Nursing's Role in Health Promotion and Disease Prevention - Assignment

This discussion post examines a nurse's role in health promotion and disease prevention. The author explores the importance of patient education and community outreach in preventing diseases like heart conditions, diabetes, and cancers. The post emphasizes the nurse's responsibility to educate patients about preventative measures, such as regular exercise, healthy eating habits, and avoiding harmful habits like smoking and drug use. The author also discusses the ethical considerations of patient autonomy and the nurse's role in providing information and support to facilitate informed decisions. The post references scholarly sources to support the arguments and provides examples of how nurses can actively contribute to improving patient and community health. The author also includes a discussion of health fairs and health screenings for community education.

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Table of Contents
Question 1...................................................................................................................................................3
Question 2...................................................................................................................................................3
References...................................................................................................................................................4

Question 1
Nurses are responsible for improving the health of patients by using evidence-based
recommendation. Nurses are also responsible for encouraging people for receiving preventative
services like consoling, precautionary medication and screening. As a nurse, I will recommend
my patients and community members for doing regular exercise. Regular exercise can help in
combating heart condition, high blood pressure and other diseases like diabetes, stroke, and
arthritis. Exercise can also help in managing weight. Maintaining and controlling weight by
doing regular exercise and following healthy eating habits can prevent multiple diseases like
obesity, osteoarthritis and cardiovascular. I would also recommend my patients and community
members to avoid smoking and drugs as it can increase the risk of lung cancer, emphysema and
many different types of cancer (Gibbons & Shafer, 2016).
Question 2
As a nurse, we have a responsibility to educate patients regarding different type of diseases and
how to prevent these. There are multiple available options but patients might aware of these so it
is our responsibility to guide them. As a nurse, we cannot do promotions for all kind of diseases
but we can help our patients by providing the resources or education that might help them in
making their own decision about their health. Sometimes we have to agree with the wishes of
patients or their family members for their treatment and health but at the same time, we should
also help them in making decisions regarding their health and preventing diseases(Macleod-
Clark & Wilson-Barnet, 2015). Most of the nurses have chosen to nurse because they enjoy
helping and taking care of people and they should always be there whenever they need us.

References
Gibbons, S., & Shafer, M. (2016). Nursing ethics (3rd ed.). New York, NY: Springer Publishing
Company.
Macleod-Clark, J., & Wilson-Barnet, J. (2015). Research in Health Promotion and Nursing (3rd
ed.). London: Macmillan Education, Limited.