4 Responses

  1. adcriger at |

    Great work! Your poster addressed a very real and important topic that not only involves healthcare but social determinants as well. As nurses we have to look at the entire picture when treating our patients what are their barriers to healthcare? I also live in a small community. We are so fortunate that as part of a Magnet organization they send specialists to our clinic on regular rotations; nephrology, neurology, endocrinology, allergy, pediatric cardiology, cardiology, and orthopedics. Otherwise our patients would have to travel 60-100 miles one way to access these services. My hope is that after COVID 19 telehealth will be here to stay and will help eliminate the lack of access to healthcare. One of the great things I have witnessed during this pandemic is one home health organization coming along side our providers to help video visits happen for our patients. This one home health organization will send their nurse to our mutual patients home, let the patient use the home health nurse’s tablet or phone, and help facilitate the video visit with the doctor. This is great as doctor can still lay trained eyes on the patient instead of just hearing their voice. I have received good feedback from elderly patients after their video visits. Healthcare has to be a collaborative effort to provide the best care and nurses are always at the hub.

  2. kpmiller at |

    Great job on your presentation! The introduction stated why there is a need for primary care access to healthcare in rural areas. Coming from a rural area myself, I was very interested in reading through your presentation. My husband and son both require yearly checkups with specialists not located in our area. We are located between Denver and Kansas City, equal drive time to either city. One of my husband’s physicians now has an outreach clinic in a town only 40 miles away which saves us time and expenses. I’m looking for the increase in telehealth to continue in the future.

  3. Cassie, RN at |

    I really enjoyed the color scheme for this. It was bright without being overly. A image or chart would have been nice to see with the information.

    As someone who grew up in a rural area and currently works in a rural area the resources are sometimes a struggle and trying to bring people into this way of living is even more a challenge. Many small rural hospitals do not have the ability to throw money at people to bring them in which is what most people are looking for next to being in an area that they want to be. For many years growing up midlevel providers made up approx 80% of the providers in my hometown. They made good money and we were willing to come to the area. I hope that with the expansion of midlevel providers, NP particularly, that we in nursing can help provide primary care as well as emergency and specialty care to those in a more rural area.

  4. jbonilla at |

    This is a great topic and really important because according to the Census.gov, approximately 60 million people live in rural areas. That is a lot of people that need primary care and unfortunately there are not enough primary care providers. While working at a primary care clinic there were many times that our providers were not accepting new patients due to their patient overload. Another dilemma is the type of insurance that is accepted. There are also clinics that do not accept Medicaid. That makes it harder for other clinics that do accept overfilled with Medicaid patients and also harder for the patients to get care.

    Reference:

    Nasser, H. (2019, May 23). What is Rural America? Retrieved from https://www.census.gov/library/stories/2017/08/rural-america.html

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