NSG 4074 Week 5 Discussion

NSG 4074 Week 5 Discussion

Faith-Based Nursing

As early as Florence Nightingale, the importance of treating patients’ physical and spiritual needs was recognized. As technological advances were made, the importance of treating spiritual conditions has been placed on the back burner, and treating illness has taken the front burner. Where the specialty practice of a parish or faith-based nurse differs from that of a registered nurse is faith-based nursing “understands health to be a dynamic process that embodies spiritual, psychological, physical, and social dimensions of the person.” (Pappas- Rogich & King, 2014). One of the goals of Healthy People 2020 is to collaborate with existing community health services. In my community, we have a clinic called The Mercy Clinic. This clinic is a faith-based community health clinic that focuses on the spiritual and physical healing aspects. This clinic is income-based and has a paid and volunteer medical staff. Some services are counseling, health exams, screens, and a faith-based finance counseling class. Personally speaking, I have volunteered at the Mercy Clinic, and it felt nice to have free reign, so to speak, to be able to pray with patients and talk to them not only on a medical basis but on a spiritual basis as well. Our local hospital has donated money in the past to the Mercy Clinic. By doing so, I feel it has opened up the grey area between modern medicine and faith-based practice. I think that you cannot have one without the other. There has been so much turmoil between the government and the church in years past. Still, I think that Surgeon General Dr. David Satcher said it best nearly 20 years ago when he stated, “Through a partnership with faith organizations and the use of health promotion and disease prevention sciences, we can form a mighty alliance to build strong, healthy, and productive communities.” (Levin, 2010).

Collaboration at the Local, State, and Federal Levels

Role of state and local health department in the accomplishment of health promotion and goals

Health promotion involves assisting individuals to become healthier by persuading them to take control of their health and modify their lifestyles. Health promotion endeavors are aimed at prevention rather than treatment of disease. Local and state health departments play several roles in accomplishing health promotion and goals. They provide various indirect and direct health services, entailing community health nursing. State health departments assess, develop, and monitor the health needs and benefits of the populations under their jurisdictions. They are responsible for environmental sanitation and hygiene, health education, and control of infectious diseases. Local health departments assess the health needs and status of populations in their locality, determine if the conditions are well met, and act towards fulfilling unmet needs (Rector, 2017).

NSG 4074 Week 5 Discussion

How the state and local health departments’ goals of health promotion meet the objective of Healthy People 2020

Health promotion goals meet the Healthy People 2020 objective of promoting healthy behaviors across all stages of life. Through community health nursing, local and state health departments help clients recognize unhealthy behaviors and develop strategies to improve their health. In addition, nurses organize the community to undertake community health assessments to acknowledge the existence of health disparities and direct their interventions toward addressing these disparities (Stanhope & Lancaster, 2015).

How nurses can help clients modify unhealthy behaviors

 Nurses in the public setting are in the ideal position to help clients learn about health promotion to modify unhealthy behaviors. According to Stanhope and Lancaster (2015), nurses can assist clients in modifying harmful behavior by educating them at the primary and secondary levels of prevention to assist clients in attaining optimal health, averting health problems, and recognizing and treating diseases on time. For example, at the primary prevention level, nurses can educate clients about environmental hazards, exercise, or diet. At the secondary level of prevention, nurses can educate clients and provide health screenings for health issues, such as timely diagnosis and management of diabetes, to shorten the illness’s severity and duration.

References

Levin, J. (2014). Faith-Based Partnerships for Population Health: Challenges, Initiatives, and Prospects. Public Health Reports,129(2), 127-131. doi:10.1177/003335491412900205

Pappas-Rogich, M., & King, M. (2014). Faith Community Nursing. Journal of Christian Nursing,31(4), 228-234. doi:10.1097/cnj.0000000000000125

Rector, C. (2017). Community & Public Health Nursing: Promoting the Public’s Health. Wolters Kluwer Health.

Stanhope, M., & Lancaster, J. (2015). Public Health Nursing-Population Centered Health Care in the Community. St. Louis, Mo: Elsevier Health Sciences.

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NSG 4074 Week 5 Discussion

 Topic 1: Faith-Based Nursing

Review Healthy People 2030. Identify objectives that are amenable to parish nurse intervention.

Describe how faith communities can contribute to accomplishing these national health objectives and accomplish the goal of improving public health.

How can nurses working in the community form partnerships with parish nurses and faith communities?

How would such partnerships be beneficial?

Topic 2: Collaboration at the Local, State, and Federal Levels

Describe the roles of your local and state health departments in accomplishing healthcare promotion and goals.

How do their goals of health promotion meet the objective of Healthy People 2030?

How could public health nurses help clients modify unhealthy behaviors at the primary and secondary prevention levels?

Please provide an example for each prevention level.