How Poverty is Related to Nursing

Introduction

In the recent past, poverty is an issue that has gained importance within the medical sphere. Indeed, the medical personnel and increasingly being compelled to review their approaches in order to ensure that poor populations have access to important medical services that are essential for enhancement of their quality of life. This is inclined within the relative moral obligations that require the medical personnel to not only save lives but to also enhance the quality of the same. The societal value system also demands that the rich in society assist the poor to address their challenges with ease. Seemingly, various authors have addressed diverse issues pertaining to poverty and the role of medical personnel in alleviating the relative negative impacts. Most of the information is based on the assumption that medical care is vitally important in enhancing the quality of life of populations.

Notably, emergent information within the literary circles revolves around how poverty is related to nursing. The main aim of the selected bibliography is to inform the audience about the intrinsic relationship between poverty and nursing. To begin with, the bibliography provides a brief history of the concept of poverty and the role of nurses based on past statistics. In detail, it provides a concise overview about the respective activities that nurses engage in as an effort to address and or alleviate poverty. Moreover, annotations regarding the specific areas that are worst hit by poverty and factual accounts of the experience of nurses while working with the affected populations are provided. Further, focus has also been placed on the related institutions that play an instrumental role in mobilizing the efforts of the muses towards this noble cause. Perhaps the most important information is about the impact of poverty and the rationale for nurses’ involvement in alleviation efforts.

Annotated Bibliography: How Poverty is related to Nursing

Dames, Danielle. “Nursing: Nursing challenges in poverty stricken areas – by Danielle Dames – Helium.” Helium – Where Knowledge Rules. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2010. <http://www.helium.com/items/1293352-nursing-challenges-in-poverty-stricken-areas>.

In this article, Danielle Dames elaborated the challenges that Nurses face when working in poverty struck areas.  Dames begins by describing the challenges that nurses face when caring for the ill and how working in a poverty stricken area, all the problems faced by a nurse escalate. Next, the author describes some of the challenges such as their being limited services, reduced hygiene, reduced patient mobility, increased infection rates, and mistrust of the healthcare system. Notably, this article makes significant contributions to the subject under review by providing credible information regarding the diverse challenges nurses encounter in poverty stricken regions. It is for this reason that the article was considered imperative for the study.

Rothwell, Kristin. ” Nursing Celebrated ‘Round the Globe on May 12 – NurseZone.” Nursing        News, Nursing Jobs, Nursing Journals & Travel Nursing Resources at NurseZone.com. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2010. <http://www.nursezone.com/Nursing-News-Events/more-features/Nursing-Celebrated-%E2%80%98Round-the-Globe-on-May-12_21512.aspx>.

In this article, Kristin Rothwell writes about how Nurses celebrate International Nurses’ Day.  The International Nurses Day is themed and this year the theme was   “NURSES: Working with the Poor; Against Poverty.” The content of this article is very informational with some statistics regarding poverty concerns and how nurses can approach the issue in a strategic manner for optimal results. The only limitation for this study was that the information was relatively outdated and would therefore not be important for current decision making. Nevertheless, Rothwell’s information provided a credible historical background that accredited the rationale for the study.

AdvantageRN. ” AdvantageRN.com | Travel Nurses | Travel Nursing Agency. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 June 2010. <http://www.advantagern.com/living-our-mission.html>.

This website explores how Registered Nurses travelled to Guatemala to help aid in construction projects on site as well as with other activities needed by the school. The author of this article starts with a chilling fact that nearly 75% of Guatemala’s 12 million residents live in poverty. The author goes on with more facts about Guatemala’s poverty.  Thus the source provides important statistical information regarding the Guatemala poverty as well as specific areas of concern that nurses address. The information was considered vital for this study because of the factual information regarding poverty issues that nurses address that is contained therein.

Nurse Together. “NurseTogether: Volunteer Opportunities And Information.” NurseTogether: Empowering Nurses Globally. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 June 2010. <http://www.nursetogether.com/VolunteerInformation/tabid/157/Default.aspx>.

Nurses together appreciates the fact that poverty is a challenging issue in the medical field and hence provides a gold mine of opportunities for nurses to volunteer their time to help people.  It contains articles about nurses volunteering, also links where you can look in to volunteering in poverty struck environments.  The site has various links that provide resourceful information regarding specific regions that are worst affected by incidences of poverty and the interventions that nurses can make to counter the scenario. It was considered a credible source for this study because of the rich and factual information contained therein.

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