HealthLeaders Media July 19, 2021
Nurses ‘have a really important role in improving health equity and addressing societal factors,’ AONL conference speaker says.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
– Nurses can make an impact on health disparities at patient, community, discipline, and policy levels.
– The Future of Nursing 2020-2030 report says all nurses “have a duty” to address SDOH and help achieve health equity.
– The Community Health Needs Assessment Process can involve nurses in all phases from the assessment phase through implementation.
Nurses play a vital role in uncovering and addressing patients’ social determinants of health (SDOH), Julia Resnick, the American Hospital Association‘s (AHA) senior program manager of strategic initiatives, told nurse leaders during AONL 2021, the annual conference of the American Organization of Nursing Leadership.
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