NR 443 - Week 5 DQ 1: Vulnerable Populations. A Graded - Chamberlain College Of Nursing.

NR 443 - Week 5 DQ 1: Vulnerable Populations. A Graded - Chamberlain College Of Nursing. WEEK 5 DQ 1 Vulnerable Populations (graded) As nurses, we all know what we should do to maintain a healthy lifestyle, but often knowledge does not translate into actual behavior. Vulnerable populations may face additional individual and/or societal barriers to being healthy. What are those barriers? What can nurses do to overcome some of the barriers that you identified? 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 Vulnerable Populations Instructor Hamilton Email this Author 2/18/2015 8:53:15 PM Hello Class! Public health nurses have a duty to educate and offer the services available. Sometimes that is a tough road as many of the individuals seeking services have certain goals in mind and those may not be the same goals the nurse has for them.....there is an old adage: "You can lead a horse to water, but can't make it drink." This means that you can offer services, but you cannot force people to utilize them. Do you agree or disagree with this perspective? Please explain and share examples if you have them. See you in the thread!~Dr Hamilton Class: You may begin posting in this TD on Sunday, March 29, 2015 for credit. Respond Collapse Mark as Read RE: Vulnerable Populations Jessica Parker Email this Author 3/30/2015 8:01:12 PM Instructor Hamilton & Class: I agree that you can offer the services but cannot force people to utilize the service. An example of someone from a vulnerable population would be a substance abuser (CCN, 2015). We can offer services for cessation & counseling, but if they are not willing and not (mentally) ready to accept the help, they will probably fail. We can always continue to educate the patient (& the family). Sometimes, family has already attempted to help the patient, but it may take someone from the outside (the healthcare provider/nurse) to convince the patient. Many times we do not want to hear something from family but will be more accepting of a professional's recommendation. Chamberlain College of Nursing. (2015). NR-443 Week 5: Frontier Nursing Service [Online lesson]. Downers Grove, IL: DeVry Education Group. Nies, M. A., & McEwen, M. (2011). Community/Public health nursing: Promoting the health of populations (5th ed.). St. Louis, MO: Saunders/Elsevier. Respond (an instructor response) Collapse Mark as Read RE: Vulnerable Populations Instructor Hamilton Email this Author 3/31/2015 6:23:48 AM Jessica your post reminded me of the television reality show "Intervention" although edited for TV I am sure the intent is still the same, the person is offered a free rehabilitation offer and either accepts or does not. One episode involved a heroin addict who refused and part of the family healing was to not give him a place to stay, food to eat, and money. He was an adult who needed to figure out how to help himself. The family was enabling him and the counselor was spot on when he stated "enabling is rewarding bad behavior". The program is not only for the addict but the family as well. Thanks for the topic.~Dr Hamilton Class: Thoughts about this statement? Respond