Nurse Practitioner: Social, economic, and legislative factors
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How have social, economic, and legislative factors influenced the development of the Nurse Practitioner role?
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Nurse Practitioners are poised to fill the gap where social and economic factors that affect access to health education, healthy foods, and access to local health services is prevalent in disenfranchised populations or areas where there are significant income disparities.
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According to Health People 2020, social determinants are conditions in one's environment—where people are born, live, work, learn, play and worship—that have a huge impact on how healthy certain individuals and communities are or are not. Socioeconomic status is clearly implicated as defined by Healthy People 2020, and both social and economic factors affect access to health ...
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