Community nursing requires that the nurse be knowledgeable about the community, know the needs of the people in the community, and be able to diagnose, plan, and implement the needs of the community. To provide quality outcomes to a community, the use of a conceptual model helps guide the professional nurse in assessing needs, prioritizing needs, and listing the severity of needs. The process of using a conceptual model can be compared to the nursing processes of assessing a patient's needs, diagnosing the needs, planning for the patient's needs, implementing the plan, and evaluating success of the plan. A conceptual model and the nursing process are used to recognize problems and find solutions or outcomes to the listed problems. The survival of a community works best when a partnership is developed between the nurse and the community. Partnership collaboration can help meet community needs while working to plan and implement change. “The nurse works in partnership with community groups to enhance the capacity, resourcefulness, vitality, and support needed to create change within the community” (Ervin, 2002, p. 61). Community partnerships show the nurse and the community opportunities for improvement. This article will discuss the developmental model of health and how it can be used in a community setting, how the model compares to the nursing process, and whether the model can be used in nursing settings. 'a community partnership.Developmental Model of HealthThe Developmental Model of Health Health focuses health on family characteristics and the family's perspective on health. According to Allen and Warner (2002), the health development model... middle of paper ......lems and the ability to engage in educational methods to deal with smoking or substance abuse problems . Community members who can demonstrate above-average ability to cope and learn new resources will be more successful than their counterparts. Health potential is the ability of community members to recognize the existence of a problem and their internal motivational strength in the face of their usual problems. Works CitedBlack C; Ford-Gilboe M; Journal of Advanced Nursing, November 2004; 48 (4): 351-60 (journal article - research, tables/graphs) ISSN: 0309-2402 PMID: 15500529 CINAHL AN: 2005012204Janice E. Hitchcock, Phyllis E. Schubert, Sue A. Thomas (2003). Community health nursing. Caring in Action (2nd ed.) Retrieved August 20, 2010 Ervin, N. (2002). Advanced community health nursing practice. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall