Question

Describe how "empowerment" could be used in working with communicable diseases and risk for infection population. Provide specific examples

Answer 1

Communicable diseases are always infectious which can transfer between individuals.Though effective measures are taken ,there are chances of spreading.This can be minimized when an empowerment is given to a designated staff and control the spreading of the infection.

A community health nurse can empower a group of population by proper health education,periodic screening with preventive techniques can control the infection. This is was what happens in a healthcare sector where the infection control is empowered by a Infection control nurse in whole whereas the other professionals are self responsible to oversee and practice in prevention of infection.

E.g.,A surgeon empowers a surgery. (Though there are various healthcare professional working as a team, it is the surgeon who controls the entire case from taking the patient on the table till the transfer of patient to recovery room and the ward's or intense care respectively )