NUR 533 DQ The Social and Material Determinants of Health
NUR 533 DQ The Social and Material Determinants of Health
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See the problem and doing something about it!The focus of this discussion
are the opportunities for the master’s prepared nurse to identify within his or
her practice, the social and material determinants of health that contribute to
health disparities. In other words, tell us what you see and what you believe
is the root cause of it!
This involves developing a heightened sense of awareness of these
variables and in essence, bearing witness to them so that you are spurred on to
take action in your work in social policy and in your role as an advocate.
(These aspects of the role of the masters prepared nurses were discussed in
Module 2.)
The assignment builds on the content of the module in that it asks you to
apply what you learned within the context of your everyday experience of work.
The essence of this is to ask you to see beyond the tasks of your daily work
experiences and make explicit your understanding and recognition of the reality
of the lives of the individuals you work with and how their health is the
outcome of social and material determinants.
To prepare for your discussion, please complete all required reading and
viewing, including the Module Notes, prior to continuing. You may also want to
review the reading and viewing from Modules 2 and 4.
This discussion asks you to recognize and identify the population based
adverse health outcomes that you’ve seen in your practice as a nurse and
discuss how they are the outcome of specific social and material determinants
of health and how they result in health disparities.
Please address the following:
Describe a population-based health problem that you’ve encountered in
your practice as a nurse. Share detail about the problem:
Who are the individuals affected? (Describe the population.)
How significant is the problem?
Explain what you believe are the social and material determinants of
health that contribute to these disparities. Base this explanation on your
readings and include appropriate citations. For example, if the problem is
non-adherence to medications and worsening illness, could it be that low health
literacy is the determinant or perhaps the inability to pay for the
medications?
Based on your experience, what social and material conditions need to
change to lessen the negative impact of the determinants you are describing?
Identify a social or health policy that influences or shapes the social
and material determinants that you’ve identified.
Describe the opportunities for the masters prepared nurse to engage in
political activism on behalf of positive change.
For your initial response, please be sure to address all of the above
statements and/ or questions.
Use these EC Library and OWL resources for research assistance and to
properly cite your work:
Master’s in Nursing Research Guide (Links to an external site.)Links to
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Plagiarism & Copyright (Links to an external site.)Links to an
external site.
Excelsior Library Writing Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an
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APA Citation Help (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Excelsior College Online Writing Lab (OWL) (Links to an external
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How You Are Evaluated
You are expected to participate in academic conversations with peers and
faculty to generate scholarly dialogue. Expectations for participation in the
course discussions are described under the Discussion Rubric: Exploration,
Spirit of Inquiry, and Engagement (interactions) when relating your
experiences, opinions, viewpoints, and ideas supported by evidence.
Consult the Discussion Posting Guide for information about writing your
discussion posts. It is recommended that you write your post in a document
first. Check your work and correct any spelling or grammatical errors. When you
are ready to make your initial post, click “Reply.” Then copy/paste
the text into the message field, and click “Post Reply.”
To respond to a peer, click “Reply” beneath her or his post and continue
as with an initial post.
Evaluation
This discussion will be graded using the discussion board rubric. Please
review this rubric, located on the Rubrics page within the Start Here module of
the course, prior to beginning your work to ensure your participation meets the
criteria in place for this discussion. All discussions combined are worth 40%
of your final course grade.