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Nursing And Millennium Goals
Nursing And Millennium Goals
Contents
TOC o “1-3” h z u Millennium development goal 5A: Reduction of maternal mortality PAGEREF _Toc380751982 h 1Millennium development goal 5B: Universal access to reproductive health PAGEREF _Toc380751983 h 2Application of millennium development goal 5 to the community PAGEREF _Toc380751984 h 2Monitoring and Measuring the Progress towards the Millennium Development Goal 5 PAGEREF _Toc380751985 h 3Nursing Role in Attaining the Millennium Development Goals. PAGEREF _Toc380751986 h 3
This paper looks at UN millennium development goals focus being on the fifth millennium development goal which is improvement of maternal health. This goal is divided into two parts the first part deals with reduction of maternal mortality and the second the second part deals with universal access to reproductive health. The paper elaborates on the importance of improvement of maternal health to the nation. It further highlights on the importance of this goal in the community. Nurses have a great role in working towards achieving the millennium development goals these roles are also elaborated in the paper.
Millennium development goal 5A: Reduction of maternal mortalityAlmost half a million lives of women and children are lost during pregnancy and child birth. A large percentage of these deaths can be avoided or are preventable.The reduction of maternal mortality is not only an issue because of its effect on development of a nation but also since it posses a challenge in human rights. If the mortality rate cases are reduced then it means that the nation is better placed in terms of health. This means that there are measures that have been put in place to ensure a decrease in this maternal mortality rates. If there is a risk of transfer of HIV from an infected mother then caution is taken to prevent this transfer at the end of the day deaths due to HIV among infants will decrease. This decrease in child mortality rate will have a positive effect on the health of the nation since there will be no deaths due to HIV and further more new cases of HIV are not registered. (Hunt, p., & Bueno, 2000.). Reduction of maternal mortality is also important since it promotes the right to life. This means that the nation will be a healthy one with no individual mother or child denied the right to life.
Millennium development goal 5B: Universal access to reproductive healthThe access to universal health is important in terms of the health of a nation. Pregnant women are entitled to effective and sufficient health in the preconception period, the prenatal stage and also the postnatal stage. Access to this reproductive health ensures that there are no complications in child birth and also after child birth. Both the mother and the child are expected to be perfectly healthy after delivery. This therefore means that the health of the nation will be improved since there will be reduced cases of pregnancy related deaths.
Application of millennium development goal 5 to the communityThis millennium development goal is very important to the community in various aspects. The World Health Organization has the expectation that in each community this goal can be fully realized. The goal is applicable in the community since there is the general need to reduce the mortality rate of children and mothers in cases that relate to pregnancy and child birth. Therefore proper care should be given to the expectant mother in terms of check up and advice during the time they are pregnant. There should be adequate health providing facilities within the community that offer prenatal and post natal clinics for pregnant women which arrest any emergency case and hence prevent mortality. The existence of quality education on issues pertaining to reproductive health is also a way in which the community can work towards attaining the goal. Members of the community should be educated on family planning, way to prevent mother to child HIV transmission. They can also access information on how they can take care of themselves and the child after birth. Therefore there is building of health institutions and employment of qualified workers in these institutions who will help in realization of this goal. Through this the goal becomes a reality that can be achieved within the community.
Monitoring and Measuring the Progress towards the Millennium Development Goal 5For there to be realization of the millennium development goal five the process of putting it into force has to be carefully monitored and measurement of the progress constantly done. There are various international bodies that help in monitoring the process third can be the WHO. The Centre for Disease Control can also be a body that measures the progress.Commuinty
health workers within a community can be of great aid in monitoring the implementation (Tanzania, A. 2012). There can be regular checkimg of the population which should be done carefully and the records used to compare with previous ones and check if there is a decline in pregnancy related deaths within a community. The equipment within health facilities should be checked constantly and any outdated ones should be replaced with new effective equipment. The employees in these health facilities should also be very qualified and fresh talent should be constantly incorporated into this institutions.
