Community Teaching Plan on the Chemical Exposure Environmental Issue

Community Teaching Plan on the Chemical Exposure Environmental Issue
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Community Teaching Plan on Chemical Exposure Environmental Issues
The plan will address newly employed nurses between 24-28 years at the community health center regarding chemical exposure risk and its sources, impacts, and mitigation factors.
Section 1: Planning Before Teaching
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Estimated Time Teaching Will Last: The teaching will take approximately two hours.

Location of Teaching: The teaching will occur at the community health center hall.

Supplies, Materials, and Equipment Needed: The teaching will require a projector screen to showcase the learning content, a laptop for typing and storing the learning content, a table for placing the laptop and projector while teaching, and a charging socket to prevent the laptop and projector from shutting down.

Estimated Cost: The total estimated cost is $900.The projector costs approximately $500, a laptop costs $300, and a table costs $100. The community health facility will provide the charging socket and electricity power.

Community and Target Aggregate: The community and target aggregate are the young and newly employed nurses at the community health center.

Topic: The topic is: Community Teaching Plan on Chemical Exposure Environmental Issues.

Identification of Focus for Community Teaching
Chemical exposure, an environmental public health issue, is the topic of focus for the community teaching plan because it causes significant health and safety threats to nurses and other healthcare workers. Furthermore, the risk originates from multiple sources, such as disinfectants, drugs, anesthetic gases, sterilizing agents, solvents, and detergents. Therefore, it is necessary to sensitize young and newly employed nurses at the community health center regarding chemical exposure issues and their impacts.
Epidemiological Rationale for Topic
Chemical exposure risk significantly causes adverse health effects and deaths in health facilities. World Health Organization (2023) highlighted that disinfectants and cleaning agents increase asthma risk outbreaks among nurses by 67%. Furthermore, Wanner et al. (2019) highlighted that a chemical disaster involving sarin gas in Tokyo caused secondary exposure to 110 healthcare workers, causing mild symptoms after over 5,500 victims sought healthcare services at the local hospital.
Section 2: Teaching Plan Criteria
Problem Statement:
Young and newly employed nurses may need more knowledge and skills for preparedness, effective, and safe care during chemical disasters. Although multiple studies have highlighted chemical exposure risk among health workers, a knowledge gap exists on impacts and mitigation factors for chemical exposure risk among young and newly employed nurses. Therefore, this teaching plan aims to enlighten young and newly employed nurses at the local community health center about chemical exposure, its effects, and preventive measures.
Readiness for Learning:
Emotional factors indicating that the young and newly employed nurses are ready to learn include their motivation to ask questions, open-mindedness, and curiosity. Contrarily, experiential readiness factors include reflection on chemical risks in their work environment, clinical exposure, and educational background in nursing.
Learning Theory to Be Utilized:
Experiential learning theory will apply during the community teaching about chemical exposure. The young and newly employed nurses will reflect on their experiences concerning chemical exposure, including the effects and prevention strategies they have witnessed in their work environments.
Goal:
The community teaching plan uses the HP2030 (Healthy People 2030) overarching objective number one for attaining well-being, healthy, and thriving lives free of preventable premature death, disability, injury, and disease (National Library of Medicine, 2019). The teaching plan aligns with this overarching objective because chemical exposure risk can cause preventable impacts like premature death or disease, hence the need to promote healthy lives through sensitization.
How Does This HP2030 Objective Relate to Alma Ata’s Health for All Global Initiatives: