Importance of social structure in nursing profession

Nurses are strong patient advocates. They protect the health and rights of their patients daily. But beyond patient advocacy, nurses can rally on behalf of other nurses and healthcare providers. As a nurse, you can take simple steps to affect real change in your institution, community, or state. "Nursing is not only on the front lines of a global pandemic, but they are also on the front lines of systemic wounds affecting the health of patients each and every day," says Kelsey Noah, BSN, RN, CCRN, an adult intensive care unit nurse in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Nurses are key advocates for changes as they have a unique insight and perspective on healthcare. Here are 15 ways that nurses and The Importance of Activism as a Nurse Nurses are eyewitnesses to the devastating limitations in healthcare. This includes patients who are unable to afford healthcare and medications. "It is imperative that nurses band together to advocate for our patient's healthcare needs, and that includes the reforms needed to improve our healthcare system," Noah says. Nurses have been on the front lines of healthcare for decades. They see firsthand the tragedies that result from inequity. One study found that while nurses are more likely to vote, they are not likely to engage in other political activities. Yet, nurses are in a position to bring to light discrimination, bias, and poor healthcare that can drive change. 15 Ways Nurses and Nurse Educators Can Make a Difference Legislative decisions affect ea...

To be influential, nurses must see themselves as professionals with the capacity and responsibility to influence current and future healthcare delivery systems. The nursing profession is based on the science of human health and the science of caring. It operates from a framework that values all people in a holistic way and seeks to foster and advance people’s health throughout their lifespans and across all levels of society. To achieve these objectives, it’s essential that policies exist that define and integrate appropriate standards for delivery of care and address conditions necessary for that care to occur. Through policy work, nurses can and should influence practice standards and processes to assure quality of care. Nurses who influence policy help shape the care that will be provided today and tomorrow. Policies also impact resource allocation to support delivery of healthcare. More than ever, nurses are present in every healthcare setting and possess a unique role in formulating policy. The Institute of Medicine’s 2010 report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, recognized the importance of this role and called for nurses to take leadership in improving the quality of healthcare. Many of the leading nursing organizations promote active participation by nurses in policy formulation. For example, the American Association of Colleges of Nursing emphasizes the role of nursing in policy and identifies, in its " Collaborative policy work One example ...

Background Research has confirmed the importance of workplace social capital in the nursing workforce. Integration of the empirical evidence about nurses’ workplace social capital into a scientific collection can provide a comprehensive presentation of this concept. This scientific collection can be a conduit for further research and advancement of nursing management and leadership. The purpose of this paper, therefore, is to discuss the process of developing a conceptual model of nurses’ workplace social capital, an effective and concise approach to illustrate a scientific phenomenon. Methods The model of nurses’ workplace social capital was developed following Walker and Avant’s strategy of theory synthesis. Empirical evidence relevant to nurses’ workplace social capital was synthesized by systematically examining the existing literature. PubMed, CINAHL, Web of Science and Google Scholar were searched periodically from October 2017 to July 2020. Results Our proposed conceptual model lays out the determinants and outcomes of nurses’ workplace social capital and specifies the relational statements among these concepts. Nurses’ workplace social capital is influenced by the organizational and individual determinants shaped by multiple layers of sub-concepts. The development and implementation of nurses’ workplace social capital has three themes of consequences: 1) nurses’ outcomes; 2) patients’ outcomes; and 3) organizational outcomes. All the concepts an...

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Background In recent decades, increasing social and health inequalities all over the world has highlighted the importance of social justice as a core nursing value. Therefore, proper education of nursing students is necessary for preparing them to comply with social justice in health systems. This study is aimed to identify the main factors for teaching the concept of social justice in the nursing curriculum. Method This is a qualitative study, in which the conventional content analysis approach was employed to analyze a sample of 13 participants selected using purposive sampling method. Semi-structured interviews were conducted to collect and analyze the data. Results Analysis of the interviews indicated that insufficient education content, incompetency of educators, and inappropriate education approaches made social justice a neglected component in the academic nursing education. These factors were the main sub-categories of the study and showed the negligence of social justice in academic nursing education. Conclusion Research findings revealed the weaknesses in teaching the concept of social justice in the nursing education. Accordingly, it is necessary to modify the content of nursing curriculum and education approaches in order to convey this core value. Since nursing educators act as role models for students, especially in practical and ethical areas, more attention should be paid to competency of nursing educators, specially training in the area of ethical ideology...