Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity (Essay Sample)

Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity
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Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity
Nursing practice is an evolving field affected by technological advancements, widespread healthcare reforms, education advancement, and diverse communities' settings that should be considered for holistic patient care. Therefore, nursing blueprints should be developed to guide and advance nursing education and training, offer workplace promotional opportunities, and ensure nurses explore their skills to the fullest (Mirza et al., 2019) to tackle emerging health issues, such as Covid-19. Health equity remains one of the biggest challenges in most parts of the world due to the inaccessibility of health facilities due to poor transport networks, unaffordable healthcare plans, and cultural and religious practices that shun members from using modern medicine, etc. A consensus study from the National Academy of Medicine wrote a report exploring the future of nursing, specifically charting a path to achieve health equity in all social ranks. This paper will discuss the influence of that report on nursing practice.
Recommendations Review of The National Academy of Medicine 2021 Report
Diversifying the nursing workforce to advance health equity was necessitated because the United States has an aging population with health complications due to chronic illnesses in old age, advanced healthcare worker capacity, and the need to overcome social disparities affecting the health and well-being of the aging population. Therefore, to achieve health equity in the country, the