SIM440-19A Activity 7 Home Safety Assessment

Activity 7

Home Safety Assessment

It is important to identify health issues or concerns that may impact an individual or family in any setting. This identification can help the nurse to address health promotion and disease prevention.

To complete this activity, you must complete the Family Support Assessment activity. Click on Enter Sentinel City^®. Once in the city, click on the map to locate the apartment dwelling in Nightingale Square. Approach the door next to the laundromat and enter the apartment. Here you will complete the Home Safety Assessment by noting any health, safety, and environmental hazards in the apartment. Note as many of the hazards that you observe. Select and prioritize the top two hazards for health, safety, and environmental areas for a total of six hazards that the healthcare professional should address first:

#1 = most serious hazard-life threatening
#2 = second most important-potential to affect the most people or cause long-term injury

Try to avoid prioritizing the same hazard in multiple categories. Provide an evidence-based rationale and a recommendation for addressing the top two hazards in each category. Click the “Family Support Assessment” tab at the top of the screen and review the information on the form.

Reading and Resources

Chapter 16 pages 297-316, Chapter 23 pages 395-404, Chapter 20 pages 367-375, Chapter 26 pages 439-447 in Fundamentals of Case Management Practice.

Review

Additional Instructions:

All submissions should have a title page and reference page.
Utilize a minimum of two scholarly resources.
Adhere to grammar, spelling and punctuation criteria.
Adhere to APA compliance guidelines.
Adhere to the chosen Submission Option for Delivery of Activity guidelines.

**Family Support Assessment Required

Submission Options
Choose One:	Instructions:
Paper	4 page paper. Include title and reference pages.

Collaboration for Improving Outcomes – Home Safety Assessment
Description: Practice evidence-based public health nursing to promote the health of individuals, families, and groups.
Course Competencies: 2) Develop a holistic case management plan for a specified disease or population that incorporates the role of insurance, health care finance, and utilization of community resources. 4) Coordinate the care of individuals across the lifespan utilizing principles and knowledge of interdisciplinary models of care delivery and case management.
QSEN Competencies: 1) Patient-Centered Care 2) Teamwork and Collaboration 3) Evidence- Based Practice 5) Safety
BSN Essential VII
Area	Gold Mastery	Silver Proficient	Bronze Acceptable	Acceptable Mastery not Demonstrated
Health, Safety, and Environmental Hazards	Identify and prioritize two health, two safety, and two environmental hazards in the home.	Lists and does not prioritize two health, two safety, and two environmental hazards in the home.	Identifies and prioritizes less than two health, safety, or environmental hazards in the home.	Does not address section
Evidence-based Rationale	Interprets evidence-based rationale to support prioritization and recommendations for addressing each identified hazard	Lists evidence- based rationale to support prioritization and recommendations for addressing each identified hazard	Interprets evidence-based rationale but does not provide support for prioritization or provides support but does not interpret evidence-based rational	Does not address section
APA, Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation	No errors in APA, Spelling, and Punctuation.	One to three errors in APA, Spelling, and Punctuation.	Four to six errors in APA, Spelling, and Punctuation.	Seven or more errors in APA, Spelling, and Punctuation.
References	Provides two or more references.	Provides two references.	Provides one references.	Provides no references.