Reading and Resources

Textbook Readings

Professional Nursing Practice: Concepts and Perspectives

• Chapter 7: “The Nurse as Health Promoter/Care Provider”
• Chapter 18: “Providing Care in Home and Community”

Web Resources

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2010). Healthy People 2020: Topics and objectives. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default

This resource is intended to support your work on your Discussion topic for this unit.

Overview and Outcomes

Nurse as Health Promoter/Care Provider

In this unit, you will explore the role that professional nurses play in the health of entire communities. This includes an expanded view of health that is comprehensive in nature. You will examine public health goals from a professional and personal perspective.

(Note: If you discover these unit topics to be of particular interest, you can look forward to a deeper exploration in the future of your program in NU450: Public Health Nursing – Population-Centered Health Care in the Community.)

After completing this unit, you should be able to:

• Differentiate between health prevention and health promotion.
• Describe the characteristics of a healthy community.
• Discuss essential components of health promotion.
• Analyze the nurse’s role in health promotion.

Course Outcome practiced in this unit:

NU300-6: Recognize the nurse’s teaching role in health promotion.

And here’s the Actual Discussion Board Instructions:

– Little background about the client. The client is a female nurse from the US

Unit 9 Discussion

Discussion Topic

Topic 1: Modeling the Pursuit of Health

Reflect on yourself as a role model of healthy behaviors. Correlate your answer to the goals of Healthy People 2020 found in your unit activities. Answer these questions.

• What are your personal barriers to achieving the goals of Healthy People 2020?
• What are the factors that help you achieve healthy behaviors?
• How has the view and practice of health care changed from one of disease management to comprehensive health care?

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2010). Healthy People 2020: Topics and objectives. Retrieved from http://www.healthypeople.gov/2020/topicsobjectives2020/default