Increasing physical activity in nurses



Increasing Physical Activity in Nurses

Introduction

Competency Standards

Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council adopted the Nation competency standards in the year, 1990. This ANMC officially converted into Accreditation council in 2010. Regulation of nurses and midwives are the responsibility of this council. They also took ownership of competency standers for registered nurses. Registered nurses demonstrate competence in nursing care as per registration requirements. These competencies help the nurses to work independently, assuming responsibilities and providing care to nurses and other workers. These standards demonstrate that the nurse should provide evident based care to the patients including individuals, groups and communities. Maintenance of health and prevention of illness for a group or individual is a responsibility of a registered nurse. A nurse should assess, implement and evaluate the care in relation with individuals or health care team to achieve goals. A nurse should educate an individual or group to increase their independence ability. A Nurse should contribute to control over their health through learning and professional development (NMBA, 2006). Globalization and Nursing

Globalization refers to the complex process of environmental and cultural transformation. World health organization launched a program of Health for all which sets a goal to achieve health care through a series of initiatives. Health for all is a global framework which was proposed in International conference in 1978. This framework was specified on five major domains. The first challenge was to advance the public health policy which will play an effective role in this program. Another challenge in health for all programs was to create a supportive environment. Strengthening community action and development of personal skills were two major challenges in this program. Finally, this conference focused on reorienting the health services. The goal to overcome these challenges and implementation of health for all program was to resolve the health inequalities (Messias, 2001). Public Health

Nurses face various challenges regarding embracement of global perspective. There is a very important role of nurses to promote public health. The health promotion will lead to many healthy and positive outcomes which include quality of life, adherence, self management and patient's knowledge. This concept was developed to emphasize community based practice in health promotion which is based on health policies (Kemppainen, Tossavainen & Turunen, 2012). Physical Activity

Physical activity is an essential component for a healthy life. It minimizes the risk of heart diseases, mental illness, body rusting, diabetes, bone diseases, colon cancer and many others. The extent of insufficient physical activity is increasing day by day in Australia. It is because of insufficient physical activity that most of the peoples are coping with depression disorders, behavioral problems, and serious physical diseases. Governments of many countries are taking serious measures to resolve this problem among their citizens (McEachan, Sutton & Myers, 2010).

Insufficient Physical Activity

It is said that there are some factors which are directly connected to the mortality and morbidity. Those factors include alcoholism, cigarette smoking, substance abuse, critical mental illnesses, and many ...