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.
Part 2
Elder Abuse
There are many types of elder abuse.
-Choose two types of elder abuse and discuss challenges you perceive in abolishing them.
-Justify why you consider them as the most crucial.
-Discuss how you can advocate and protect the elderly fr
