Community Health Nursing

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This paper discusses the web of causation and how it is related to health care. It further discusses the concepts of the web of causation model and the elements involved in developing a problematic approach to issues through the use of the web of causation. The paper then takes a look at how the web of causation can be applied to nursing when it is in relation to the elderly at risk for falling.

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" The web of causation is a scientific tool used to study all elements contributing to a specific event or illness in order to develop an approach toward a resolution to the problem. As Parascandola and Weed (2001) explain, "the web is not intended^ to be a theory or to provide causal explanations, but merely to act as a metaphor for the idea that causal pathways are complex and interconnected" (p. 905). The model was developed so that every facet of a concern could be studied to provide the most effective treatment, resolution, or approach to a variety of nursing situations. To fully comprehend factors related to an issue the problem must first be identified, as well as those elements of the problem directly related to the problem, and elements indirectly related to the problem."

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