Nurs 4105 week 1 dq 1 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Walden University Nursing 4105 Advocacy Through Healthcare Policy Topic 5, Discussion Question 1: Health Care Is a Privilege and Not a Right While health care services are arguably moral right, there is no consensus on whether medically it’s a privilege or a legal right. Yet, it’s not necessary to define the distinction between a privilege and a legal right before the state defines the minimum core obligations of the health insurance. Although it’s a legal right to access afforda...

Walden University Nursing 4105 Advocacy Through Healthcare Policy Topic 5, Discussion Question 1: Factors that influence health are many, but these can be organized into broad categories known as determinants of health. They consist of genetics, behavior, environmental and physical influences, medical care and social factors. These five categories are interrelated. The determinant on health affecting individuals within communities is known as a social determinant and involves economic a...

Walden University Nursing 4105 Advocacy Through Healthcare Policy Week 1, Discussion Question 2: It doesn’t matter how long you have been a nurse or where you work; staffing is an issue. I work the night shift as an assistant nurse manager on one of the mother/baby units, and one of my responsibilities is making the assignment for the day shift...........

Walden University Nursing 4105 Advocacy Through Healthcare Policy Week 1, Discussion Question 1: The policy I chose is Oregon’s SB 0579. The Death with Dignity (DWDA) act was first passed in the State of Oregon in 1994 and put into practice in 1998 (Hedberg & New, 2017). ........