The population health nurse assists a homeless adolescent with a ...

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The population health nurse assists a homeless adolescent with a substance abuse problem enroll in school, to find work, and to enroll in a recovery program. Recognizing that empowerment may occur at a variety of levels, what best describes the higher end
 
  The population health nurse assists a homeless adolescent with a substance abuse problem enroll in school, to find work, and to enroll in a recovery program. Recognizing that empowerment may occur at a variety of levels, what best describes the higher end of the continuum in relation to this scenario? The nurse assists:
  1. A community organization to link with legal advocates and others to promote legislation to protect the civil rights of homeless adolescents.
  2. A group of homeless adolescents to form a support group.
  3. In creating an organization composed of homeless adolescents and members of the social services community to address the health care needs of homeless adolescents.
  4. In organizing local housing for homeless adolescents.

Question 2

The nurse assists residents to collect information about pollution and to present a petition to the City Council requesting greater accountability from local businesses regarding pollution. This best describes:
 
  1. Individual empowerment.
  2. Community empowerment.
  3. Community competence.
  4. Individual accountability.

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Answer to Question 1

Answer: 1
Explanation: 1. Empowerment may occur at a variety of levels. Community empowerment may be conceived as occurring along a continuum from personal empowerment to the creation of coalitions and linking with outside resources to address concerns. The community organization linking with legal advocates and others to promote legislation to protect the homeless adolescents' civil rights is the higher end of the continuum. At the level of personal empowerment, a population health nurse might help a homeless adolescent find work and enroll in a recovery program. At the next level, the nurse might assist a group of homeless adolescents to find a support group that permits them to share knowledge of resources. Helping to create an organization composed of homeless adolescents and members of the social services community to address the health care needs of the homeless adolescents would be an example of the third level of empowerment. At the fourth level, the population health nurse might assist the community organization to link with legal advocates and others to promote legislation to protect the civil rights of homeless adolescents.

Answer to Question 2

Answer: 2
Explanation: 2. Community empowerment focuses on increased civic participation and preparation for collective action to address common concerns or achieve common goals. Individual empowerment focuses on improving individual skills and self-esteem as a precursor to taking control of one's own life. Community competence is defined as the ability of the community to engage in effective problem solving. Even though one might think the situation involves community competence, the best description is community empowerment. Individual accountability is not an applicable description of this situation.

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