The Role Of Nurses And Their Effects On Society

The evidence-based practice model has considerably impacted the nursing industry. The stakeholders expect the practitioners to deliver quality services that would transform the industry beyond the reproach. According to Stevens (2013), the national healthcare professionals have recommended improvements for the nurses working environment. Their valuable contributions will depend on the redesigned healthcare model. The evidence-based practice model offers the opportunity for nurses to incessantly improve on their performance. It involves the introduction of multiple practice adoptions and realignment of the education curriculum to help the nurses meet the dynamic demand in the health care industry.

The nursing profession became a recognized vocational during the crusades (1100 to 1200). Criminals, widows, and orphans were recruited to take care of the sick in exchange for housing and food. Health care conditions became extremely bad. In the mid 1800s Florence Nightingale a woman who studied in Germany with a Protestant order of woman who cared for the sick lowered the death rate from 60% to 1%. She train a group of woman to care for the sick and wounded. She believed that cleaning up the environment and providing ventilation and sanitation and proper nutrition will decrease the death rate which she succeeded. Florence Nightingale kept records and statistics that reinforced her believes of care. Many

From the beginning of time, doctors and medicine have been put up on a pedestal and greatly admired. They have given to the ones that are sick hope and a way to survive. So many of people have put all their money, faith, and hope into doctors, clinging to any chance that their disease or sickness can be cured. Parents wish for their children to grow up to be doctors one day. Our fascination with doctors stems from many reasons, but the main reason is that they have always been the ones to help us find a solution to our greatest fears, such as death, pain, and sickness. Throughout history doctors have accomplished many great wonders and cured many diseases

profession and should be respected as such. Congruent with nursing stereotypes comes gender roles. Naturally, women are the care-takers thus the profession is predominately female, but it should be noted that this predisposition of women taking on this role has too altered the perception of nursing. “Although the number of men in nursing is growing, campaigns and targeted recruitments should be displayed more often to draw more men into the profession” (Cohen 2007).

A discussion regarding the health care reform or even health care in general can be somewhat controversial. The definition of health is drastically different depending on whom you speak to. Many would define health as " a person's absence of disease, others would describe good health based on the status of mind, body & social well-being" (GCU Lecture, module 2, 2012). According to The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, health is defined as "The overall condition of an organism at a given time". An individual's overall health affects the nation, this is where stakeholders come into value. According to Keele, Buckner & Bushnell a stakeholder is either an individual or an organization that either invest time and

Social awareness of the doctors has made them dedicated to their job. Since other stakeholders are delinked from the problems that face the public, the doctors have to stand in and ensure that they do their best to preserve the heath of the people. Both books demonstrate that doctors are dedicated to their jobs and invest more energy and

Doctors spend years in medical school for one reason: to help people. Physicians should be allowed to help patients in every way, even if it means performing PAS. It is a physician’s duty to relieve suffering (Rogatz 31). A doctor’s main goal is to help patients free themselves of suffering, but if the only relief is death, a

The image of nursing is portrayed in several ways with all different types of media. One of the longest-running and most popular medical drama television shows, Grey’s Anatomy, appears to offer an accurate interpretation of the profession of nursing. However, the fictional show, created by Shonda Rimes, actually degrades nursing along unrealistic practices and representations. The show gives an impression to the viewers that doctors do it all, the physicians control nurses, and the word nurse is an insult. This portrayal is not accurate and is extremely damaging to the nursing community.

Pre-Med majors play a quintessential role in today’s society and in every community. In fact, society relies on doctors to help heal the sick. Without doctors, every community would struggle to find safe and effective treatment for their health concerns. As a Pre-Med student with a future career in medicine, I will have the opportunity to be a servant to other people. In fact, one of my passions is to help people overcome unhealthy habits and guide injured patients through recovery. In lieu of this, I believe that doctors have the capacity to change society for the better. Not only are doctors entrusted with helping patients heal, they give advice on how to live a healthier and happier life. Hopefully, the healthy lifestyle advice that doctors should give to their patients will be passed on for generations. In turn, this

How would you describe your role in your current position and your educational preparation for this role?

Health professionals have obligations in regards of protection, promotion and optimization of health abilities to prevent from illness. It helps to guide in focusing the normal principals of care and justice and also motivates certain civic action. Social responsibility is “strongly linked to the values of professions in general and nursing in particular” and that “the underlying constructs of social responsibility, communication and teamwork are woven into the fabric of nursing 's history and its code of ethics”(Kelley,2008). Communication, social responsibility and teamwork, are an integral part of the nursing profession. These three attributes of the profession comes through citizenship. This essay will

Before beginning this course, I would not have described myself as politically active. In fact, I would call myself even frustrated with politics. In viewing and reading some of the ridiculous displays of political figures and candidates on multiple sides of the political fence, I have even developed an attitude of political avoidance. My response to this frustration would be to turn off the media broadcasts, close out of social media, or walk away from conversations when the topic either didn’t make sense or didn 't support my personal, professional, or moral convictions. Politics, policies, and political figures seemed to be more of a stumbling block than a stepping stone and a barrier separating communities and individuals from well being. The main reason for this avoidance is the pattern I have seen in American politics even at the local level of ignoring the issues and problems and mud slinging to achieve political gain. However, upon considering examples of how nurses can and have impacted public policy, I am beginning to see areas where I am and have been an impact without even realizing it because I was ignorant about politics and public policy as it applies to the nursing profession. According to Mason, Gardner, Outlaw, and O’Grady (2016), “It is simply not possible to succeed in any decision-making arena by ignoring the political realm”(p.16). Perhaps those areas of impact could have driven successful change if avoidance hadn’t taken place.

The new health care system “require U.S. citizens and legal residents to have health insurance” ("Summary of the Affordable Care Act," 2013, p. 3) that resulted in the increased insured individuals since the Affordable Care Act (ACA) implementation ("Summary of the Affordable Care Act," 2013, p. 3). Due to the new policy more people have access to health care that means more primary physicians needed to accommodate the rise of new patients ("The Physician Shortage," n.d.). Shortages of physicians not only in the primary care area but also in specialty care area are projected between 46,000-90,000 by 2025 ("The Physician Shortage,"

Throughout history, society has considered women to be the natural caregivers of children, family, and community. Women were naturally thought of as nurses because the act was said to be an extension of their role in the home. They were called in to homes to help deliver babies or as wet nurses to breastfeed. In the 1800’s, women began taking care of soldiers. It was then that Florence Nightingale cared for soldiers in the Crimean War. During this time she revolutionized the role by setting standards of cleanliness and reducing infection. The legacy of nursing continues to be enriched by those who continue to follow the example of nursing pioneers. They refuse to be bound by others’ views

There has been a pandemic apathy towards political activism among the nursing fraternity, despite the fact that politics to a greater extent affects the way these medical practitioners carry out their duty of providing care. Nurses have not seen any reason for political involvement citing that no direct relationship exists between nursing and political activism (Boswell, Canon and Miller 5). They claim that nursing is about application and service, demonstration by involvement and more of ‘walking the walk’ rather than the political ‘talking the talk’ (Rains and Barton-Kriese 219). Political activism to them is a waste of the precious time that could be used to provide healthcare to