Imagine you are a community health nurse assigned to care for a family with a newly diagnosed type-2 diabetic member.
Serving Vulnerable Population
Imagine you are a community health nurse assigned to care for a family with a newly diagnosed type-2 diabetic member. The diabetic family member, JK, is a 66-year-old African American woman with hypertension and asthma. JK lives in a food desert and does not drive. JK\’s family visits her weekly, but they have complicated lives and are unable to provide daily care for her.
Evaluate the following community health resources for JK’s situation:
o United States Department of Agriculture
o Food Access Research Atlas Overview
o Food Access Research Atlas Map
o CDC
o A Look Inside Food Deserts
o Small Food Stores and Availability of Nutritious Foods
o State Health Statistics
o American Nutrition Association
o USDA Defines Food Deserts
Create a plan detailing opportunities for JK to gain adequate access to appropriate foods for 1 week. Your plan must:
o Create an appropriate and realistic estimated budget.
o Identify shopping locations in your chosen area
o Map out transportation means, routes, and timing in your chosen area
o Define and explain support services and list how they can assist JK
Compare JK\’s community with your county census data. (Bexar County, Texas)
Format your assignment as one of the following:
o 3- to 5-slide presentation with detailed speaker notes
Submit your assignment.
Rubric
Evaluated and synthesized resources accurately and correctly for JK’s situation
Created an appropriate and realistic budget
Identified shopping locations
Mapped out transportation means, routes, and timing
Defined and explained available support services
Compared simulation community with student’s county census data (Bexar County, Texas)
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