Module 19 Merul Trap It Coping With Poverty Progress Screen 05 Of 08 How Can I Truly Help As A Community Health Nurse 1 (50.66 KiB) Viewed 14 times
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Module 19 Merul Trap It Coping with Poverty Progress: Screen 05 of 08 How can I truly help? As a community health nurse, you will encounter contrasting value systems in your health practice settings. Consider what you would do at your first home visit to a family experiencing poverty. You are referred to a family by the local school nurse for recurring problems with head lice. You find the family living in unsafe conditions that don't fulfill health requirements and are too small for a family of that size, even though the family tries their best to maintain an orderly, well-kept home. You will probably be inclined to interpret this situation through your own value system, in which health and safety are priorities. However, the family is clearly coping with stressful environmental influences, which may make them prioritize differently. For example, the parent is afraid to call the landlord to fix the broken stove because of a fear of eviction. This client's priority is to keep the family sheltered, even if the conditions are not ideal. < PREV NEXT >
Rather than imposing your own values, think about how you can consider the needs of this family and how their situation affects their priorities. What is one strategy you could use to meet this family's needs with respect and dignity? The first strategy I'd apply would be...
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