1. Identify a service member to interview from your hometown, city, county, or state. Gather background information through a personal interview with your selected veteran, including:
· Why he/she joined the service
· Which branch of the military they served in
· Their role in the military, including length of service and type of service
· Summarize any combat, memorable experiences, or travel
· List medals and/or citations
· Record a fond memory or a struggle
· Summarize any discrimination they encountered
· Summarize their healthcare needs
Gather information about their acclimation back to civilian life, including:
· Pressure or stress
· Family life
· Healthcare/community resources
· Belonging to any veteran organizations, attendance at any reunions, or contact with former unit members
· Chronic or ongoing healthcare needs and how they are being met
Thank the veteran for the interview and then use this information to provide a healthcare analysis for this veteran.
2. Provide a Service Member Healthcare Analysis
· Identify a healthcare need for this veteran–the need may be physical, psychological, or psychosocial in nature.
· Research local resources that could be used to address the selected healthcare need and explore how to access the resource.
· Describe how this resource correlates with an existing nursing theory (Links to an external site.) .
· Select a Healthy People 2030 (Links to an external site.) topic and objective that is addressed by the resource.
3. Reflect
Summarize your interview and your healthcare analysis based on your research.
· What actions will you take to impact your community’s knowledge and access to the available resources for veterans?
· What actions will you take to ensure that local healthcare providers have the knowledge of available resources for veterans (including your own employment setting)?
4. Prepare a pamphlet for the veteran interviewed
· Highlight available resources specific to his/her needs
· Pamphlets are to be in a tri-fold format (word has a template)
5. Provide one reference for theory, one reference for Healthy People 2030, and one reference from the organization
Rubri
· Your paper should be submitted in 12-point Times New Roman font with 1” margins and use APA (7th ed.) style for in-text citations and references. The paper should be 3–4 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages and should reflect your preparation and your experience during the community activity interview. The submission in Canvas will be integrated into TURNITIN and an originality report will be generated for your benefit. Your final submission will be graded.
· Submit the pamphlet you prepared for the veteran that highlights resources available to help meet his/her specific needs.