Running Head: COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
Community Assessment
(Student Name]
Western Governors University
9 May 2015
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COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT
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A. Community Assessment: [city/county name], SC
Located in the Foothills of South Carolina, the city of [city/county name], South Carolina is rapidly growing and has become an appealing destination for short-term and long-term visitors. [city/county name] has spectacular natural beauty, southern charm, and unanticipated contemporary sophistication making it alluring to multigenerational and multicultural groups.
[city/county name] City is located in the center of [city/county name] County. [city/county name] County is located in the northwest of South Carolina, with Western North Carolina
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This tool helped identify the need to assess air quality, community safety/preparedness, and crime statistics. In 2013, the American Lung
Association gave [city/county name] a grade of “C” on the number of Ozone Days. This was due to three days exceeding the standard limitation for ozone in the air. [city/county name] received a passing grade for particulate pollution in 2013 (American Lung Association, 2013).
The [city/county name] County Emergency Management Office states that [city/county name]
County has four hazards. These hazards are Naturally-Occurring Events, Technological Events,
Human-Related Events, and Hazardous Materials (HazMat) Events. [city/county name] County is ranked at highest vulnerability for drought, flooding, and winter storms in South Carolina. It is also ranked as highest vulnerability in the state for transportation accidents involving chemical or radiation spills. [city/county name] County is within 50 miles of the Oconee Nuclear power plant, thereby increasing the risk of a nuclear power event ([city/county name] County Office of
Emergency Management, 2015). [city/county name] City has a high rate of crime. Statistics show that [city/county name] is safer than only four percent of the cities in the United States.
Sixty-four people out of one thousand are likely to become a victim of crime in [city/county
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COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT name], with eight of those being violent crimes and fifty-six being property
Embrace new technologies to improve efficiency, maintain environmental stewardship through green practices and sustainable operations, support continuous improvement of the business processes, develop employees’ capability, and provide excellent customer services.” (Hillsborough County, 2015)
In the State of North Carolina(NC) to be able to obtain a license to practice as a Family Nurse Practitioner the applicant will first will have to hold an active valid Registered Nurse license number from NC or from another compact state (NC Board of Nursing, 2015). The next major step is to complete an accredited Nurse Practitioner (NP) program. Until recently South University was not an accredited school in North Carolina for Nurse Practitioner not only a few months ago the accreditation was obtained. After satisfactory completion of the program the prospective NP will have to apply to the AANC or ACNP for examination to obtain a certification (NC Board of Nursing, 2015). Once the NP passes the board she will have national certification to practice in any state where the Registered Nurse license is active, and she will have to follow the requirement for that state. The board will mail a registration card that will allow the nurse to use the title of NP, but it does not grant the authority to practice. The NP will have to apply for certification to practice (NC Board of Nursing, 2015)
When the first settlers landed on south carolina they were limited with resources. When settlers came they described the land as flat and woody which means covered in trees as it is stated in Document B, James Glen, “A Description of south Carolina, “1761, “the land of South Carolina for a hundred or a hundred and fifty miles back is flat and woody; intersected with many large rivers, some of which rise out of the out of the Cherokee Mountains. The land made finding a place to settle hard because it was hard to reach. After they settled or somewhat of settled the diversity of the soil made it tough to grow food, soil like clay,loam, and marl were hard to distinguish. Clay is a type of soil that does not help plants grow or can grow plant, loam is like clay but with sand and silt, but silt is like a fertilizer that helps plants grow .The diversity of the lands soil made it difficult for the settlers to identify the type of soil like clay, loam, and marl. The lands of savannah was also cleared by indians and did not produce any trees. The land they wanted to settle on was filled with dangerous creatures of nature. These creatures include Panthers, Tigers,wolves, and other dangerous animals, which in a cause of this became dangerous at night, and day.
Brazoria County, Tx is located just south of Harris county, extending from Houston to the Gulf of Mexico. It includes the cities of Pearland, Manvel, Alvin, Angleton, Sweeny, Lake Jackson, and Freeport. Of these, Angleton is the county seat, but Pearland has the greatest population (City-data.com, 2015). As of 2012, Brazoria County contained a population of 77% urban and 23% rural (City-data.com, 2015). Of the residents of Brazoria County, 63% are between the ages of 18 and 64 (United States Census Bureau, 2010). The leading causes of death for the county are heart disease, cancer, motor vehicle accidents, diabetes, and
2011 Dubois County Health Needs Assessment (Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center & Dubois County Health Department, 2011) Retrieved from www.duboiscountyin.org/stories/2011dchealthassess.pdf
In September of 2012, beginning in the country of Saudi Arabia, hospitals began seeing increased cases of a respiratory virus never before seen in humans. They named it Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS. MERS is a viral respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus. It was originally thought to have started there in Saudi Arabia. It was not until later that they were able to trace the origin back to Jordan starting in April of 2012. All outbreaks of MERS have been traced back to originating from the Arabian Peninsula (CDC, 2015a). Unfortunately, it is not known exactly how MERS was contracted in humans, but it is believed to have come from an animal source, probably from camels. Strains of MERS
One easy way to provide feedback and information to parents is to make an online newsletter. My teacher updates her newsletter about once every two weeks and then sends an email to the parents to let them know. The newsletter is on the schools main page, but the bi-weekly reminder is how she communicates the information with parents. In my teachers newsletter she includes a calendar for the month, important school events, like the Thanksgiving Feast. My teacher also includes what the students are learning in class and ways that the parents could help them at home, such as read aloud time, and finding vocabulary words together. The newsletter also has information
Greenville County’s disaster preparedness plans and resources are maintained by the Emergency Operations Center. The Emergency Operations Center “is the physical location where emergency management and support personnel come together during an emergency to coordinate response and recovery efforts and allocate available resources” (“Emergency Preparedness,” 2015). Greenville County Hazards include naturally occurring events such as dam/levee failure, drought, flooding, tornados, tropical storms, and winter storms; as well as hazardous materials (HazMat) events including fixed facility accidents, nuclear accidents, pipeline accidents, and transportation accidents. Hazardous materials events are of particular concern due to the fact that “Greenville County has more than 1,400 miles of state-maintained highways, numerous railroad lines, and many industrial manufacturing plants that use hazardous materials”
lies in the heart of central Georgia nestled along the banks of the Ocmulgee River. It is the 4th
Nestled in Southern Indiana just west of Louisville, Kentucky and south of Indianapolis, Indiana is Dubois County, Indiana. Dubois County is comprised of the towns of Birdseye, Ferdinand, Holland, Huntingburg and Jasper. Of those towns, Jasper is the largest and is the county seat (Kelly School of Business, 2014). Over fifty-two percent of the population consists of adults ranging from 25-64 years of age (Kelly School of Business, 2014). The leading cause of mortality in this county is heart disease, cancer, suicide and injuries (Memorial Hospital and Health Care Center & Dubois County Health Department, 2011).
is to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of the public and their healthcare needs.
After completing the seven habits profile, my lowest categories were emotional bank account, life balance, be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, seek first to understand, and sharpen the saw.
As humans we want to have a good life, have a home, maybe a family and feel safe. With the advances in industry such as energy production we can have more luxuries which include heat, lights and running water. However, as technology gets bigger and better there will always be risks that can lead to catastrophic outcomes. Luckily for the United States; we did not have a disastrous outcome with a nuclear power plant such as the 1986’s Chernobyl Nuclear Power plant catastrophe, making, ”the Chernobyl disaster the only level 7 incident on the International Nuclear Event Scales (INES) making it the biggest man-made disaster of all time” (List 25, 2014) . Three Mile Island power plants is located near Middletown Pennsylvania. On March 28, 1979, the plant had a partial meltdown. Even though the Three Mile Island power plant incident did not have any adverse health effects, Three Mile Island had an impact on the nuclear industry development and politically in the United States.
· Knoxville, Nashville, Memphis and Chattanooga were among the top 25 most ozone-polluted cities in America, according to the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2002.”
Changes to DEP-11-001.0 related to attainment of ambient air quality standards are awaiting completion of an ongoing air quality analysis. The ongoing air quality analysis includes on-site ambient air monitoring on near the Kwajalein, Roi Namur and Meck power plants and updated air quality dispersion modeling for these sources.