What makes some healthy and others ill? Healthy People 2020 identifies five determinants of health that influence the health of individuals and populations. Healthy People 2020 describes them as “A range of personal, social, economic, and environmental factors that influence health status are known as determinants of health” (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, […]
Let’s start with a broad overview of public health nursing. The three core functions of public health are assessment, assurance, and policy development (Nies & McEwen, 2015, p. 6). Describe one of these core public health functions. Discuss how this core function relates to one intervention from the Public Health Intervention Wheel (Nies & McEwen, […]
Consider a single nursing care issue at your facility where quality has already been improved by implementation of evidence. Answer the following: 1. How was evidence on that topic located in scholarly professional nursing journal articles and evaluated? 2. What was the implementation plan? 3. How was the improvement in quality measured after the implementation? […]
This week as we focus on interprofessional collaboration to promote quality, please remember that professionals include dietitians, therapists (respiratory, physical, occupational, and speech), social workers/case managers, psychologists, physicians, pharmacists, and others. Professionals do not include patients, families, aides, or unlicensed assistive personnel. Working as an interdisciplinary team helps promote positive patient outcomes. What strategies do […]