{"id":40950,"date":"2019-01-14T17:31:19","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T22:31:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=40950"},"modified":"2019-04-08T09:59:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T13:59:19","slug":"community-health-nursing-course-class-projects-have-community-impact","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2019\/community-health-nursing-course-class-projects-have-community-impact\/","title":{"rendered":"Community health nursing course class projects have community impact"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Five groups of Eastern Mennonite University nursing students implemented community health projects that reached hundreds this fall.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For their community health nursing course\u2019s semester-long \u201ccommunity project\u201d with a local agency, the students defined and described a patient population, conducted a needs assessment in their project area, formulated an intervention plan, and, once the plan was implemented, evaluated the intervention.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The five groups in the course this fall focused on a variety of public health issues in as many settings \u2013 and \u201cdirectly touched the lives of over 300 individuals in our community ranging in age from five to 80-plus years old,\u201d said Professor <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/faculty-staff\/?show=akc378\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kate Clark<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Gemeinschaft home, a group provided smoking cessation and heart health education to men recently released from prison, conducting a group education program that included interactive teaching sessions;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With teenagers at the local Boys and Girls Club, a group created and played a healthy choices game and completed several cooking projects to make healthy snacks from commonly available, cheap foods;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Park Place, a residential home for adults with mental illness, a group provided teaching sessions about healthy eating, plus worked to make small health improvements in the residents\u2019 favorite foods;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At the Virginia Mennonite Retirement Community (VMRC), a group surveyed residents to identify gaps in the communication and marketing practices of VMRC\u2019s Farm at Willow Run, which provides VMRC dining services with fresh produce; and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">At Eastern Mennonite School (EMS), a group conducted vision screenings, plus organized a health fair on various topics.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For their project at EMS, senior nursing majors <\/span><b>Louisa Quaynor<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>Connor Faint<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Laurie Serrell <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">screened kindergarten, third, seventh and tenth graders, and identified students in need of vision care. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Working across grade levels developed the group\u2019s communication skills, Serrell said, as \u201ckindergartners definitely require a different approach than tenth graders.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40963\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40963\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-40963 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/is\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/01\/community-health_0002_IMG_3662-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/01\/community-health_0002_IMG_3662-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/01\/community-health_0002_IMG_3662-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/43\/2019\/01\/community-health_0002_IMG_3662.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40963\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Louisa Quaynor speaks with students about JUULing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The group also organized a health fair about influenza prevention and the health hazards of electronic cigarette usage among teens, in particular JUULing. JUUL is a brand name of an inconspicuous but powerful e-cigarette that is shaped like a USB flash drive and contains \u201cextremely high levels of nicotine,\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/media\/releases\/2018\/p1002-e-Cigarettes-sales-danger-youth.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Available in \u201ckid-friendly\u201d flavors, JUUL use by students in schools has been \u201cwidely reported.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The national statistics about JUUL use surprised the group: Approximately one in ten youth aged 15-17 have used a JUUL, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/truthinitiative.org\/news\/teens-are-16-times-more-likely-use-juul-than-older-age-groups\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">according to the Truth Initiative<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As a result of the health fair, Quaynor said, high school students at EMS \u201cnow know the real effects of JUULing and will hopefully avoid it.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five groups of Eastern Mennonite University nursing students implemented community health projects that reached hundreds this fall. 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