Reference no: EM133312467

Professional Nursing Role

Activity

Objective: Identify the professional role of the nurse within the context of the U.S. health care system.

Topic: Healthcare systems: Current events

The goal of this project is to work as a group to identify and discuss the social determinants of health and how they relate to nursing.
The instructions are as follows:

Please read Donnell's story: Donnell Gamble | Health Care for the Homeless - Baltimore and
Maryland (hchmd.org)
1. Answer the following questions:
A. What are social determinants of health?
B. Identify the social determinants of health that impact Donnell's quality of life?
C. What are his risk factors?
2. Visit the Maryland Healthcare for the Homeless website
A. Identify the healthcare services offered by Healthcare for the Homeless.
B. What role does nursing play in combating these disparities? Give an example.

Your essays should follow proper formatting with an Introduction, Body, and
Summary/Conclusion. It must be in APA formatting with properly cited resources and a minimum of two scholarly/credible sources.

Roles: Each group member must select one of the roles noted below. Please take note of the responsibilities listed for each role. You are required to fulfill these duties; in addition to, contributing to the assignment. For example, the editor must still contribute "content" for the assignment. This could be in the form of research or a direct contribution to development of the paper.

Role Definitions:

3. Facilitator: Guides group, establishes timelines, suggests organization.

4. Reminder: Keeps close watch on group progress and timeline.

5. Summarizer: Write the summarizing paragraph at the end of the project.

6. Introduction: Adds introduction to project.

7. Editor: Edits for English, spelling, etc. after all is completed.

8. Reporter: Copies the final document to Word and posts it.

9. Did any member of your team do exceptional work? Who? Explain.

10. Did any member of the group fail to do their fair share? What leads you to this conclusion.

Attachment:- Activity-Healthcare systems.rar