To the degree that nurses match their skills with patient's needs, thus is qualified nursing met (AACN, 2006). From my experience, most surgeons, specifically in the cardiac ward focus on the minutiae of their skill and on saving the patient's life mo matter what. A failed surgery seems to them to cast aspersions on their skills. Dr. Agnihotri is, however, unique in that he places the patients needs first and foremost and ascertains that his assistants and interns do the same.

A case, at one time, for instance, that made ripples around the ward and impressed me intensely involved patient x who, at a great deal of pain and an advanced age with a surgery that seemed to promise only complications, just wanted to expire. Her family, however, endeavored to keep her alive, despite cost, level of pain, frequency, extension, and complications of surgery involved. Dr. Agnihotri focused on the needs and holistic requirements of the patient during that specific time, and advocating for the patient, helped the family consider the patient's perspective and devise ways that they could reconcile themselves to enabling the patient to...

A task-driven surgeon would have focused on keeping the patient alive regardless of the manner of comfort and need to patient. This is particularly the case when pressured to do so by the family. A patient-driven practitioner would focus on nursing as it pertains to the patient and would seek to match competencies to patient's needs. This is the way Dr. Agnihotri is and this is the way he has taught all on his team to be.
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American Association of Critical-Care Nurses (AACN). (2006). The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care. Retrieved April 3, 2011, from http://www.certcorp.org/certcorp/certcorp.nsf/vwdoc/SynModel? opendocument

Hardin, S. (2005). Introduction to the AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care. In S.R. Hardin & R. Kaplow (Eds.), Synergy for clinical excellence: The AACN Synergy Model for Patient Care (pp. 3-10). Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett Publishers.

Salmon, M. (2008). Cardiac Care Unit. Heart health Center. Retrieved April 3, 2011, from http://heartdisease.about.com/lw/Health-Medicine/Conditions-and-diseases/Cardiac-Care-Unit.htm