. Discuss how you will apply the assessment strategies you have learned from the simulation environment
to your community assessment strategies in your community.

E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or
summarized.

F. Demonstrate Professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.