The role of Civic Engagement and the Theories and Principles

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• Explain aim of this assignment e.g. blog writing and the charity they are volunteering etc.
• Briefly mention what you will cover in each blog

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Critically appraise the role of civic engagement in service design and delivery and reflect on the process of personal engagement.

• Provide profile of your area/ charity you volunteered for. Rationale for choosing this charity
• Define the term ‘civic engagement’.
• Critically appraise role of civic engagement within nursing practice
• Create an argument for the civic engagement activity using statistics related to this charity (local/national/ international)
• What target population use this charity

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Critically examine the principles for engaging people and communities within the context of health and wellbeing and how success can be measured and evaluated.

• Critically examine the principles of the civic engagement and the relevant communities in terms of holistic health needs of the client group and how this can be measured.
• Personal experience during the volunteering experience and relate it with health-related outcomes for service users
• Understanding of your role and your contribution in the organization.
• Your personal motivation and what theories underpin your motivation, impact of this activity on social/health capital etc.
• Your personal and professional development through this volunteering activity.

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Demonstrate confidence to interact as a professional nurse with individuals and groups in the community, in relation to health promotion and public health.

• Provide detailed discussion how you interacted with the client group/ service users/ other roles in charity, MDT as a student nurse with reference to your role as a health promoter.
• Reflect on this charity’s impact on the service users
• Pick at least 1 heath related issue and discuss in detail. This should be relevant to your volunteering activity
• Identify different other key roles and their motivation factor to be part of this charity

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Reflect on their role and the importance of integrated health and social care.

• Provide detailed reflection on your learning and role of the how significant the role of integrated health and social care to promoting teamwork and seamless care delivery.
• Critique health implications which link to your chosen charity work
• Role of civic engagement in relation to developing other soft skills which are transferrable to clinical settings
• Critique real life community challenges in life which makes the service users come to this charity and pick 1 aspect of these challenges and discuss in detail. (reflection)

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• Summarise your experience
• What transferrable skills you gained that can be taken to clinical practice

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Example: O’Sullivan, O.P., Chang, N.H., Baker, P. and Shah, A., 2020. Quality improvement at East London NHS Foundation Trust: the pathway to embedding lasting change. International Journal of Health Governance.