Assignment task:
"You are a community health nurse doing immunizations at a homeless shelter who encounters a resident with serious environmental health concerns. All three of the resident's children are asthmatics. From the time the family was forced to seek residence in the shelter, the children-particularly the youngest-have had multiple acute asthma episodes. The shelter manager is unwilling to correct the building's dust, mold, and inadequate heating problems and has told residents that they will be evicted if they complain to the city about the conditions. There is a waiting list for the shelter, as it is the only one available within the city limits. The mother sees no way out for herself and her children. Anxious and distraught, she asks you for help."
The plan of action should reflect the concerns of this constituency. Include the following:
The constituent should state two specific concerns or hesitations that prevent them from becoming more active.
Your response as a politically active nurse should reflect suggestions or solutions to their concerns.
Provide two examples of how their constituency can negatively or positively impact the policymaking process.