Nursing Paper

Nursing Paper

Introduction

Improving the health of the population is the goal of the ministry or department of health in almost every nation. In recent years, policy debates about how to achieve this goal has been expanded that include the issues of necessary public health functions or services as the foundation to achieve better health policies for public. The health policy makers have understood that without an appropriate infrastructure, as required to provide these services, none of the healthcare authorities may move efficiently towards the improvement of health for everyone. Moreover, the needs of a city, region or a nation will change over time. The presence of a well-developed network of functions and essential public health services allows flexibility and growth of programming over the years (Purdy 2011).

The US healthcare system is undergoing some major transformations in its reforms in the history of the nation. It must have the ability to resolve the issues of the 32 million new patients when baby boomers are likely to demand more healthcares as they are aging. In order to facilitate the system of healthcare in America, various institutes and hospitals have been established to ensure that each and every patient of America is provided with the required treatment. The United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is the governmental agency that delivers social services to Americans, especially to the most vulnerable sector of the population (Purdy 2011). The department is responsible for the implementation of more than 300 programs that deal with the various health concerns of individuals including disease prevention, food and drug safety, infant health, child abuse, domestic violence, home care, nursing home care health services for the Native Americans and Native Alaskans. Also, it makes sure that there are sufficient arrangements for medical and emergency preparedness (Malhotra 2010).

The following paper discusses healthcare issues in American healthcare system, as depicted by interviewed participants, a nurse and a patient and provides appropriate recommendations for improving the current flaws in healthcare system of America.

Discussion

Interview with the Nurse

We interviewed a registered nurse, named ABC, who is providing her services in the XYZ hospital. She has MSN (Masters of Science in Nursing) and she has been in the nursing profession for more than three years. She is working in the hospital setting. According to her, it is one of the few practice settings, which provides a nurse to experiment a variety of specialties. In one hospital alone you can gain experience working in neonatal or pediatrics, medical/surgical, the emergency room, the operating room and even the intensive care unit.

Her opinion about the quality of healthcare is that United Sates have most costly healthcare system in the world. Till 2009, 47 million Americans have no health insurance. It is the country's largest economy sector. Millions of people cannot afford the healthcare system. The insurance premium has doubled in past several years. The families who do not have insurances are obscuring in debt. Also, she feels that there is a need ...