Discuss how geopolitical and phenomenological place influence the context of a population or community assessment and intervention. Describe how the nursing process is utilized to assist in identifying health issues (local or global in nature) and in creating an appropriate intervention, including screenings and referrals, for the community or population.

 

Answer:

A geopolitical area is defined as spatial designation.Geopolitical communities are formed by either natural or human made boundaries. Examples of geopolitical communities are river, hills and mountains.Religious, social and cultural groups are prime examples of phenomenological community because their values and beliefs set them apart from other groups. All people live in a geopolitical community and most of us are part of many phenomenological communities.

Public health nurse has to face certain challenges while working with different community groups. First of all there are cultural and linguistic barriers.To deal with such barriers, they practice collaboratively with other health disciplines that have different perspective. To overcome these challenges some of the best practices for ensuring competency include peer review, reflective practice, goal setting, obtaining knowledge of different cultures and practices and self-evaluation along with using the nursing process in providing care at community settings. It includes assessment, diagnosis, planning, implementation and evaluation.Assessment include assessing the health issues along with different cultures and beliefs of the patient.Diagnosis is a health problem in relation to the causative factor.Planning includes all the interventions needed that is patient centered in terms of issues, culture and beliefs.Evaluation is the process of assessing the effectiveness of the plan provided and doing modifications if any necessary.

 Role of community health nurse include:

•  Control of communicable disease
•  Environmental sanitation
• Health education
•  Laboratory services
• Vital statistics
• Community health nurse provides preventive and rehabilitative care to the patients.