A nurse would like to improve the ability of the nursing center ...

[kwoodring]

A nurse would like to improve the ability of the nursing center to be responsive to the needs of the community. Which of the following best describes how this can be accomplished?
 
  a. Having staff examine the needs of the community
  b. Determining the services to be provided by the center
  c. Involving the community in assessing its own needs
  d. Addressing the problems in the communi-ty

Question 2

What was the overarching concept upon which Healthy People 2020 was built?
 
  a. Establish nursing centers for the purpose of health promotion
  b. Create partnerships among individuals, communities, and systems
  c. Eliminate disease in lesser-developed countries
  d. Further the agenda of the World Health Organization (WHO)

[aburgess]

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
Nurses work in close partnership with the communities. As the community and center work to-gether, a multilevel approach is needed. For comprehensive community health improvement, strategies are needed at organizational, community, and sociopolitical levels. Thus, it is important to involve the community in the planning of a nursing center. Having the staff examine the community needs does not involve the community. If the nurse determines the services to be provided, this does not demonstrate collaboration and communication with the community. The nurse needs to work with the community in order to determine which problems in the community should be addressed.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
Healthy People 2020 builds upon shared responsibility to improve the nation's health. Powerful, productive partnerships among diverse people and groups and long-term commitments to com-munity collaboration are needed to achieve these goals. Healthy People 2020 did not promote the establishment of nursing centers. Healthy People 2020 focuses on the needs of the United States, not that of lesser developed countries or the agenda of the WHO.