The Effects of Nurse Education on Global Health
As nurses we are constantly at the front line of health care delivery and we have the opportunity to use whatever expertise we have to improve the healthcare services currently offered on a global scale. This improvement can be fostered through education and the implementation of programs and courses that supports the improvement of nursing knowledge. Professional education in the health field is quite demanding and also an important contributor to the effects of nurse’s performance. It should also be acknowledged that educated and highly skilled nurses motivate others to join the nursing profession by demonstrating competent performances, therefore improving the quality of the work force.
The World Health Organization (2006) reported that there was a great gap and need of health care workers in countries worldwide, where African and Asian countries faces more health related detriments than their counterparts. The globalized appreciation of health as a public good, however acknowledged, is not evenly disperse because those who are poor experience the most health issues and problems compared to the more socioecomically advantaged populations. Many African countries attempt to pattern the health trends of other industrialized countries and often neglecting the very health care skills vital to their own country’s needs, such as treating illnesses predominant in that location. And in some countries education on public health is not a part of the nursing curriculum therefore ignoring the importance of preventative health care (WHO, 2006).
Formal education on world health is not a common curriculum in the nursing programs, so this knowledge is obtained from work experience and the little knowledge discussed in cultural diversity classes. Nurses are therefore responsible for getting the knowledge needed to nurture