Social Justice for Nursing: Challenges and Responsibilities

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SOCIAL JUSTICE FOR NURSING
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Look Back
Social justice for nursing needs high quality, affordable health care which is accessible
for all people. Though, inequalities within system of health care are still there. Emerging leaders
in nursing are turning such inequalities in opportunities, undertaking advanced education for
creating system of healthcare that could be accessed by all. Social institutions’ creation is guided
by social justice and people who cooperate with such institutions. Facilities of healthcare like
private clinics and hospitals are examples for social institutions that are created for helping
people live happier and longer lives. Positive social service is provided by facilities of health
care (Walter, 2017). In turn, the individuals like patients, nurses, politicians and community
members influence change within these institutions. By their feedbacks, like creating plans for
custom care, reporting malpractice and lobbying for lower costs of health care, institutions
become much more accessible to everyone. I have morning shift in my clinical care from 0700 to
1500 hours. During my clinical placement time, ongoing issue which I observed every day is
that ration between nurse. There is only one nurse for 32 residents, especially during morning
time. Administer medication is quite stressful during that time. However, I like the working
environment and all circle of care as well. I really enjoy working here.
Elaborate
In my clinical placement, my shift begins at 7 in the morning. My preceptor is RPN.
During my placement time, I am working with different RPNs as in this unit. During time of
breakfast RPNs help residents in bringing to dining room as well as assist the residents who are
on total care or require help to feed. In civilized world, entrenched idea is there that people’s fair

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treatment is critical principle which enable social system’s work. Social system is essential for
human life as they facilitate groups’ well-being and daily living by consolidation as well as
refining of several skills and services. Though, whenever people should depend on one another
in aid for living, they turn vulnerable to unfair or injustice living. Injustices are associated
frequently with human beings’ power needs and could result from the power imbalances
(Caldwell & Cochran, 2018). Empirical support is there for idea that to attend for personal needs,
disadvantage and harm night be caused inadvertently or advertently for the others having same
interests, however are void for attributes, skills or circumstances for securing them. They might
not be able in engaging in decision making for proper information or inability for foretelling
certain actions’ likely consequences or they might not understand how the action would serve
long term as well as short term needs. Hence, this could be seen there is origin of social injustice
within human nature as well as affect ability of few human beings for exercising or developing
moral agency. Both exertion and development aspects are entailed by moral agency. The human
beings are social beings, relational which means they are interactive naturally with their own
environments as well as others within their own environment and are interdependent on them.
Every advanced practitioner of nursing should possess set of major competencies for
ensuring social justice’s promotion in clinical setting. There should be skills of critical thinking
and strong communication for addressing concerns of health care within their communities. By
using incorporating feedback and collaborative approach from patients, community and team
members, service’s delivery could be improved within their practices. Such competencies
support crucial skill for the advance practice of nurses: leadership. The advanced practice of
nursing should make consistent and ethical decisions for their practice. Several of the decisions
aim in removing the health disparities as well as improve the community’s health outcomes