DW5- Trends In Healthcare Policy (Nursing)

DW5- Trends In Healthcare Policy

Week 5 Discussion

TASK

Post your initial response to the topic below.

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. 

o  Include in your discussions ways that the team might work to overcome those hindrances.

As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format. Support your work, using your course lectures and textbook readings. Helpful APA guides and resources are available in the 

University Online Library

. Below are guides that are located in the library and can be accessed and downloaded via the 

University Online Citation Resources: APA Style page

. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at 

APA Style.