A nurse works hard to develop alliances among various community organizations toward improving health in the community. What are actions such as this called?
a. Building coalitions
b. Collaboration
c. Communication
d. Community cooperation
ANS: A
By definition, the nurse's actions are coalition building. Although collaboration has a very similar meaning, Table 1-4 stresses that collaboration is focused more on enhancing the capacity of an individual or a group. The nurse is establishing cooperative alliances, but not yet working with them toward a goal.
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