Nursing Intervention in public health Task

Intervention in public health is any effort or policy that attempts to improve mental and physical health at a population level. Public health interventions may be run by a variety of organizations, including government health departments and non-governmental organizations; in medicine, it’s a treatment, procedure, or other actions taken to prevent disease, or improve the health of a community, carried out by stakeholders, nurses, community social workers, donors.

An example of a need currently being addressed by an intervention in patients with diabetes mellitus already in place for the community for an outpatient clinic appointment, a community group for patients with chronic disease, especially for patients that have been discharged to home after admission to the hospital. The intervention to this targeted population will include follow up programs through visits by public health nurses, or patients in the clinic visits, or by telephone; the overall aim is geared to stress the need of adhering to diabetes self-care strategies, with an impact to improve the quality of care for that patient and the overall community.

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Some interventions that can be implemented to target this population will include discussion on strengths and challenges associated with the care of diabetes at home, education on maximizing the strength and minimizing the challenges of diabetes care, reminding the patient about exercising, lifestyle modification, insulin therapy, drug therapy, and monitoring blood glucose levels, stressing the importance to keep up with PCP appointments, and more importantly clarification on any emotional issues the patient may have.Nursing Intervention in public health Task

In order to ensure interventions that could enhance the outcome in this community with the diabetes mellitus population, the public health nurse could create awareness by encouraging other nurses to provide culturally sensitive care; nurses could avoid assumptions they must ask when unsure, use good body language that will communicate openness, educate patients about medical practices that are asked the patient to repeat what has been said, public health nurse could be active listener, that is take time with the patient and provide reassurance.