Nursing Discussion
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. The American Psychological Association website also provides detailed guidance on formatting, citations, and references at APA Style.
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• Basic Essay Template
TASK
Post your initial response to one of the two topics below.
Healthy People 2020 and Nursing
Topic 1: Faith-Based Nursing
Review Healthy People 2020. Identify objectives that are amenable to parish nurse intervention.
- Describe how faith communities can contribute to the accomplishment of these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of improving the health of the public.
- How can nurses working in the community form partnerships with parish nurses and faith communities?
- How would such partnerships be beneficial?
Topic 2: Collaboration at the Local, State, and Federal Levels
- Describe the roles of your local and state health departments in the accomplishment of healthcare promotion and goals.
- How do their goals of health promotion meet the objective of Healthy People 2020?
- How could nurses in the public health setting help clients to modify unhealthy behaviors at the primary and secondary prevention levels?
- Please provide an example for each prevention level.