To prepare for this Discussion, you will be required to read the assigned chapters in your Stanhope and Lancaster text. Then, call the Department of Health or your local Public Health Department and speak to a nurse. Find out the top health concern(s) for your community. Please focus your attention on the unique tools that nurses who work in the community utilize to care for populations, including the Intervention Wheel.
Please listen to Dr. Attia’s Ted Talk in the resources for this week and then respond to the following questions:
Pick a top health issue in your community and describe some ways in which a nurse might improve this issue at the population level. Topic : childhood obesity leading to diabetes