Report: Community-Based Care, Ethical Issues, and Nursing Research

This report examines community-based care, ethical considerations, and research within the field of nursing. It highlights the effectiveness of community-based care and evidence-based practices, while also addressing the nursing shortage and its contributing factors. The report discusses ethical dilemmas faced by healthcare workers and the importance of ethical codes. Furthermore, it explores the impact of healthcare policies, the role of advocacy in promoting holistic healthcare, and the influence of genetics and genomics on community health. The report references key literature and provides a comprehensive overview of these critical aspects of nursing practice and healthcare delivery. The report concludes by emphasizing the need for further research, particularly on the high dropout rates in nursing programs.

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Community-based care has proven to be very effective in most scenarios. However, past research
has shown that evidence best practises can also be just as effective. Evidence-based practices are
practices that have been tried, tested and approved by the majority of the healthcare workers.
They are effective in most communities and a wide range of scenarios.
There is a huge nursing shortage in most public healthcare facilities. Most nurses prefer to work
in a private healthcare organization. At these facilities, they tend to earn more money and the
working hours are more favourable. Private practise has more incentives such as retirement
benefits and house allowance. Public healthcare facilities have longer working hours. Another
factor resulting in a nursing shortage is the high rate of dropouts in universities. Many students
who sign up for nursing courses tend to drop out before their final year. Research needs to be
done to investigate the root cause of the high drop out rate, especially in nursing courses.
Ethics in biomedical research is the backbone of the healthcare delivery system. Healthcare
workers face many dilemmas while pursuing their daily professional activities. The dilemmas
may be financial, moral, cultural, ethical or even personal. Through ethics, healthcare workers
can make decisions are morally and ethically correct. There are several different codes of ethics
for the various healthcare workers, ranging from physical therapists to registered nurses
(Babcock and Thonus, 2018).
Healthcare policies have been very effective in promoting health in several communities. Past
research has shown that through a collaboration with the Civil government and the healthcare
department, a community can improve its health and well being. The civil government can create
policies to make health care service more affordable to everyone. It can also create insurance
plans for the community.
Advocacy in healthcare can promote holistic healthcare in communities. Advocating for mothers
to take their children to clinics has helped to reduce the child mortality rate by almost 80%.
Advocacy has also helped in early detection of diseases which decreases the damage caused by
the disease.
Genetics and genomics are a major contributing factor to the health of the community. Certain
geographical areas are prone to certain illnesses due to their genetic makeup. African American
communities are more prone to peptic ulcers while caucasian communities are more prone to
diabetes. The genetic makeup of a community determines the type of medical services that are
available to the community (Dang and Dearholt, 2017).
References

Babcock, R. D., & Thonus, T. (2018). Researching the writing center: Towards an evidence-
based practice. Peter Lang International Academic Publishers.
Dang, D., & Dearholt, S. L. (2017). Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Model and
guidelines. Sigma Theta Tau.