A nurse works in a local, free community clinic. The nurse uses an assets-based approach, in which the community group's strengths and resources are identified first. The nurse's approach facilitates which of the following?
a. Development of partnerships c. Ultimate power of the community agency
b. Ultimate power of the nurse d. Development of a contract
A
An assets-based approach lends itself to identifying how the community can manage its own health
needs by building on community and population group strengths and resources. Identifying assets and
resources would be one of the first steps to developing a partnership. In a true partnership, neither the
nurse nor the community have all of the power because it is a mutual relationship.
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