Health Promoting Education Plan: Roles of Community Nurses, HSNS 247

This report delves into the significance of health promotion and education within the context of community nursing. It emphasizes the crucial roles community nurses play in promoting public health, disease prevention, and patient well-being, with a specific focus on cultural sensitivity and evidence-based practices. The report highlights the importance of cultural awareness in nursing, addressing potential barriers and the need for nurses to respect patients' values and beliefs. It explores practical applications of health promotion interventions, such as providing direct care, preventing health problems, and educating communities. The report uses the case study of Nellie Jackson, an Aboriginal widow, to illustrate the application of these concepts, emphasizing the need for culturally appropriate care and interventions, such as appointing a home-visiting cultural nurse or arranging cab services for patients. The conclusion reiterates the pivotal role of cultural nurses in enhancing patient health outcomes by respecting cultural values and beliefs. This report provides a comprehensive overview of health promotion and education in community nursing.

Health Promoting
Education Plan

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Importance of health promotion and health education roles for the primary health or
community nurse....................................................................................................................1
Nurse roles in delivering evidence based culturally aware health education relevant to case
study.......................................................................................................................................2
Health promotion interventions which are culturally appropriate and relevant to case study3
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Health promotion refers an approach and practice which makes people able to improve or
promote their health Edelman, Mandle & Kudzma, (2017). This study is going to show
importance of cultural nurses who respect values of patients’ cultural values and beliefs. It will
also show roles of cultural nurses in improving health of patients.
Importance of health promotion and health education roles for the primary health or community
nurse
In the context of health promotion and health education roles for community nurse, it can be said
that they play an important role in promoting public health. One of the main focuses of health
promotion educational role for community nurse is on disease prevention and making patients
feel happy and motivated. Community health nursing refers a discipline which is associated with
evidence based research with advanced approaches of improving health. All practices and
approaches which are being taken into consideration by community nurses are associated with
socio-culture background of community Omoloso, Ahmad & Ramli, (2017). Nurses play several
roles in promoting health and in the context of community health such as:
Prevent healthy lifestyle: Community nurses play several roles but one of the main roles
of community nurses in health promotion is to improve quality of health and living of people of
their community. For preventing healthy lifestyle, nurses support people by suggesting them as
per their needs and problems. In the case of Nellie Jackson, it can be said that community nurse
suggest her about cab facility and other ways to continue check up as per their needs and
problems,. So, it can be said that prevention healthy lifestyle by making them feel happy is one
of the main roles of community nurse.
Provide direct care: Other main role of community nurse of health promotion is to
provide direct care to patients as per their knowledge. By asking questions or identifying the
main problem of patients, nurses provide them direct care available to them rather practical
treatment. For example: making them feels comfortable, trying to solve problem via interaction
and oral.
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Prevent health problems: It is one of the main and common roles of all type of nurses
whether they are practitioners or community nurse. After identifying problems of patients they
make list of some ways to solve them and try out to suggest the best one option to them. They
make an effective use of their knowledge, tools by which they can prevent health problems of
their patients Prescott & Nichter, (2018)..
Educate community: One of the main features of community nurses is they have
willingness to not only prevent patients against their disease but also educate them from
preventing further disease and making them healthy. Community nurses, develop some programs
by which they educate and spread their knowledge among all people of community about how to
keep safe, healthy and disease free.
Nurse roles in delivering evidence based culturally aware health education relevant to case study
Cultural awareness is important as it is an ability to perceive cultural beliefs and values and
respect their rights by allowing them to make and shape decision. In nursing there are several
problems or barriers occur related to culture but when nurses and patient both have willingness
to identify those barriers and collaborate then all these barriers can be resolved. There are some
