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Geopolitical factors related to governments, their policies, and the relationship of that place with other countries and people can determine ways of advocacy, and policies needed to improve their health. Understanding these communities or jurisdictional boundaries helps to know their poverty state, employment rates, political influence, availability of transport, violence and all the factors which influence health (Ungar, 2017). These factors are important in the fair distribution of aid resources and making informed decisions which are based on facts. The phenomenological community are connected by their common interests or goals such as religious and social groups, understanding these helps to identify their health needs and barriers to health. They have a sense of belonging to their group and share common interests although they might be living in different geographical locations. When addressing the phenomenological groups, the nurse needs to know the one thing which brings them together for example members of a religious group such as, Muslim community (Hogg, 2021).

 The nursing process starts from doing an assessment where the nurse looks at the community and comes up with a diagnosis depending on their needs. A goal is then set to have an objective which needs to be achieved. Nursing care is then implemented to achieve the specific goal and after the care is rendered the nurse evaluates the given care to see if the set goal was achieved. This is crucial in coming up with individualized care which is relevant to their needs for example with vegetarians the nurse can come up with dietary recommendations to address the specific community. There are geographical locations where abuse of illicit drugs is common, and the nurse can address this giving education on drug abuse and ways of stopping unhealthy behaviors and utilizing the nursing process can help in achieving this.

References

Hogg, G. R., Edwards, K., Ely, T., Mochizuki, M., & Varda, D. (2021). Exploring the capacity of community‐based organisations to absorb health system patient referrals for unmet social needs. Health & Social Care in the Community, 29(2), 487–495. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1111/hsc.13109

Ungar, M. (2017). Which Counts More: Differential Impact of the Environment or Differential Susceptibility of the Individual? British Journal of Social Work, 47(5), 1279–1289. https://doi-org.lopes.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcw109

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There are a lot of things to consider when conducting a community assessment. The nurse needs to think about population size, physical boundaries, environment of the location. Geological places comprise of community boundaries, mode of transport for example, roads and railways, natural features such as mountains, rivers, vegetation, animals in that geological area and the general climate. (Green 2018). The location of the community can affect the health status of the community. For example, a community which is situated in arid land is likely to face food and water challenges which will affect the outcome of the general population. A community with poor roads and transport network can also pause a challenge on services and products deliveries, this will affect the quality life of people. Health services are also limited in these areas due to those same challenges. A phenomenological place is a psychological location and focuses on peoples’ cultural beliefs, education, spiritual beliefs, economic status, history, and values within that community. Geopolitical and phenomenological assessment helps the nurse to understand what is needed and the physical restraints to reach out. The use of nursing process in various health situations of care practice has shown to be one of the successful ways to provide quality of care, allowing the nurse to assess, plan, implement and evaluate the outcomes. (Alves Benedet 2018). The nurse gathers data of the community and the current health status of people and produces a diagnosis, plan on how to tackle the problem, produce a solution which is then put in use, and evaluate afterwards. They can be referrals to secondary levels for complicated cases.  

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