Assignment task:
To Prepare:
Review the list of global issues impacting nurses. (Illustrate below)
Consider which issue you think is most important.
Submit a 2-page paper that describes a global initiative that impacts the nursing profession. Defend, with evidence, why this particular initiative has the most impact and/or importance on the nursing profession. Please include at least 3 references APA FORMAT
GLOBAL ISSUES IMPACTING NURSING:
- United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
- Global health inequities and the social determinants of health
- The health of refugees and displaced persons
- Women's reproductive health
- Maternal mortality and disability
- Infant mortality
- Childhood malnutrition
- Female circumcision
- Global infectious disease
- Global noncommunicable disease
- Overweight and obesity globally
- Disabilities and access to care
- Aging and access to care globally
- Mental Health
- Global opioid crisis
- HIV
- COVID-19 vaccines and treatment (global inequities)
- International migration of nurses (ethical nurse recruitment and 'brain drain')
- Human Rights violations
- Human Trafficking (pick one: forced labor, sex trafficking, debt bondage, organ trafficking, child soldiers,
- child brides)
- Climate change
- Disaster risk reduction, response, recovery
- Response to protracted conflict/war
- Medical tourism/Birth tourism
- Vaccine distribution
- Health Equity and Indigenous Populations
- Malaria and/or Neglected tropical diseases
- Preparing for epidemics/pandemics
- Nurse midwifery in low- and middle-income countries
- Anti-microbial resistance
- Water, sanitation, and hygiene in healthcare facilities globally
- LGBTQ+ health inequities globally
- Urbanization
- Water quality/access
- Air quality
- Cost of healthcare globally
- Nutrition and global health
- Injuries and global health
- Interpersonal violence/Violence against women
- Cultural impact on health
- Complementary and Integrative Healthcare
- Global health ethics
- Access to health technology globally
Role of the International Council of Nurses (ICN) in addressing global health issues.