Finkelman, Leadership and Management for Nurses: Core Competencies for Quality Care, 3e
Chapter 7 – Critical Thinking and Clinical Reasoning and Judgment
This activity contains 2 Discussion Questions and 1 Application Exercise.
Discussion Questions:
1.
How is Healthy People 2020 relevant to public/community health? (Online Application
Option)
2.
What are examples of public/community care that you know about in your community?
How do the roles relate to content in this chapter? (Online Application Option)
Application Exercise:
1.
Divide into teams. Each team should select a public/community health issue of interest
and research its current status within the state. Share this information and include
recommendations for nursing involvement. (Online Application Option)
Chapter 7– ANSWER KEY Thinking Critically Questions
Discussion Questions:
1. [Answers may vary]
Healthy People 2020 includes three overarching goals that support the vision and mission
of public/community health nursing:
• Attain high-quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability, injury, and
premature death.
Healthy People provides resources for communities and health professionals to develop
strategies to address needs that develop and support healthy communities. The
recommended framework for communities to use is called MAP-IT (Healthy People,
2014d). The steps are:
• Mobilize partners.
2.
[Answers will vary.]
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