BASHRACEL MARIE M.

SALMORIN BSN 3F February 6, 2021

CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF NURSING
The First School of Nursing in the Philippines, 1906
Jaro, Iloilo City 5000
Philippines

CESocSci4a- The Entrepreneurial Mind (Nursing

Entrepreneurship)

Activity 3
Direction: Go out in the field and look around particularly in the health care milieu. Look
for three (3) problems in your environment that you believe is a problem worth solving. A
problem worth solving is a problem that could serve as an opportunity and could be
converted into a business venture. Then from the three (3) select one (1) and try to fill out
the table below.

The Identified Problems Opportunity from each Possible Customers

and their contexts
1. Lack of a home first aid kit
and inaccurate first-aid
treatment may aggravate an
injured or ill person's
condition.
Problem
1. My potential customers will
1. The opportunity that I may be the residents of our
acquire from this problem is municipality especially
that I can develop first-aid kits members of the household.
that can be assembled,
packaged, and sold to retailers
on a wholesale basis. This
problem can be my means to
put up a retailing business and
help the community be
prepared in case of
emergency.

2. A plan to start organic 2. Malnourished individuals

2. Malnourished individuals
vegetable farming that who are undergoing
who don't have access to
provides various high-yield overnutrition and
proper nutrition because of
crops used as ingredients for undernutrition. People who
poverty and poor eating habits
feeding programs. Also, I could may experience obesity,
open a clinic that provides excessive weight loss, fatigue,
dietary and nutritional and mood changes or develop
information. vitamin and mineral
deficiencies.
3. Inadequate health care
system that may lead to 3. Establishing a clinic in 3. Residents of our
absence of barangay and remote areas of our municipality who are living in
barrio hospitals/clinics. municipality. This clinic will distant barangays.
provide primary health care to
the community in an
affordable way.
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The Problem/s Coming from What jobs
the Customers here?
The customer's problem
is that they have minimal
medical kit for an unforeseen
emergency, and some
admitted that they could not
afford to have a complete
home first-aid kit. Also, they
stated that they don't have an
established knowledge and
skills on how to perform first
aid accurately.
How is the customer Target Market Size
addressing the problem? Estimation
Most of them address the
problem by approaching the
officials and municipal health
unit. They also opt for herbal
alternatives and information
on the internet in case of
emergency. Some residence
stated that they call the
attention of their neighbors
who are health care
professionals for help.
February 6, 2021
to be done What jobs are currently
being done here?
Thorough research regarding Annually our barangay
this problem will be a great officials attend a first-aid
help. seminar provided by our local
government and health unit.
One of the points that need to This seminar will assist the
perform is gathering data on officials and help disseminate
how many family households accurate information to the
in the barangay do not own a members of households in
home first aid kit. each barangays.
Identifying what everyday
emergencies they are
encountering; and how they
manage these health
emergencies.
After that, we could plan out
what first-aid instructions, and
affordable yet high quality
medical supplies to place
inside the kit.
Monthly follow up seminar for
officials and residentials from
professional first-aid
assistants.
Defend why this problem
is worth solving
500-1,000 residents of the This lack of a first aid kit
municipality of Cabatuan or in each household is worthy of
ratio of 1 first-aid kit: 1 solving because emergency
household. health crises may occur
anytime and unexpectedly.
That is why having a complete
reserved home first aid kit with
accurate health instructions
will help the family enhance
their knowledge and skills to
provide life-saving assistance
during an unforeseen
situation. This also could help
in giving necessary aid before
medical help arrives, saving
lives, alleviate suffering and
promote recovery.