Shreya Khadka S00282463 UNCC 300 Assessment 2 PDF

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UNCC 300 Assessment 2 essay focusing on one of the goals of sustainable development....

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The United Nations developed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 as a global appeal to end poverty, protect the environment, and ensure that everyone lives in peace and prosperity by 2030 (United Nation, 2021). One of the goals is SDG3, which is good health and wellbeing that has a similar significance to the role as a nurse. For instance, the nurse professionals have a significant role in public health, since their actions as caretakers are directed not just at sick people, but also at the communities of the patients locally and globally (Nurses’ role in public health, 2016). The SDG3 is one of the important goals which can bring the common good locally and globally. The major goal of SDG3 is to ensure healthy lifestyles and promote well-being for people at all ages (United Nation, 2021). The relayed goals include lowering the mortality and morbidity ratio, illnesses, injuries and ensuring universal access to socio-economic services globally (United Nation, 2021). The common good is defined as the whole network of social circumstances that allow people to fulfill their full potential more completely with harmony and shared humanity whether as a community or as individuals (Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, 2010). Likewise, if the people living in a community has good health and well-being than they can actively participate in the development of the nation and help the impoverished groups of people. As a result, it fosters a vision of true partnership and solidarity among people and develops just and peaceful community globally. Briefly, SDG3 focuses on improving the health of the individual which stabilizes human dignity and the common good. As a nurse, my duties are quite like the significance of SDG3, which is supporting and promoting healthy lives of public and maintaining own health so that I can help the people in need (Nurses’ role in public health, 2016). In the future, I may work in

Infectious Diseases Hospital in Nepal and a global organisation such as World Health Organization (WHO). Infectious illnesses account for one third of all human fatalities worldwide (Gail et al., 2004). So, at local level, I can work collaboratively with other health care professions to care for the patients to improve their health condition. Additionally, I can establish programmes, supervise health campaigns, and promote my knowledge to prevent disease from spreading. Whereas, at the global level, advocating for the patients, and encouraging health system changes is another role of the nurses (Advent Health University, 2020). I can provide education to the patient about disease transmission and protection from infectious disease, screening the patients, immunizations, and vaccines to prevent from disease. Following such practice, SDG3 objectives can be achieved, and my skills and knowledge will become competent. Some challenges that make the realization of the common good hard or impossible are individualism, traditional beliefs, and diverse society. The first barrier to common good is individualism. For instance, individual freedom and personal liberties are highly valued in our historical traditions in the society. The cultural ideas, in fact, support the individual who feels that she shouldn’t have to contribute to common good, but should contribute to her own (Andre & Velasquez, 2014). Similarly, in today’s individualistic culture, persuading individuals to give up part of their freedom, personal ambitions, and self-interest for the sake of common good is difficult, perhaps impossible (Andre & Velasquez, 2014). Moreover, traditional belief is the second issue of the common good. As majority of the people in developing nations think that sickness is caused by supernatural forces and they promote prayer or other spiritual treatments to neutralize what they feel are powerful forces working against them (EuroMed Info, 2021). Also, people lack access to transportation and infrastructures

which leads to admission among the traditional healers. Finally, some philosophers argue that the concept of common good is incompatible with a diverse society like ours (Andre & Velasquez, 2014). For example, varied people have different opinions about what is valuable or what makes the good existence for human beings, divisions that have widened in recent decades as formerly quiet groups, such as women and minorities (Andre & Velasquez, 2014). Hence, disagreements like this will inevitably undermine our capacity to elicit a long term and universal commitment to the common good. In conclusion, the society and humankind have a responsibility to be good to everyone in the society as it is a means to committing to the common good values. Good health and well-being (SDG3) are crucial to maintain common good locally and globally. However, some barriers such as individualism, traditional beliefs and diverse society can impact the realization of common good and achievement of SDG3.

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Advent Health University (2020). Role of Nurses During Disease Outbreaks. Advent Health University. Retrieved from: https://online.ahu.edu/blog/role-of-nurses/

Andre, C., & Velasquez, M., (2014). The Common Good. Markkula Center for Applied Ethics. Retrieved from: https://www.scu.edu/mcae/publications/iie/v5n1/common.html

Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales (2010) Choosing the Common Good. Alive Publishing Ltd. Retrieved from: https://familyofsites.bishopsconference.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/sites/8/2019/07/20pp.pdf EuroMed Info (2021). How culture influence health beliefs. Urheberrecht. Retrieved from: https://www.euromedinfo.eu/how-culture-influences-health-beliefs.html/

Gail, C., Field, K. W., Simpson, T., & Bond, E. F. (2004). Clinical nurse specialists and nurse practitioners: Complementary roles for infectious disease and infection control. American Journal of Infection Control, 32(4), 239–242. Retrieved from: https://doiorg.ezproxy1.acu.edu.au/10.1016/j.ajic.2003.06.002

Nurses' role in public health. (2016). Primary Health Care (2014+), 26(2), 5. doi: http://dx.doi.org.ezproxy2.acu.edu.au/10.7748/phc.26.2.5.s1 United Nation (2021). Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Retrieved from: https://sdgs.un.org/goals...