Question

. How can nurses address and improve global health needs? Be specific with two examples for: nursing practice; nursing education; nursing research; nursing informatics. What skills are needed for effective advocacy and policy development?

Answer 1

Global health needs can be achieved in planning, prevention, preparedness, and response. Nurses participation in the role of care delivery, leadership, policy making, education can improve global health outcomes. Being a global nurse they play a vital role in changing population behavior and promotion of health.
  Technology adoption provides safety and quality care and helps for timely care. Nurse informatics special knowledge and skills in the use of telecommunication devices for vulnerable population data documents help to address their various needs. Research design provides better access to evidence-based care and it avoids nurses shortage, reducing medical errors, track people data and improve access to care.
Nursing education important for global health quality improvement, it can help people in various locations address health issues. Nurses various knowledge impacts people health outcomes and quality of care for undereducated, vulnerable populations to avoid their unhealthy habits. Nurses knowledge in ecological factors about disease causes, transmission, symptoms, prevention can help improve population knowledge by educating for early prevention for possible disease. it helps especially for community groups from local to a global level.
Nurses need professional skills and education can address the global needs in various setup. their critical thinking skills, decision making power, policy making, performance monitoring, educator,leader, investigator, advocate, special knowledge on policy and legislative process and service management skills, quality traits, honesty, credibility, integrability to engage in public policy advocacy activity, health informatics skills, and active listening skills can be influenced in public policy advocacy in political system globally.