Question

Respond to the following relating to your Ethics"

1. Review Provision 8 of the Guide to the Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements.

1. Discuss: Collaboration (Provision – Introduction)

2. Identify five (5) universal human rights (Provision 8.2)

3. Share something about the 2010 Department of Health and Human Services project “Healthy People 2020” (Provision 8.3)

Answer 1

a). Provision 8 the nurse collaborates with other health provisionals and the public in promoting community,national and international efforts to meet health needs.8.1 health needs and concerns the nursing profession is commited to promoting the health ,welfare,and safety of all people.

b). The nursing profession commits to advancing the health ,welfare and safety of all .the nursing commitment reflects the intent to achieve and sustain health as a means to the common goods so that individuals and communities here and abroad can develop to their fullest potential and live with dignity,ethics,human rights and nursing coverages as a formidable instrument for social justice and health diplomacy that can be amplified by collaboration with other health professionals .nurses understand that the lived experience of poverty,inequality,and social marginalization contribute to the deterioration of health globally.nurses must address the context of health .including social determinants of health such as poverty,hunger,access to clean water and sanitation,human rights violations,and health Care disparities.nurses must lead collaborative partnership to develop effective public health policies,legislation, projects and program that promote health,prevent illness, restore health, and alleviate suffering .

Participation include collaboration to raise health diplomacy to parity vwith other international concerns such as treaties,commerce,and warfare.human rights must be diligently protected and promoted,interfered with only when necessary and in ways that are proportionate and in accord with International standards.Advances in technology and genetics require robust responses from the nurses working together with other health professionals for creative solutions and innovative approaches that are ethical ,respectful of human rights and equitable in reducing health disparities.

c). Department of health and human services as launched healthy people 2010, a comprehensive,nation wide health promotion and disease prevention agenda.

Healthy people 2010 contains 467 objectives designed to serve as a framework for improving the health of all people in the united states during the first decade of the 21 st century.

Healthy people 2010 builds on similar initiative pursued over the proceding two decades.two overarching goals to increase quality and years of healthy life and to eliminate health disparities- served to guide the development of objectiv that would be used yo measure progress

Each objective has a target to be achieved by the year 2010.these objectives are organized in to 28 focus areas, each representing an important public health area.

Healthy people is a U.S government initiative aimed at improving the health of the nation.the program has released .

Health: promotion and disease prevention goals,objectives and leading health indicators that serve as a model to develop goals and objectives to improve the health of a community.

New initiatives in healthy people 2020 include adolescent health; blood disorders and blood safety dementias,including Alzheimer's disease; early and middle childhood; genomics ; global health; health related quality of life and we being; Health Care associated infections; lesbian,gay,bisexual,transgender, health; older adults; preparedness; sleep health; and social

* attain high quality, longer lives free of preventable disease, disability,injury,and premature death.

* achieve health equity,eliminate disparities, and improve the health of all groups

* create social and physical environment that promote good health for all .

* promote quality of life ,healthy development and healthy behaviors across all life stages.