Basic care and comfort can be defined as the promotion of comfort throughout the care as well as promoting independence with activities of daily living. This includes task such as assessing the patient’s pain level, monitoring nutritional status of the patient and assessing the patient’s ability to rest/sleep. It is important to the professional practice because these task, specifically pain management, sleeping/rest, and nutrition all aid in the healing process. As well as, promoting independence by assessing and intervening as needed with performing activities of daily living. Activities of daily living includes things such as brushing their teeth, bathing, and changing. As a nurse it is our duty to ensure that the patient is receiving adequate care to promote healing as well as independence to be able to care for themselves as best as they can once they are discharged from your care. Throughout this process consistent education should be occurring to promote independence. However, the nurse must ensure that the patient is comfortable before implementing teaching. This includes psychological care and physiological care, such as pain management, hunger, and mental concerns (Thomas, 2018). Healthcare Disparities, Inequalities, and Interventions Despite health care changes that are frequently occurring, such as the emphasis of Healthy People 2020, whose goal it was to achieve health equity and eliminate any health care disparities; there continues to be a large gap between the health outcomes of minorities as well as those with a disability (Makris, 2021). It has been found that this is due to a low probability of having a high school education therefore having a high unemployment rate or having an annual income that is less than $15,000 (Makris, 2021). Those with a disability are frequently visiting a family doctor, however they are more likely to deal with disparities. This is because family doctors typically lack the knowledge with dealing with those who have a disability. This includes infrastructure issues and lack of intellectual disability by the physicians (Makris, 2021).
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