roles and practices of nurses in delivering evidence based health education which includes:
Commitment: Cultural integrity and nurses requires willingness to learn about others as
much as they can. By knowing their problems they try to fulfil their commitment which evolves
over time. In the context of Nellie Jackson who is an aboriginal widow, 50 year woman. She has
a problem of blood clot or left leg DVT for which she has to go clinic for anticoagulants or
medicine of blood thinner, twice in a week Hatcher & Dixon, (2019). It is stated that she lives
with her daughter and granddaughter. Her financial condition is also not good so, she has to walk
20 minutes to her closest bus stop to visit her GP. It is analysed that she has problem with her
GP, Dr. Allen as he said about her daughter that she is a freeloader.. Now, she does not want to
continue her check up with him and now she also feeling unsafe. So, in this context, community
nurse suggests her to appoint a nurse who can visit home or arrange cab service. It is also stated
that community nurse in this case shows her integrity for Nellie Jackson and make them ensured
that she will try to arrange a cab facility for her and also said that to live carefree and happy.
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Treating patients as individual: Other main role of nurses in evidence based culturally
aware is to treat their patients individually. When a nurse interacts or treats their patients
individually then they can gather informations in an efficient manner and patients also feel
valued. In the context of Nellie Jackson, it can be said that community nurse, tries to solve
problem of Nellie by interacting her individually. By doing so, nurse collects all informations
and as per their knowledge she suggested appropriate ways. For example: If social care providers
and nurses focus on each of their patients individually and interact with them than they are more
likely to get informations relevant to their health. It allows them to take better decision and
improve their health.
Advocacy: Health care system policies and procedures directly affect service delivery. Nursing
professionals treat or serve as patients’ advocates as well as protect their cultural values. In the
context of case study, nurse tries to understand problem of the patient as she lives with her
daughter, have financial problems and due to this she has to listen some bad words from her GP.
So, by clear communication and advocacy role, nurse tries to solve her problems and suggest her
to keep healthy and happy McFarland & MacDonald, (2019).
Health promotion interventions which are culturally appropriate and relevant to case study
It is stated that Nellie Jackson was facing problem of left leg DVT and chances of blood
clot for which she had to visit her GP twice in a week. Her 2 boy children have lived up North
so, she lives with her daughter and granddaughter. Due to this, her GP taunted and insulted by
saying her daughter is freeloader. In this context, it can be said that the best intervention or
practice would be appointing a cultural nurse who can visit her home and provide her
appropriate treatment like anticoagulants. One of the main reasons of appointing a community
nurse who can visit her home is cultural nurse understand problems of patients and respect their
believes and values. Other reason is, Nellie Jackson has to walk for 20 minutes to her closest bus
stop which can even worsen her problem. So, as per the situation of patient, appointing a culture
nurse would be the best practice Eldredge & et.al. (2016).
For example: By appointing a cultural nurse, she can gain trust as she stated that she does
not trust in nurses so, by taking help of cultural nurses and changing her general practitioner, she
can know that nurses play an important role in improving quality of their health. By doing so,
she can improve her health and can also make other people aware about importance of social
care providers and cultural nurses.
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Conclusion
From the above study it has been summarized that cultural nurses played a vital role in
improving health of patients by respecting their cultural values and believes. It has also shown
some interventions which can help patients in improving their health and being happy.
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REFERENCES
Books & Journal
Edelman, C. L., Mandle, C. L., & Kudzma, E. C. (2017). Health promotion throughout the life
span-e-book. Elsevier Health Sciences.
Omoloso, A. I., Ahmad, M. K., & Ramli, R. (2017). Culturally Sensitve Maternal Health
Promotion Messages. International Journal of Communication: An Interdisciplinary
Journal of Communication Studies. 21(1). 58-73.
Prescott, M., & Nichter, M. (2018). Nursing and Anthropology. The International Encyclopedia
of Anthropology. 1-8.
Hatcher, D., & Dixon, K. (2019). Understanding organisational culture in the community health
setting. Transitions in Nursing eBook: Preparing for Professional Practice. 45.
McFarland, A., & MacDonald, E. (2019). Role of the nurse in identifying and addressing health
inequalities. Nursing Standard. 34(4).
Eldredge, L. K. B. & et.al. (2016). Planning health promotion programs: an intervention mapping
approach. John Wiley & Sons.
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