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Running head: NURSING ASSIGNMENT Nursing assignment Name of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
1NURSING ASSIGNMENT Table of ContentsIntroduction......................................................................................................................................2Demographic and epidemiological factors contributing to childhood asthma................................3Community services in Redbridge...................................................................................................5Health need assessment (HNA) for childhood asthma in Redbridge..............................................7Role of nurse in empowering children with asthma......................................................................11Impact of current legislation and partnership working..................................................................12Conclusion.....................................................................................................................................14References......................................................................................................................................15
2NURSING ASSIGNMENT Introduction Community health needs assessment is a vital tool for healthcare planning to gatherinformation required for bringing about beneficial changes in health of a community orpopulation (Burke et al. 2013). In primary care services, community nursing staff and otherhealthcare professionals are skilled in assessing healthcare needs of the community people.However, there are inequalities in providing basic healthcare needs of community challenginghealthcare access and delivery of healthcare services. There are various healthcare concerns thatgreatly complicate the community needs of people suffering from long-term conditions likediabetes, asthma, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and many more. Asthma is one of the commonest long-term condition affecting children and adultsestimating 1 in 11 children suffering from this condition (James and Lyttle 2016). Asthma ischronic inflammatory condition making airways hyper-responsive and constricting easily inresponse to stimuli leading to wheezing, coughing, shortness of breath and tightness. Around 5.4million people are suffering from asthma currently in UK and about 1,000 deaths that are around90% are related to preventable factors (Panesar et al. 2013). Emergency conditions occur andabout 70% of cases are preventable through early interventions (Croisant 2014). Earlychildhood asthma is common in Redbridge and they mostly belong to minority groups (Sethi,Wijayatilake and De la Cerda 2013). Before proceeding with health need assessment inRedbridge borough, community nurses should ensure confidentiality for avoiding ethical issuesand dangers of stigmatization of population groups (Gaziano et al. 2015). Community healthneed assessment assure confidentiality while collecting local views of community clientsreflecting population and seeking out their concerns regarding asthma. Community nurses took
3NURSING ASSIGNMENT consents from parents in conducting the health needs assessment of children suffering fromasthma. In Redbridge, approximately 700 children suffer from long-term asthmatic conditions andrequire support for early management and ensuring to minimize further complications (Knowles,Elbahy and Dezateux 2014). Therefore, the purpose and rationale for choosing this topic fordiscussion is to critically analyse the health needs of clients suffering from asthma in Redbridgecouncil utilizing a recognized theory of needs for empowering them. Demographic and epidemiological factors contributing to childhood asthma In Redbridge, London asthma is most common that affects approximately, 5,000 childrensuffering from severe forms undergoing care plans at schools to manage their conditions.Paediatric asthma is the major reason for emergency admissions in the council. According to2012 census, there were 178 emergency admissions for children suffering from asthma (Child2013). Asthma among children is most common as it is difficult to diagnose as other conditionsoverlap with this symptom. There is frequent wheezing among children who suffer from asthmademanding appropriate management of children during school age. However, as compared toEngland, Redbridge has slightly low percentage of asthma ad slightly higher than London(Redbridge.gov.uk 2018). Within Redbridge, childhood asthma is common among population belonging to lowersocio-economic groups (Redbridge.gov.uk 2018). Age and sex are the main demographic factorsthat contribute to long term asthma prevalence in Redbridge (McGilloway, Ghosh and Bhui2015). Among the age group, children population make up to 27.6% under the age of 20 yearswhere 85.2% school children belong to minority ethnic group suffer from childhood asthma
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