Nurses as Change Agents in the Community

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Nurses as Change Agents in the Community

Week 5 Discussion

Discussion Question – Due Thursday – A reference and citation are required.

Nurses as Change Agents in the Community

In the chapter, “How Community-Based Organizations Are Addressing Nursing’s Role in Transforming Health Care,” the authors describe the community as the focus of advocacy action for change. They list a series of questions that help community teams develop organizing principles to guide their interventions, and the aim is to attack social determinants of health to make community change. Suppose a community team identifies lack of access to exercise modalities as a public health issue. If the team were to determine that pedestrian walkways need to be constructed:

    • Discuss at least two factors that would facilitate the development of the walkways.
    • Discuss at least two factors that would hinder the development of the walkways.
      • Include in your discussions ways that the team might work to overcome those hindrances.
  • MUST ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS AND HIGHLIGHT QUESTIONS FOLLOWED BY ANSWER!!!!
  • CITATION AND REFERENCE
  • TEXTBOOK AND READING:

Textbook Information

Mason, D. J., Dickson, E. L., Perez, G. A., & McLemore, A. R. (Eds). (2020). Policy & politics in nursing and health care (8th ed.). Elsevier. ISBN: 9780323554985.

From your course textbook, Policy & Politics in Nursing and Health Care, read the following chapters:

  • Research as a Political and Policy Tool
  • Coalitions: A Powerful Political Strategy
  • Creating a Culture of Health and Working with Communities
  • Taking Action: Nurse, Educator, and Legislator: My Journey to the Delaware General Assembly as a Lieutenant Governor
  • Taking Action: Nurse Leaders in the Boardroom