Vulnerable Populations: Erasing the Margins to Advance Health Equity
For the last three decades, the US Department of Health and Human Services Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion has issued 10-year objectives for improving health and well-being. Each iteration has specific foci that includes measurable goals. At the culmination of each 10-year decade, progress is evaluated, and the findings from previous decades are used to build upon lessons learned and apply that information to ongoing Healthy People efforts. The most current iteration, Healthy People 2030, released in 2020, includes a more amplified focus on health equity, Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), health liter...
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - July 20, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Angela Richard-Eaglin Tags: Preface Source Type: research
Applying Cultural Intelligence to Improve Vaccine Hesitancy Among Black, Indigenous, and People of Color
This article urges clinicians to subscribe to development and application of cultural intelligence to understand the impact of structural racism and cultural considerations of BIPOC to partner in strategy development. (Source: Nursing Clinics of North America)
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - July 19, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Angela Richard-Eaglin, Michael L. McFarland Source Type: research
Social Support and Loneliness Among Black and Hispanic Senior Women Experiencing Food Insecurity
The impact of social determinants of health (SDOH) is understudied and until recently not a focal point in nursing education. The new Essentials coupled with the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic deem it necessary to address the intersection of SDOH and population health. The impact of COVID 19 disproportionately affects Black and Hispanic families. Couple the disproportionate numbers of COVID 19 among these groups with the growing incidence of food insecurity, and there is a need to explore intersecting links. Emerging research link the lack of social support systems and loneliness to food insecurity. In align...
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - July 19, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Tracie Walker Kirkland, Jennifer Woo Source Type: research
Addressing and Dismantling Inequities of Vulnerable Populations
Health care in the United States continues efforts to dismantle a system that disadvantages those from vulnerable and marginalized populations. Healthy People 2030 aims to improve health and well-being over the next decade with attention to health conditions, health behaviors, populations, settings and systems, and social determinants of health that impact at-risk groups. Health equity, health literacy, and social determinants of health are priority areas of concern for the US Department of Health and Human Services. (Source: Nursing Clinics of North America)
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - July 19, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Benjamin Smallheer Tags: Foreword Source Type: research
Educators Countering the Impact of Structural Racism on Health Equity
This article illustrates the face of structural racism, highlights how structural racism impacts health care outcomes, and provides meaningful ways for educators to unmute racism and facilitate race-related discourse in the classroom to counter the impact of structural racism on health equity. (Source: Nursing Clinics of North America)
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - July 10, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Kenya V. Beard, Wrenetha A. Julion, Roberta Waite Source Type: research
Geropsychiatric Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care
Geropsychiatric nursing (GPN) leaders in long-term care settings have a 25-year tradition of innovation that has strikingly improved mental health and quality of life for older adult residents. The impact of the Coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) on the mental health of older adult residents and today ’s evolving health care systems requires additional GPN leaders well-prepared to advocate, plan, and deliver care for this vulnerable population. In this article, the authors discuss GPN leadership in the context of its history, the role of professional organizations, and educational competencies. A leadership exemplar ...
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - June 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Pamela Z. Cacchione, Wanda Spurlock, Kathy Richards, Melodee Harris Source Type: research
The Making of Nurse Leaders in the Nursing Home
Nurse leaders are first and foremost, registered nurses. Nursing leadership is critical for improving the care and quality of life for older adults. Visionary nurse leaders collaborate, motivate, influence, and inspire the achievement of values and goals to improve the quality of life for older adults in long-term care. Professional registered nurses are transformational servant nurse leaders who hold the key to nursing home reform. (Source: Nursing Clinics of North America)
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - June 1, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Melodee Harris, Ann Kolanowski, Sherry Greenberg Source Type: research
Nursing Leadership in Long-Term Care
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Contents
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Forthcoming Issues
Vulnerable Populations (Source: Nursing Clinics of North America)
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Nursing Leadership – Transforming the Work Environment in Nursing Homes
This article describes and explains variables known to be associated with the work environment of nurses in nursing homes, including the history and characteristics of nursing homes; the nature of nursing work; the nursing skill mix, and care delivery. Nursing leadership has the potential to transform the nursing home work environment and improve quality of care through education, research, advocacy, and implementation of evidence-based practices. (Source: Nursing Clinics of North America)
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - May 5, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Mary Ellen Dellefield, Caroline Madrigal Source Type: research
Considerations and Recommendations for Care of Black Pregnant Patients During COVID-19
This article highlights some of the factors that may impact the experience of black people as they navigate the COVID-19 pandemic and presents strategies that every provider can implement to minimize the detrimental effects of this devastating virus during pregnancy. (Source: Nursing Clinics of North America)
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - May 4, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler, Lacrecia M. Bell Source Type: research
Considerations and Recommendations for Care of Black Pregnant Patients During COVID 19
Black pregnant patients experience perinatal morbidity and mortality rates greater than other ethnic groups. These health disparities exist primarily due to systemic racism, bias, and discriminatory acts within the healthcare system. The COVID 19 pandemic has reinforced health disparities experienced by all vulnerable populations in the United States, including Black pregnant patients. This paper highlights some of the factors that may impact the experience of Black people as they navigate the COVD-19 pandemic and presents strategies that every provider can implement to minimize the detrimental effects of this devastating ...
Source: Nursing Clinics of North America - May 4, 2022 Category: Nursing Authors: Jacquelyn McMillian-Bohler, Lacrecia M. Bell Source Type: research