DNUR 135 Assignment: Contemporary Issues In Nursing

Question #1:

Discuss the statement: “Canadian healthcare and the national Medicare program continue to have significant problems with the delivery of healthcare services in the second decade ofthe 21’t century.

Question #2:

Identifu and discuss three ways that your provincial college/association is attending to their mandates of public protection, professional support, and advocacy for public policy.

Question #3:

Debate the statement: ” Should HIT [Health Information Technology) competencies be integrated into alllevels of the educational process. Provide arguments forand against this action.

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Question 1

Discuss the statement: “Canadian healthcare and the national Medicare program continue to have significant problems with the delivery of health care services in the second decade of the 21’t century.

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Canadian healthcare system is facing a lot of problems in delivering healthcare services today. Tommy Douglas created a Medicare system whose objective was to provide high-quality services for all Canadians. However, the system collapsed, and it is no longer in the same position. Canadians are proud of their health care system, but they are worried about the future of the system.  This is because a study conducted by commonwealth Canada was ranked six out of seven other countries. Drastic changes in the patient’s population is bringing a lot of challenges in the health care system of Canada because it forces the healthcare system to address a more culturally diverse population with various needs (Lewis, 2015). This population is made up of the graying baby boomer generation and geographic challenges of different communities across the country. The healthcare system has become more complex, and it needs more innovative solutions to solve the problems. The healthcare system in Canada is very much unstable, which means the health care system is spending a lot of capital which has dramatically affected the growth of the economy in the country. The increased expenditure is caused by inflation and an increase in the size of the population which has led to long waits in the emergency departments due to unavailable hospital beds for patients (Kerzner & Kerzner, 2017). The healthcare system of Canada is experiencing challenges in recruitment and retention of healthcare professionals. This is because, with the aging population, there is a decrease in some healthcare professionals which means in there are not enough physicians who can deliver health care services to the increasing population in the country.

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Canada has been facing a lot of challenges in providing information and education to the public. The country should actively participate in comprehensive programs to inform the consumers and citizens’ dietary recommendations and about some ways in which they can improve their eating patterns, but this has not been the case (Hawkins, Virani & Ceconi, 2013). It is the role of the country to health care professionals on what diet recommendation they should give a patient according to their health condition. Consumers in Canada have not been given some principles which should guide them on what to eat instead of taking foodstuffs which are high in calories and can bring health complications into their bodies. The country does not allow citizens to have a choice. It is the role of the state to ensure that clients have a lot of options which they can take and be very significant to them. Healthcare professionals should be able to have alternatives in the kinds of medication and treatment they offer to patients. This helps them to be able to use a different type of treatment in case one fails, and it is, therefore, the role of these associations to ensure that they provide a variety of medications to healthcare institutions of Canada (Bowen & Graham, 2013). In Canada, citizens do not have access to health-promoting services which can enhance their health, and thus people from poor background have to suffer due to the high cost of health care services rendered in the country.

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