Community Nursing Essay

As my community profile, I will be doing an ethnographic study of downtown Cincinnati. The agency that I am doing my internship is at Hamilton County Job and Family Services. The agency is based in the heart of Downtown Cincinnati. I thought this would be a good community to research demographics and compositions because, it’s the neighborhood that the agency workers are in the most. What is a community? A community is an area where a group people lives in the same place. This is could be a…

Services. When I first got this essay/assignment I had no clue what “services” really meant. So before doing anything else I looked up what “service” meant. On Dictionary.com the number one definition of it is: An act of helpful activity; help or aid. I was still at a loss for words for the essay. So next I searched ‘a service needed for children under 5’ online. Which took me to citizensadvice.com.uk and in the article I read something popped out at me, “The local authority can provide a range…

The Center for Domestic Preparedness (CDP) is a federal organization that provides preparedness training to emergency responders. In fact, they are the primary trainer of emergency response personnel. Below explains more about the CDP and why they are so important. Overview of the CDP The idea for the CDP originally started within the US. Army Chemical School during the 1950’s. As time went by, both state and federal officials agreed that there should be a federally operated site that provided…

The world is filled with myriad communities. When we consider community, many of us might consider stereotypical small-town living; that is, everything is local, everyone knows your name, and interpersonal interactions are face-to-face. When we think of community, we think of knocking on the neighbor's door for a cup of sugar. We might also think of the Utopian-minded communities spread across the U.S., occupied by people who partake in communal meals, share a majority of their belongings, and…

Community Development: South Asian Immigrants in Victoria, BC The term ‘social’ can convey different meanings to an extroverted individual and an introverted person. Their individual traits may determine what sort of activities they desire and are capable of participating in. Similarly, community and community development can embody various significances for each person or group. An umpteen number of pointedly different communities comprise the globe. Each of these communities can have diverse…

resulting in the breakdown of effective social control within that community." The theory points out that delinquency isn't the result of an individual action, but it doe explains that delinquency is caused…

When the opportunity came to find community service hours for my Human Growth and Development class, I knew I wanted to help out somebody who works hard to provide me safety. I talked to my dad after finding out I needed hours and he advised me to talk to the sheriff. The sheriff told me that he would gladly appreciate my help and he decided on a task for me: washing patrol cars. I thought that washing cars seemed like an easy enough task. The day before my service my dad informed me that I…

I think serving others is important because you can make a difference. It also makes you feel good for helping others out. For my service learning, I chose to work with my old elementary school teacher, Ms. Simon, who works in the AAP department. I also happened to meet a new teacher, Ms. Maloney who works with special ed. kids. I helped them get work done around their room. I started out working for Ms. Simon in the beginning of school last year. Last Summer I had visited Franconia,…

I have participated in several community service projects including: Serving at the Banquet, Kids Against Hunger, Mission Trips to New York City and Detroit and assisting a first grade classroom. Through these projects, I have been able to serve those in the Sioux Falls community and abroad. Serving at the Banquet allows the homeless and hungry of Sioux Falls to come and eat a warm meal. During the hours spent there, you not only get to serve the food, but you also get a chance to talk with…

Good morning class, What do you think defines community? Community is an important part of belonging and is formed through interactions between group, place and the individual. I believe that the exploration of Radu Mihaileanu’s film “Live and Become” has enabled us to understand the importance of group perspective towards outsiders in belonging. Judith Wright’s 1920 poem “Remittance Man” highlights the interaction between individual and place, whilst discussing the need for change in some…