Nurses’ role in public health and integration of health and social care

To meet both current and future competence needs, improved and updated understanding of nurses’ scope of practice when working in remote communities is needed. The aim was to describe and analyze the characteristics of nursing encounters in primary healthcare in remote areas. The setting for the study was an island community in Finland. Nurses’ patient record documentation and self-reports on patient encounters were surveyed ( n = 1062). Patients aged ≥65 years accounted for most encounters. Great variety in the encounters was seen, though some nursing tasks and patient conditions were overrepresented. For patient safety reasons, it is important to review how nurses maintain competence regarding those tasks and conditions encountered less often. Primary healthcare services should focus on the broader determinants of health. However, a more disease-oriented focus was seen. To ensure quality of care in primary healthcare in remote areas, there is a need for standardized routines for monitoring patients and documenting findings and performed interventions.

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“…8,41 Consequently, nurses in remote areas should have good skills and sufficient expertise in driving a health-promotive agenda. 2,42,43…”

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Characteristics of nursing encounters in primary healthcare in remote areas: A survey of nurses’ patient record documentation and self-report

Lundberg

Saveman

Boman

2020

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research

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“…The paper “Supporting the mental health needs of young people: the spatial practices of school nurses” (Sherwin) discusses from a school nursing perspective how different types of space influence the support options available and that school nurses need to be more political and empowered to be able to offer what is needed. Providing this kind of support in schools is a core part of school nursing and public health nurses are clearly recognised as having the skills to do this (Donovan and Warriner, 2017). There is a growing awareness of the need for a multi-professional and societal approach from teachers and the wider community to be able to recognise early signs and potential issues to prevent more serious problems.…”

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With children in mind

Coverdale

Donovan

2019

JPMH

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Advocating for global health locally: Swedish Red Cross nurses as nursing activists for COVID-19 vaccination

Paillard-Borg

2022

Nordic Journal of Nursing Research

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The COVID-19 vaccination has created turbulence in many communities. The dilemma has been particularly alive among health professionals such as nurses. As lecturers at the Swedish Red Cross University, whose academic profile is global nursing and global health, we promote the importance of the nursing profession as advocates for the COVID-19 vaccination. The main objective of this commentary is to reflect on the Red Cross Red Crescent (RCRC) fundamental tenet based on its principles in relation to nursing commitment beyond traditional responsibilities in times of pandemic when urgency, reactivity, and pedagogical health education become a priority. The notion of ‘globality’ and the contextualization and modernization of nursing responsibilities are associated with these professional reflections. We conclude that activism and advocacy, on issues crucial to planetary health and the advancement of social justice globally, are the responsibility of nurses. Furthermore, the liability of RCRC nurses is accentuated by the seven principles and the significance of humanity within the global perspective.

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Nurses’ role in public health and integration of health and social care

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Characteristics of nursing encounters in primary healthcare in remote areas: A survey of nurses’ patient record documentation and self-report

Characteristics of nursing encounters in primary healthcare in remote areas: A survey of nurses’ patient record documentation and self-report

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Advocating for global health locally: Swedish Red Cross nurses as nursing activists for COVID-19 vaccination

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