NR 443 - Week 3 DQ 1: Collaborating With the Community. A Graded - Chamberlain College Of Nursing

NR 443 - Week 3 DQ 1: Collaborating With the Community. A Graded - Chamberlain College Of Nursing WEEK 3 DQ 1 Collaborating With the Community (graded) Identify a community or aggregate you are currently involved with at home (personal life) or at work. Cite some major value, major strengths, and health needs of your community or aggregate. How could a nurse work collaboratively with a community to build on these strengths and facilitate community empowerment? Keep in mind the different methods of community outreach the nurse could utilize. Please note: According to Nies and McEwan (2011), the definition of an aggregate is a “community composed of people who share common characteristics” (p.92). Remember, aggregates do not necessarily know or interact with one another, but share a common bond such as religious belief, age, life experience, illness, etc. Reference: Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2011). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier. Respond This section lists options that can be used to view responses. Collapse All Print View Show Options Responses Responses are listed below in the following order: response, author and the date and time the response is posted. Sort by Read/Unread Sort by Response Sorted Ascending, click to sort descending Sort by Author Sort by Date/Time* (an instructor response) Collapse Mark as Unread Collaborating with the Community Instructor Hamilton Email this Author 2/18/2015 8:49:49 PM Hello Class! This threaded discussion will help us to understand the different aggregates in the community as well as network to develop problem solving techniques. Let's explore the following questions and provide insights that will help clarify the content for this week. I remember a time after a tornado when the water supply was down...as an example to get you started...how could this be a community health problem... 1. Describe a time when you have seen an aggregate of people come together over a community health problem. What was the result? 2. Discuss how common risk factors or traits could help the community nurse identify an aggregate of people and empower them to work towards a common goal. 3. Have you seen community outreach positively impact your community? If yes, what was the identified problems and the outcome? See you in the threads!~Dr Hamilton Class: You may begin posting in this TD on Sunday, March 15, 2015 for credit. Respond Collapse Mark as Read RE: Collaborating with the Community Jessica Parker Email this Author 3/15/2015 12:57:15 PM Dr. Hamilton & Class: In the Health Planning Model, there are several steps the nurse should consider: assessment, planning, intervention, & evaluation (Nies & McEwen, pp.107-111). A community may have many different dynamics that will determine the needs of that community. A community is not just a city or town, but can be a group