Entries by admin

CULTURE, DIVERSITY, SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF HEALTH

    From your own clinical nursing experiences, you recognize that despite technological and biological advances in health care, progress has been slow in addressing social determinants of health (SDOH). These factors include socioeconomic status, environment (including air and water quality), food insecurity and food safety, education, employment, social networks, homelessness, and racism. In your […]

EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE (EBP)

Following the 2001 Institute of Medicine (IOM) report, “Crossing the Quality Chasm”, recognition of the need to incorporate evidence into nursing practice has grown significantly. Yancey (2019) suggests that nurses among all generations and disciplines need to inform their practice with the best evidence available. To support Yancey’s claim, Blazin, et al. (2020) give concrete […]