Week 5 discussion

Topic 1: Faith-Based Nursing

Review Healthy People 2020. Identify objectives that are amenable to parish nurse intervention.

• Describe how faith communities can contribute to the accomplishment of these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of improving the health of the public.
• How can nurses working in the community form partnerships with parish nurses and faith communities?
• How would such partnerships be beneficial?

Review the article Redirecting Innovation in U.S. Health Care.

Based on your analysis and understanding of the article, answer the following questions:

• What are the two most important reasons for why technology is not adopted? What can be done about them?
• What are the ways these two issues can be resolved? Explain.