Nurses' Role in Advancing Health Equity in New Zealand
Nurses in New Zealand play a crucial role in influencing and supporting health equity through their involvement as influencers, contributors, supporters, teachers, and coaches. They are key players in the Foundation Standards journey, ensuring quality assurance in various healthcare aspects, such as patients' rights, diversity responsiveness, and continuity of care. By addressing disparities and advocating for equitable health outcomes, nurses uphold the principles of equity and contribute to improving healthcare quality nationwide.
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Foundation Standards A focus on health equity: What part do nurses play to influence and support this?
informal discussion Involvement in the journey- nurse as an influencer, contributor, supporter, teacher,coach Who has been assessed-experience from a nursing perspective Pinnacle s intentional approach to assessment- showcase and tell your story. Informal and validating Any part of the FS that is unclear Confidence level relating to equity, diversity, supporting M ori health
Foundation Standards (FS)- Purpose? The Foundation Standard represents a collection of legislative, regulatory and clinical requirements for all general practices in Aotearoa New Zealand. It represents a nationally consistent benchmark by which a practice can measure its current quality of care and progress toward health equity outcomes. The Foundation Standard represents quality assurance, which is the first step toward quality improvement and signals to patients the care they will receive meets a baseline for safety and effectiveness.
What part does your nursing team play in the FS quality assurance journey? Nurses have a connection with almost all 17 indicators: Code of Health and Disability Services Consumers Rights 1996 Patient information Rights and health needs of M ori Responsiveness to diversity Continuity of care Responsiveness to urgent health needs Screening and recall Clinical governance Prescribing and medicine reconciliation Controlled drugs Medical equipment and medicines Cold chain Infection control and healthcare waste Health and safety Emergency continuity Employee and contractor safety checking procedures
Equity definition In Aotearoa New Zealand, people have differences in health that are not only avoidable but unfair and unjust. Equity recognises different people with different levels of advantage require different approaches and resources to get equitable health outcomes. -Ministry of Health[1]
Indicator 3: Rights and health needs of Mori- what influence are we having or can we have? 3.1 Maori Health Plan 3.2 Te Tiriti o Waitangi 3.3 Using Te Reo M ori
