Instructions:
Write an advocacy paper using the Health For Life initiative at http://www.aha.org/advocacy-issues/healthforlife/index.shtml. Explain how current issues impact health status of the public and how nurses can advocate for change. Do not use any quotes. Please paraphrase and write in APA 6th edition. The attachments are exactly what`s online once you`ve clicked on each oval.
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Health for Life
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United States healthcare system has what it takes to provide the best healthcare services to the Americans. Statistics indicate that U.S. spends the highest income per individual on health as compared to other industrialized nations. It has the best clinicians and the latest medical technology in the provision of healthcare services. However, it is sad that U.S. healthcare system is ranked the highest of all the industrialized countries concerning high rates of medical errors, high costs of medical care and inefficient coordination of medical care services. Besides, there are high numbers of uninsured citizens who do not access quality healthcare. Chronic illnesses are growing by the day, and they have not been adequately addressed by the U.S. healthcare system. U.S. healthcare also still experience high disparity in the provision of its services among people of different races, ethnic groups, and gender. These factors have had negative impacts on the entire healthcare system such as increased costs for medical healthcare and inadequate management for chronic illnesses as earlier highlighted. Nevertheless, nurses and other healthcare providers can still advocate for the improvement of healthcare through intensified use of research to guide treatment, enhancing measurement of performance to indicate opportunities for improvement, re-inventing care delivery, customizing car...
