Healthcare systems, politics, and health policy.
Read the Berwick article and reflect on the concepts and practices you have learned in NR506 on healthcare systems, politics, and health policy. Reflections should include the following:
1. How to make informed decisions on nursing practice and patient outcomes on a global basis. In addition, state how you will apply what you have learned in this course to your upcoming practicum experience.
2. Describe how one will apply content from NR506NP to the upcoming clinical courses.
Sample Solution
The Berwick article discusses the importance of making informed decisions on nursing practice and patient outcomes on a global basis. He argues that we need to move away from a focus on individual patients and towards a focus on populations. This means understanding the factors that affect health and illness at a population level, and developing interventions that can improve health outcomes for everyone.
In order to make informed decisions on nursing practice and patient outcomes on a global basis, we need to be aware of the following:
- The different healthcare systems that exist around the world.
- The different cultural and social factors that influence health and illness.
- The different economic and political factors that influence healthcare policy.
- The latest research on evidence-based practice.
- I will gather information about the healthcare system in the setting where I am placed.
- I will learn about the cultural and social factors that influence health and illness in the community.
- I will identify the evidence-based practices that are most effective in improving health outcomes.
- I will work with my colleagues to develop interventions that are tailored to the needs of the population.
- I will learn about the different roles that nurses play in the healthcare system.
- I will learn about the ethical principles that guide nursing practice.
- I will learn about the evidence-based practices that are most effective in improving patient outcomes.
- I will learn about the different ways to assess and manage patient care.
- I will learn about the importance of communication and collaboration with other healthcare professionals.