Assignment task: Collaborate with professionals across the health care system. With nursing home patients, find a gap in care or social determinant that often results in poor health care outcomes. You will begin to take the lead in advocating for and collaborating with others to improve the health care outcomes for populations at risk.
Briefly describe your community and then describe your practice setting.
What are the determinants of health in your community?
What are the most prevalent health problems in your community or in your practice?
Choose a population at risk and describe the health problem specific to that population. Remember that you will have to define the population's age, culture, religious beliefs, foods, and traditions eventually as your project progresses.