Nursing Assignment on Primary Health Care and Interdisciplinary Care

Nursing 1
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Nursing 2
Session 1 and 2 response
Question 1 response
According to the Alma-Ata declaration, primary health care comprises of various elements
which are designed to improve and promote better health to all people in the world. The elements
include promoting food supply and proper nutrition, adequate supply of safe water, education
concerning prevailing health problem and provision of essential drugs.
Promoting food supply by the government will help to eradicate deficiency diseases in the
country. Safe water for consumption is essential in preventing various water-borne disease like
cholera. Drugs will help to cure and prevent disease outbreak in the country and lastly, education
services will create awareness to the members of the public on how they can live a healthy life.
Question 2 response
Comprehensive primary healthcare is an approach that cares for the whole patient’s needs
that is both medical and physical needs while selective primary health care is concerned with the
cost-effectiveness of vertical health program with measurable outcomes.
Comprehensive primary health includes health promotion to patients while selective primary
health care includes short term health care programs to the selected individuals.

Nursing 3
Question 3 response
National healthcare strategic framework is an agreed approach by different states to work
together to better health care services across those states.
In Australia, one of the national vision form primary health care is keeping people healthy. This
vision will drive some of the set health objectives by the government to achieve the vision hence
contributing to better health among the citizens.
The second vision is identified as preventing illness among the citizens. This will be possible
through educating the people on the safety practices which will not predispose them to illness.
Question 4 response
Social health determinant is defined as the conditions in which people are born, live, grow
and work which are likely to be shaped by money, power and resources.
Social health determinants and the primary health care relates in such a way that the two
approaches are complementary in reducing health inequities in society. Social health determinant
is one of the strategies of primary health care in reducing inequity cases in society.
Question 5 response
Interdisciplinary care is defined as the description of the health care context and how health
care services are delivered to the patients by nurses.
Interdisciplinary care team consist of health care professionals who work together to
manage the physical, spiritual and psychological needs of the patient hence team members
should include Mr. Thomas and his wife and nurses.

Nursing 4
Question 6 response
 hospitals
 nursing care facilities
 home health care services
 physician’s office
Question 7 response
Roles of an enrolled nurse
 provides medical attendance to the patient
 counselling patients based on their health status
 record medical history and symptoms
 operate medical equipment
Peak professional body for nurse in Australia is the Australian Primary Health Care Nurses
Association (APNA).
Session 3 Responses
Question 8 response
One of the benefits Mr. Thomas enjoy while receiving care at his home is that
interdisciplinary nurses will have full knowledge of his area of residence thus able to design
better care based on his living environment.