Why Global Health is Important to Nurses

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Global health is an outlook that examines health issues and concerns that go beyond borders, class, race, ethnicity and culture. Factors such as travel and migration, urbanization, global trade, infectious diseases, natural disasters among others are important global health issues that require addressing. Nurses have long taken an imperative role in improving health throughout the world by helping patients address the impact of chronic diseases and psychosocial factors that affect how patients manage their conditions. However, there is a need for a shift on their approach towards increased participation in advocacy, building alliances and communicating ideas and best practices to foster global health (Breda, 2012).
It is evident that globalization has led nurses across the world to address health problems that occur as a result of longevity, obesity, cardiovascular diseases and others. There is a growing need for them to participat...