Question 2
I. Physical Barrier
To improve diminished access to health services caused by distance, nurses can provide Kathleen and her daughter with the information about the health and medical services available for people living in rural and remote areas in Queensland. One of the services is Royal Flying Doctor Service that provides a medical consultation service via telephone and radio transmission for people in remote areas (Queensland Government 2016). In addition, Queensland Ambulance Service provides non-emergency patient transport for pre-arranged visits to a medical centre if the individual needs continuing treatment as well as for transfers between medical centres if the individual is having specialist treatment (Queensland Government
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One single action of nursing does not necessarily comply with one specific principle. Following nursing actions considered all three guidance and codes because they are mutually inclusive.
The nursing action for physical barrier is to provide information about the health services available for people living in rural and remote areas. This action is supported by the principle of access in the Social Justice Framework; ‘4. Nurses value access to quality nursing and health care for all people’ in the Code of Ethics; and ‘2.6. uses delegation, supervision, coordination, consultation and referrals in professional relationships to achieve improved health outcomes’ in the Registered nurse standards for practice (Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia [NMBA] 2008 p. 1; NMBA 2016, p. 3; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine n.d., p.
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This action is supported by the principle of rights and participation in the Social Justice Framework; ‘1.3. respects all cultures and experiences, which includes responding to the role of family and community that underpin the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of other cultures’ in the Code of Ethics; and ‘2.4. provides support and directs people to resources to optimise health-related decisions’, ‘3.2. provides the information and education required to enhance people’s control over health’ and ‘4.1. conducts assessments that are holistic as well as culturally appropriate’ in the Registered nurse standards for practice (NMBA 2008 p. 1; NMBA 2016, p. 3-4; School of Nursing, Midwifery and Paramedicine n.d., p.