Role of Community Nurse in Diverse Community

Running head: ROLE OF COMMUNITY NURSE IN DIVERSE COMMUNITY
ROLE OF COMMUNITY NURSE IN DIVERSE COMMUNITY
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1ROLE OF COMMUNITY NURSE IN DIVERSE COMMUNITY
1. Black Americans mainly originated from the countries of Central and Western Africa
(Newman & Kaljee, 2017).
2. Cardiovascular ailments such as stroke and hypertension and stroke, as well as obesity,
diabetes and pulmonary disorders such as lung cancer and sarcoidosis are major health
concerns (Cunningham et al., 2017).
3. Black Americans were victims of slavery, which pushed them towards poverty, resulting
in consumption of financially feasible food sources, mainly left over options from slave
owners such as high fat, organ meats. Such foods have become traditional meal items.
Further, consumption of starchy vegetables coupled with the belief that it is acceptable to
cook enough food rather than less at cultural events, results in excess calorie consumption
which may be associated with barriers (Chen et al., 2016).
4. The community plan will focus on prevention and management of obesity and associated
metabolic disorders and include nursing interventions of nutritional health education,
anthropometric assessment, dietary and exercise interventions.
5. Primary interventions will include treatment and management of obesity, hypertension,
hyperlipidemia and hyperglycemia. Secondary prevention would include community
service care services such as exercise programs and dietary interventions. Tertiary
prevention would include referrals to behavioral psychologists, counselors or self help
groups (Montesi et al., 2016).
6. The first goal would include obesity and metabolic disorder management with the
objective to achieve health body mass index (BMI) and blood levels of glucose, lipids
and pressure and would be evaluated by blood tests and anthropometric measurements.
The second goal would include obesity and metabolic disorder prevention with the