Question

I learned that not enough nurses advocate for change in legislation that will benefit patients, patient family, cost of care, and better quality care practices. In the module, it talked about how Ohio nurses aren't represented in Ohio legislation. That only 3 people from the health care industry participate in Ohio politics and that two of them are physicians and the last one is a pharmacist. Nurses should have more of a voice in politics since they are the ones who are in direct care of the patient. The module also showed that all it takes is for one voice to advocate for change as was the case for Esther McCready. She was advocating for more social change and to allow minorities to join nursing. she achieved this by fighting through the courts until she could finally attend a nursing school that was originally for whites only.

When I become a nurse, I would like to advocate for more preventable care and to have more Latinos join the health care industry from nurses to doctors. The preventable care that I would be advocating for would be more education for the general community on how to prevent diseases by hand washing, vaccinations, STD prevention. It would be more cost-effective because of herd immunity and fewer people would be going to the hospital for easily preventable diseases. The reason I would like to see more Latinos in the health care industry is because they are the second-largest growing population in the USA. Some of the population doesn't have the ability to speak or write in English which causes problems with them receiving preventative care and other services. living more Latinos in the industry will allow this group of people to achieve a healthier lifestyle are better care.

Do you agree or disagree with the author? Please explain.

Answer 1

Answer: Although physician as well as pharmacist plays major roles but nurse are directly related to the patients and public health. Nurse are much educated and work hard to understand the need of the healthcare organizations as well as public. The nurse indulge themselves in life long learning process.

Nurse have sufficient knowledge which they utilize to provide quality of care to the patients. The nurses overcome the barriers, act as a leader and participate in critical thinking.