RT Book, Section A1 Schaffer, Marjorie A. A1 Timm, Jill A2 Schoon, Patricia M. A2 Porta, Carolyn M. A2 Schaffer, Marjorie A. SR Print(0) ID 1189289900 T1 COMPETENCY #4 Practices Within the Auspices of the Nurse Practice Act T2 Population-Based Public Health Clinical Manual: The Henry Street Model for Nurses, 3e YR 2019 FD 2019 PB Sigma Theta Tau International PP New York, NY SN 9781945157752 LK apn.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1189289900 RD 2024/12/11 AB Jennifer, a public health nurse (PHN), has worked for the Weaver County Health Department for 10 years. Jennifer's first nursing position, after completing her bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) and passing nursing boards, was on a medical-surgical unit in a large metropolitan hospital. Since her public health experience in nursing school, she has been anxious to find a PHN position. She now works at a small local health department in the town of Aurora, the county seat of Weaver County.Aurora is surrounded by an agricultural community. Corn, soybeans, and sugar beets are the major crops. Cattle are also raised in this area. The town of Aurora has a population of 15,000. German immigrants settled Aurora in the 1850s. Today, Aurora is a multicultural community. The racial makeup is 91% Caucasian, 2% African-American, 2% Hispanic or Latino, 1% Native American, 1% Asian, 1% Pacific Islander, and 1% other. The median income is $33,000.Weaver County has a significant population of migrant workers from Mexico who provide a large portion of the workforce for many farms in the area and also provide the labor for a poultry-processing company located on the northern edge of the county. This processing company opened 10 years ago. The town has needed to learn to adapt to a new cultural group.Sarah, a public health nursing student, has been assigned to work with Jennifer to complete her public health nursing field experience. She is excited to start this experience. Sarah is completing her undergraduate BSN degree at a university about 45 miles from Weaver County. She is familiar with Weaver County only through media reports regarding the difficult racial issues in the county over the past years. Sarah grew up in an urban area, where a variety of cultures and races were represented. She is Korean and was adopted into an American family as an infant. Sarah is eager to learn not only about the role of the PHN but also how the community environment affects the work of the Weaver County Public Health Department and its PHNs.As Sarah has been reflecting on her public health nursing class, she remembers the three core functions of public health—assessment, policy development, and assurance. Along with this underlying framework, Sarah knows the importance of the Cornerstones of Public Health Nursing. She is particularly interested in learning about how independent nursing practice is carried out and how PHNs use the Public Health Intervention Wheel in Weaver County. Sarah will spend 5 weeks with Jennifer, learning as much as possible about public health nursing.