HRSA Data Warehouse Website Activity and Reflection - NURS 340

This assignment analyzes the HRSA Data Warehouse, focusing on the health resources and programs available, particularly for underserved populations. The student explored the HRSA Data Warehouse website, including the Health Center Locator Tool and the Data by Geography tool, examining data for Clark County, Nevada, and comparing it to data from HRSA Fact Sheets. The analysis included identifying Health Professional Shortage Areas (HPSAs) and Medically Underserved Areas/Populations (MUA/Ps), as well as the resources for HIV/AIDS programs. The student also compared the data for Clark County, Nevada, with their own state and county, identifying HRSA program resources for HIV/AIDS and the number of clinics funded by HRSA. The assignment reflects on the usefulness of the data warehouse for nurses and the implications of the data on healthcare access and resource allocation, including the shortage of nurses. The references provided support the analysis of healthcare data and its impact on patient outcomes and resource allocation.

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HRSA Data Warehouse Website Activity and Reflection
Some people are living in isolation geographically and are more vulnerable in economic and
medical terms. The HRSA programs help to provide them the health care facilities. The people
under this category are the ones suffering from HIV / AIDS , the women who are pregnant and
other people who do not have access to good health care facilities. The HRSA programs cover
the healthcare facilities in the rural areas. They help to train the professionals in the medical
field, distribute the facilities in the needy areas and improve the health care facilities. The HRSA
Data Warehouse Locator Tools help to find a Health Center. There are several options like
finding a Health Center, exploring maps, finding shortage areas, viewing HRSA fact sheets and
downloading the data. To find a health centre, the access to current location needs to be
provided. The location has to be entered along with the range ( like 5 miles ). This gives the
possible results with name, address, contact number and distance from our current location. The
route can be viewed from the map available. There are options like finding an organ transplant
centre also.
The data for Clark County, Nevada is studied using the Data by Geography tool and also
the HRSA Fact Sheets tool ( for HRSA’s activities in HHS regions, states, counties, and
congressional districts ). A comparison of the data is then done.

Identification of HRSA program resources for HIV/AIDS in
our state and county :
The Data by Geography shows the presence of 15 HPSAs ( Health Professional Shortage Areas )
and 4 MUA / Ps ( Medically Underserved Areas / Populations ). It also shows that there are 12
Ryan White HIV / AIDs providers.
The usefulness of data warehouse for a professional nurse can be seen here. The count of nurse
practitioner FTEs is also given at Health Center Service Delivery Sites. This helps to know the
requirement at these sites. There are a number of clinics funded by HRSA.There are 12 Health
Center Service Delivery and Look – Alike Sites, 3 Reporting Program Grantees, 29 NHSC
( National Health Service Corps ) approved sites and 17.85 NHSC FTEs ( Full Time
Equivalents ). The total patients served are 7809. The HRSA HIV/AIDs Awarded Grant was $
7,482,295 ( in FY 2018 ) and $ 6,917,214 ( in FY 2017 ).
The HRSA fact sheet gives the following data :
In the district of Nevada, the total population is 692,075. HRSA provides grants to individuals as
well as organizations for the improvement as well as expansion of the health care services to the
undeserved persons. There are 1400 health center grantees. The Health Center Program FY 2018
funding was $ 4,242,438. The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program ( RWHAP ) of HRSA provides
funding for treating and caring for the HIV patients. For FY 2018, the funding was $ 7,482,295.
It shows that around 1,865 nurses and nurse faculty are serving. Hence, there is a significant
shortage of nurses.

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