Mary Atkinson Smith, DNP, FNP, ONP-C, FAANP, Board Certified Nurse Practitioner and Rural Health Policy Advocate in Mississippi; PhD student in Public Policy and Administration at Mississippi State University.
W. Todd Smith, MD, MMM, MLS, FAAOS, FACHE, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Mississippi Baptist Medical Center, Jackson, MS.
Orthop Nurs. 2022;41(2):172-177. doi: 10.1097/NOR.0000000000000836.
Health equity has become both a national and international health priority when addressing health disparities that influence health outcomes across all patient populations. Orthopaedic nurses play a critical role in advancing health equity among orthopaedic patients when it comes to ensuring orthopaedic patients have fair and just opportunities to achieve their best state of musculoskeletal health. For health equity to be realized by the specialty of orthopaedics and the orthopaedic patient populations being served, it is important for the orthopaedic nurse to be involved in community-based partnerships, research opportunities, and health policy initiatives that focus on the advancement of health equity for all populations.
当解决影响所有患者群体健康结果的健康差异时,健康公平已成为国家和国际卫生的优先事项。骨科护士在确保骨科患者有公平公正的机会获得最佳的肌肉骨骼健康状态方面,在促进骨科患者的健康公平方面发挥着至关重要的作用。为了实现骨科专业和所服务的骨科患者群体的健康公平,骨科护士参与以社区为基础的伙伴关系、研究机会和卫生政策倡议,重点关注所有人群的健康公平的推进,这一点非常重要。