Nursing Role in Attaining the Millennium Development Goals.Nurses play crucial roles in achievement of millennium development goals. There are various ways through which they aid in achievement of these goals this may be for instance; achieving goal three which is promoting gender equity and empowering women. They can develop understanding of the instruments and the various declarations of human rights. They can educate the public using examples such as violation of human rights this can take forms such as discrimination based on gender, crude practices such as female genital mutilation and other violences.they can do this through demonstration of their harmful consequences on the health. They can also encourage women to acquire skills that will make them elevate their economic and social status (Christi, 2011). They should also lobby for equity in access and to affordable and effective health.
Nurses also have a role in achieving the fourth goal which is to reduce child mortality. They do this through putting emphasis on the child immunization and highlighting the risks that are associated with lack of immunization which can be causes of deaths. They also encourage parents to attend antenatal and postnatal care. They can also make formal teachings to parents on health and illness where they are the main information providers. They can also provide health services or be supervisors in the process of health service provision (Christi, 2011). They can also organize for door to door immunization services which will reduce the child, mortality rate.
From the paper we can see that there are serious measures that are undertaken in achievement of the various millennium development goals and the key stake holders in the achievement of these goals. The importance of realizing these goals are also highlighted and the effect they have to the community.
References
Hunt, p., & Bueno, j. (2000.). REDUCING MATERNAL MORTALITY. The contribution of the right to the highest attainable standard of health. Retrieved September 27, 2012, from www.unfpa.org/webdav/site/global/shared/documents/publications/reducing_mm.pdChristi, L. (2011). Roles of Nurses in Achieving Millennium Development Goals | Healthmad. Healthmad. Retrieved September 27, 2012, from http://healthmad.com/conditions-and-diseases/roles-of-nurses-in-achieving-millenium-development-goals/Tanzania, A. (2012). Community Health Workers – an important resource towards achieving the MDGs. Community Health Workers – an important resource towards achieving the MDGs. Retrieved September 27, 2012, from www.who.int/workforcealliance/forum/2011/hrhawardscs36/en/index.htmlUNEP & the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – Goals # 4, 5, 6: Improve Public Health – United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) –. (2008.). United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) – Home page . Retrieved September 27, 2012, from http://www.unep.org/Documents.Multilingual/Default.asp?DocumentID=448&ArticleID=4893&l=enAchieving Millennium Development Goal 5: Reproductive Health, Poverty Reduction and Health Sector Reform | World Bank Institute (WBI). (2012). World Bank Institute (WBI). Retrieved September 27, 2012, from http://wbi.worldbank.org/wbi/event/achieving-millennium-development-goal-5-reproductive-health-poverty-reduction-and-health-secto
Crawford, B. (2008). Global Health 1. http://www.nwc.cc.wy.us/waw/essays/essay84.pdf. Retrieved September 27, 2012, from www.nwc.cc.wy.us/waw/essays/essay84.pdf
Nurses and Social Media
Nurses and Social Media
Gayann Taylor
Bow Valley College
CSC1040: Information Literacy and Technology Essentials
Instructor Sonya Davis
January 30th 2022
Nurses and Social Media
Summary of the Scenario
The scenario selected for this assignment is scenario 1, which discusses about Bob, a licensed practical/vocational (LPN/VN) nurse for the last 20 years. In this scenario, Bob takes a photo of a resident after getting consent from the brother since the resident could not offer her consent due to her mental and physical condition. Bob shared the photo with a former colleague during their discussion at a local bar. Bob’s employment was terminated when the group home learned about the situation and the BON imposed disciplinary action. This disciplinary action required him to complete education on privacy and confidentiality, ethics and professional boundaries.
Impact of the nurse’s actions
Bob’s action to share the resident’s photos with his friend may affect all the parties involved in the scenario. Firstly, Bob’s individual nursing career may be affected in the future due to the disclosure of confidential information (ANA, 2011). Bob may find it hard to get employed by another healthcare organization. He may also get sued by the resident’s family when they learn that he has shared the photo with a person working in another healthcare organization (NCSBN 2011). On the other hand, the group home may also be affected since it has to fire one of its experienced nurses. Additionally, the public’s trust in nurses in the group home can be compromised when they learn that a nurse in the organization has disclosed the resident’s confidential information (ANA, 2011).
