Nursing: Influences Of Social, Political And Economic Changes

Influences of Social, Political and Economic Changes on Domains of Nursing Practice
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Influences of Social, Political and Economic Changes on Domains of Nursing Practice
Domains of nursing relate to the organization, coordination and provision of nursing care that include the assessment of individuals or groups, evaluation, planning and implementation of care to the intended recipient. It also relates to the establishing, concluding and sustaining professional relationships with individuals or groups. In the nursing domain, when an institution lays down a performance for a particular act, the nurse may have to go through professional judgment in order to figure out if the act is within the scope of practice under which the nurse is licensed and also the environment in which they work. Consequently, social, political and economic changes have an influence on the domains of nursing practice.
The political factors that affect the domains of nursing practice is nursing leadership that governs and stirs the nursing profession in that nursing directly impacts policy and politics making it to have both internal and external focus. Effective nurse leadership leads to better communication with the relevant authorities to ensure that both nursing practice and health policy are provided and maintained to enable the nurses to work in a desired environment. And as time goes by the nursing leadership provides better and improved policies and improves the environment as changes occur in the given society, making it a driving force for the nursing body. An example is when laws are made not favoring the nursing body or any other laws are not clearly stated the nurse leadership will fight for policies to the advantage of the nursing body (Leininger & McFarland, 2006). 
On social factors, it relates to how the nurses interact with their patients and other institutions in that they are guided by the day to day life of the given society they exist. In addition to this, it also relates to how well they can serve the patients to their satisfaction as health is no longer the physical aspect but also social, mental and spiritual aspect. Hence, the domains of nursing practice evolve around the best social ways in which the nurses can interact with their patients for the provision of the required services as per nursing code of conduct. Hence, the nurse has to interact with patients at a professional level in order to best understand how to serve them better and also to improve on their nursing skills. Through this, they treat the whole person and this is physically, mentally, socially and spiritually due to the interactions they get while delivering their services (Vahey, Aiken, Sloane, Clarke & Vargas, 2004).
When there are changes in the economic factors the environment that the nurses work in also changes. The factors being negative or positive, must be absorbed and interpreted in order to serve the patients in the best way and improve working conditions. A reduction in resources on the nursing bo...