“We face as nurses huge challenges and how do we take advantage of the technology we have without losing the art of nursing.”
STUART FISK, CRNP, Director, Center for Inclusion Health - Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
As nurses, we are key members of the healthcare team and organizations know that to ensure evidence-based care, a high-quality nursing workforce is imperative. Our skillsets are in-demand as high-acuity patients benefit from our critical thinking, as well as our art of caring, to have the best outcomes.
For some of us, our role is changing. As the healthcare environment shifts to one of prevention and wellness, many – including those in advanced practice roles – are providing medical and nursing care for people in settings outside of the hospital. The bottom line is that we
all need to practice to the full extent of our education and training to best meet the needs of the changing healthcare system, whether we are at the bedside within healthcare organizations or caring for people in their homes and communities. In either case, we need to look beyond the patient as an individual with a specific medical need. There is so much more that contributes to an individual’s health and well-being.
The
World Health Organization defines social determinants of health as “the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.” These social determinants of health – socioeconomic status, environment, food insecurity and food safety, education, employment, social networks, homelessness, and racism – impact health. As nurses, our attention to these factors is not new. We focus on holistic care for every patient and therefore we are positioned to be leaders as this new paradigm in healthcare unfolds. Like anything else, we can’t do it alone. Collaboration with other members of the multidisciplinary team is critical.
Caring, leadership, and teamwork – three characteristics that nurses exemplify. We’re celebrating nurses at Wolters Kluwer in recognition of all that they do every day.
Learn more and watch “Care without Judgement: The HeART of Nursing.”
STUART FISK, CRNP, Director, Center for Inclusion Health - Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA
Stuart Fisk has been involved in HIV research, nursing, and prevention since 1988. Involved in the development and legalization of Prevention Point Pittsburgh, a syringe exchange program for injection drug users in the region, Fisk currently serves on its Board while, while providing primary care for persons with HIV infection at the Positive Health Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA. Fisk has provided hospice, nursing and medical care for persons living with HIV disease since 1992, with a focus on providing care for persons with substance use and mental health disorders. By helping to develop innovative care programs for these populations, he was instrumental in the development of the Positive Health Clinic, and the Center for Inclusion Health at Allegheny Health Network, where he serves as Director.
Watch our Facebook LIVE with Stuart from October 22, 2019.
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