NHS 4000 Assessment2 1.pdf NHS 4000 Applying Library Research Skills Capella University

NHS 4000 Assessment2 1.pdf  NHS 4000  Applying Library Research Skills  Capella University                                                        NHS 4000: Developing a Healthcare Perspective  Applying Library Research Skills  In the United States of America, we have access to some of the best healthcare facilities in the world. These facilities treat and care for patients from all around the world, yet some of our very own citizens cannot or will not have access to the care that is offered. The inability to access these facilities is due to lack of transportation, financial resources, insurance, and the thought that they are undeserving. Unfortunately many people in our country feel they do not deserve adequate healthcare and many do not trust healthcare workers because of the lack of empathy some healthcare workers display. Everyone deserves equal healthcare and treatment. The Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion labels this as health equity. They state that “health equity is the attainment of the highest level of health for all people. Achieving health equity requires valuing everyone equally with focused and ongoing societal efforts to address avoidable inequalities, historical and contemporary injustices, and the elimination of health and healthcare disparities.” (Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, 2017, p.1)  I have lived and worked in rural Louisiana my entire nursing career with Middle Aged to Older Adults that qualify as low income to poverty level. I have cared