Conceptual Community Model

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Community nursing requires the nurse to be well-informed of the community, knowledge on needs of people in the community, and the capability to diagnosis, plan and implement the necessities for the community. To provide quality outcomes for a community, the use of a conceptual model help in guiding the professional nurse on assessing the needs, prioritizing needs and the listing the severity of needs. The process of using a conceptual model can be compared to the nursing processes which consist to assessing the needs of a patient, diagnosing needs, planning needs of the patient, implementation of the plan, and evaluating the success of the plan. A conceptual model and the nursing process are used to recognize problems and find solutions or outcomes for the listed problems

Survival of a community works best when a partnership is developed with the nurse and the community. The collaboration of the partnership can work to address the needs of the community while working on planning and implementing change. “The nurse works in partnership with community groups to enhance the capacity, resourcefulness, vitality, and support to create change within the community” (Ervin, 2002, p. 61). Community partnerships show the nurse and the community possibilities for improvement. This paper will discuss the Developmental Model of Health and how it may be used in a community setting, how the model compares to the nursing process and whether the model can be used in the parameters of a community partnership.

Developmental Model of Health

The Developmental Model of Health puts focus of health on the characteristics of the family and the families view on health. According to Allen & Warner (2002), the developmental model of healt...

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...lems and ability to be involved in leaning ways of coping with the issues of smoking or substance abuse. People in the community who can demonstrate an above average ability to cope and learn new about new resources will be more successful than their counterparts. Health potential is the potential of the members of the community to acknowledge a problems exist and their internal motivational strength to their habitual problems.

Works Cited

Black C; Ford-Gilboe M; Journal of Advanced Nursing, 2004 Nov; 48 (4): 351-60 (journal article - research, tables/charts) ISSN: 0309-2402 PMID: 15500529 CINAHL AN: 2005012204

Janice E. Hitchcock, Phyllis E. Schubert, Sue A. Thomas (2003). Community Health Nursing. Caring in Action (2nd ed.) Retrieved August 20, 2010

Ervin, N. (2002). Advanced community health nursing practice. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

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