Wednesday, May 23, 2018

Selective Health Promotion For Minority Nurses And Students

By Kenneth Mitchell


There is mixed perspective when it comes to promoting the well being in the society. This is the job that had for long been left out wholly to the medical practitioners to handle especially the nurses. Most diseases are acquired in natural settings and can be prevented but only that most people are unaware of ways to avoid. Enhancing the health promotion for minority nurses and students through different strategies is one way of ensuring quality health services to the public.

The nursing practitioners and students form a significant and crucial part in the medical setting. They need to be equipped with the best skills to help the patients overcome diseases. They need to have comprehensive health education for them to know what they should do to provide the right support and interventions for the community. They should be able to apply the knowledge necessary.

Among the diseases that are becoming common among the population nowadays are the lifestyle diseases among which the diabetes. Such infections should be brought to the attention of learners as one way of helping them manage their health by eating right. On the other side, they will use the knowledge to enlighten the society by sharing the experience they have on nutrition.

The more significant part of the pathogens is obtained from the natural settings. This implies that if the surrounding is not clear chances of picking pathogens are high. People should always be instructed to observe thorough hygiene to minimize contamination related infections. The medical attendants should be made mindful of nosocomial diseases that can be acquired from the hospital and prevention measures.

Some of the severe infections such as cancer are known to have an extended latency period during which people will not realize they are infected until when the immune system is compromised. The learners should be educated on the need and importance of going for regular screening. They should also enlighten the community on the same to arrest the situation at early stages.

The students and the nurses can help in mobilizing the community in health policy amendments. It is through their awareness that the public can take the education towards disease prevention seriously. They ought to take part in community projects aimed at mobilizing the community and helping them get health care such the sanitary towels, mosquito nets among other medical gadgets.

Learners should be involved in community-based work. They need to be equipped with the necessary skills that can enable them to exercise disease prevention. Such capabilities would be of great help in case there are emergencies or outbreaks in the society they can attend to the victims. In exercises, such as vaccination they can always facilitate the process in one way or another.

They need to be involved in seminars, medical camps among other forums. This will bring them to light on the emerging and re-emerging issues that can increase the disease prevalence. They will also gain in-depth knowledge on how to handle a variety of infection cases. The personal skills they will develop will help them a great deal in giving support to the society.




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