Unit 6 Discussion 1 – Public Announcement
Advocate for policies that improve the health of the public and the profession of nursing and health care administration.Instructions
Over the years, healthcare providers have strived to improve the way they provide care for patients who identify as LGBTQIAP+. In some cases, a provider makes the decision to seek out both social and clinical education to provide the best level of care to this patient demographic. Other times, a provider may be instructed to comply with institutional guidelines which they may agree or disagree with. For this discussion, you will debate the topic of a hospital publicly announcing a position on healthcare for the LGBTQIAP+ community. Public Announcement Review the scenario below for details: Get Mrs. Adamu aged 66 years was admitted Help Now!!Scenario:
You are on the leadership team of a non-profit, regional hospital. The hospital recently issued an internal policy requiring increased sensitivity, competence, and annual training for all staff on improving care delivery for LGBTQIAP+ patients. Your leadership team is debating publicly announcing the hospital’s policy. The hospital is in a very conservative state. Many of your patients, donors, and volunteers have religious affiliations. Respond to the questions below.- debate in FAVOR of publicly disclosing the hospital’s policy.
- debate in OPPOSITION of publicly disclosing the hospital’s policy.
- Find an article and summarize how nurses are patient advocate. Public Announcement
- How are nurses political advocate? What policies have they included or advocated for to be changed?