Guidelines Violated
From the scenario, it is clear that Bob did not consider the guidelines offered to help nurses create awareness and caution in order to avoid disclosure of patients’ confidential or private information. One of the guidelines prohibits nurses from taking photos or videos using their personal devices. This guideline was violated by Bob, who took photos of the resident using a personal phone. Additionally, Bob provided sufficient details regarding the patient to a person who is not a member of the healthcare team, which is against the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) which intends to safeguard the privacy of the patient (NCSBN 2011).
References
ANA. (2011). Fact sheet: Navigating the world of social media. Retrieved from https://www.nursingworld.org/~4af5ec/globalassets/docs/ana/ethics/fact_sheet_-_navigating_the_world_of_social_media_web.pdf
NCSBN. (2011). White paper: A nurse’s guide to the use of social media. Retrieved from https://www.ncsbn.org/Social_Media.pdf
Nursing Staffing challenges in Maryland
Nurse Staffing challenges in Maryland.
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The medical profession has been witnessing rapid growth mostly in the demand for the primary care services. Although this growth was somehow expected, it has not been accompanied by an increase in the number of doctors. This has led to the health care industry in Maryland calling upon the nurses into action.
Unfortunately, the nursing field is also facing its own shortages in staff numbers and who operate under very demanding schedules. Previous studies like the one by the University of Maryland Nursing School (Nursing research 2011 quoted in Rajaraman 2013)Bottom of Form.One of the issues that were associated with low numbers of staff was the long hour shifts. These long hours at work and reduced off job hours contributed to poor patient handling and even deaths from avoidable errors.
The cadres that have been targeted mostly to replace the physicians are the nurse practitioners who have the skills to perform the tasks of a physician. This is only a stop gap measure since as indicated above; this has a domino effect on the lower job cadres.
Currently, Maryland’s population of nurses stands at 49,600, registered nurses who are active. Of these, 3,500 are nurse practitioners which mean they hold master’s degrees and a board of nursing license. The Government of Governor Martin O’Malley has committed to increase the population of nurses by 25% by 2020 partly via improving educational access as well as address the burden the medical staff faces (Gantz 2012).
In the words of Phyllis Snyder the vice president of the council for adult learning, it is not business as usual and we have to develop a variety of new pathways. One of these ways has been the concerted effort by health advocacy groups and nursing training institutions towards increase their drives towards having more students in the college level to choose nursing as a career. The groups are also encouraging nurses who are already in practice to pursue higher qualifications (Hoffman & Kaplan, 1998).
Schools have also embarked on missions to make nursing studies more accessible and affordable through inter schools partnerships, credit earned against prior experience and offering support towards tuition. The state on its part is designing ways in which it enhances access to nursing training as well as attracts more nurses into the state’s workforce.
An earlier report from the CGME (Council for Graduate Medical education) had established that only fewer than 20% of med school grandaunts pursue primary care as careers instead going for specialties with higher pay (Goldfarb, Goldfarb & Long 2008).Under the prevailing circumstances, nurses have been more than willing to take up the challenge of filling the gap but are forced to grapple with regulation and bureaucracy issues. For example, an assistant dean at the school of nursing University of Maryland Jane Kapustin bemoans the fact that she can legally diagnose diabetes at the university of Maryland Medical Center diabetes clinic, issue a prescription for insulin and commission tests but if she were to recommend special shoes, a physician would have to sign against the order.
It is encouraging to note that nurses in collaboration with advocacy organizations are exerting pressure to have the barriers reduced and it is hoped that these efforts combined with the pressure from increased need for additional primary care providers will eventually break the barriers.
References.Gantz S (2012). Maryland Nurses Come to fore as care landscape shifts, Baltimore Business Journal. Retrieved from http://www.bizjournals.com/baltimore/print-edition/2012/07/20/nurses-come-to-fore-as-care-landscape.html?page=all.Top of Form
Goldfarb, M., Goldfarb, R., & Long, M. (January 01, 2008). Making Sense of Competing Nursing Shortage Concepts. Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice, 9, 3, 192-202.Top of Form
Hoffman, S., & Kaplan, M. (January 01, 1998). Problems encountered in the implementation of dementia care programs. American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 13, 4, 197-202.
Rajaraman M (2013) Study suggests link between lengthy Nurse shifts and patient deaths. Southern Maryland online. Accessed from http://somd.com/news/headlines/2011/13155.shtml.Bottom of Form