Homework Lance
NRS 490 Topic 4 DQ 1
Why is understanding the health care system at the local level important to consider when planning an EBP implementation? Conduct research and solicit anecdotal evidence from your course mentor that you will take into consideration for your own change project.
When talking with my mentor, we discussed this idea based on the school district he worked with prior. Understanding the health needs of the community in which one serves is important in developing EBP based on the needs of the surrounding patient population. While EBPs may be understood in context of a generalized population, we can also focus those concepts towards to the needs of the people we are specifically serving.
For example, I will be focusing my project on the needs of high school seniors and educating them regarding self-assessment of injury/illness and how to access proper medical attention. By studying the Healthy People 2020 initiative along with current EBPs, I will be able to focus my teaching toward this specific group of people and their knowledge deficits. In this school district there is an education gap regarding self-help for illness and injury. While there is a “health” class in the high school curriculum, it does not cover how to self-assess injury/illness, nor does it provide information regarding how to seek proper treatment when needed.
My project will cover signs/symptoms of illness/injury most often experienced by the college aged student, and list which symptoms can be monitored, which need to be addressed in Urgent Care, and which should be seen in an Emergency Room. Many of our young adults heading off to college will be away from their parents for the first time, and navigating the health care system can be intimidating and confusing. Through this education, I hope to help students “listen” to their bodies as well as ease the burden of ER overuse.
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