Community Assessment of Rockingham County Gerri Lineberry Chamberlain College of Nursing RN Community Health Nursing NR443 Rondora Scott September 25‚ 2014 Community Assessment of Rockingham County Introduction In an endeavor to bolster the health needs within a society such as a community‚ an effective community health nurse has to target the entire population. To achieve this goal‚ the community health nurse applies a scientific approach to determine the priority population focused health needs
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Miami County has the potential to be the marvelous county everyone envisions it being. Miami County boasts high quality schools; it has plentiful local businesses to provide jobs; and it possesses splendid people from all walks of life. The one situation that restricts Miami County is the drug epidemic. Once this county discovers a solution to this problem‚ it will tap into it’s bountiful potential. Currently‚ Miami County currently ranks 7th in the state in meth use‚ the Indiana Police Department
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Orange County has seen its population grow older and more diverse since the turn of the millennium‚ a trend expected to continue for the foreseeable future. The county’s median age was 37.8 in 2016‚ 1.5 years older than the median age of 36.3 in 2010 and 4.5 years older than the median age of 33.3 in 2000. This trend is driven by two primary factors: the aging of the Baby Boomers‚ America’s second largest generation‚ a national trend that will have an especially significant impact on Orange County
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"There’s not a lot of opportunity in Scott County. The poverty‚ lack of education‚ jobs — it all ties together. A lot of people think they’re sort of stuck here. They feel hopeless‚" according to Chris Albertson‚ a Scott County council member. Scottsburg is a city of boredom‚ drugs‚ and trouble. The way to fix most of these problems is to give kids something to do that is not drugs or troublemaking. While there is not enough money in Scottsburg to be able to build entertainment for kids‚ there need
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Oakland County Health Department (OCHD) provides various health services for the residents of the Oakland County‚ Michigan. The Department runs over 30 programs that are focused on health of the community. The programs include: emergency preparedness‚ surveillance of disease hazards and spread of diseases‚ clean and safe environment‚ health promotion and health care accessibility for its citizens. One of the programs provided by OCHD is –Community Nursing Service Program. OCHD nurse provides nursing
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caused massive waves of change. The three people‚ two whites and one black‚ were slaughtered in a hate crime by the KKK. This killing sparked extreme controversy and shed light upon the problem of racism in the United States. I believe the Neshoba County Murders were the most influential acts of the Civil RIghts Movement and exhibited the following: it was the first rightfully prosecuted hate crime in the US‚ it affected both whites and blacks‚ shocking the nation‚ and it gave massive hope to the
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different in many ways‚ but when it comes to comparing the Miami County Jail to the Wabash County Jail‚ it looks like the Taj Mahal compared to a motor home. The two jails obtain very different security measures. In addition to the Miami County Jail it’s more hands off rather than the Wabash County Jail where it’s more hands on. The recreation areas are also very different‚ being the Miami County Jail has two recreation rooms and Wabash County Jail only has one. The hands on & off policy of the two jails
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Photo Credit: Frederick County Sheriff’s Office 18 year old Nichole Cevario‚ a student of Catoctin High School in Thurmont‚ Maryland‚ U.S has been apprehended after her father‚ who had seen a detailed plan to attack her school in her diary. The Frederick County Sheriff’s Office said her father reported a "potential threat of violence towards the school." His daughter "was immediately removed from the classroom and turned over to investigators." In addition to a shotgun and ammunition‚ "bomb-making
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For decades Emergency Management has focused primarily on preparedness. Since part of Wayne County is on the coastal plain‚ and is bordered by the Neuse River that extends up to Raleigh which is over 50 miles away the county is at a risk for flooding. Floods are the most common natural disaster in the U.S.‚ and nearly everybody has some risk of flooding. Wayne County preparedness to a flood is noteworthy. Virtually every U.S. state‚ and territory has experienced floods. The Federal Emergency Management
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William Faulkner William Faulkner’s Yoknapatawpha County‚ with Jefferson as its county seat‚ is both a mythical and actual place. Yoknapatawpha county is 2400 square miles in area and has a population of 15‚611 persons. Jefferson has an actual jail‚ town square‚ old houses‚ and Old Frenchman’s Place‚ even a railroad. Faulkner’s "Yoknapatawpha County" is in reality Lafayette County‚ and "Jefferson" is actually Oxford. The Faulkner family lived there since before the Civil War. This is
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