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A nurse must always comport herself in a professional manner, but needs to take a different tone with a child vs. An adult; a person in a dissociated state vs. A man experiencing chest pains. Communications decisions, much like medical decisions, must often be undertaken in a split second. The first few minutes of the encounter can set the tone of the entire client-nurse interaction, even the tone of the patient's entire experience on the unit.
Effective communication is also required with other healthcare professionals on the unit, including but not limited to doctors, other nurses, and physician's assistants. 'Triage' -- deciding what patients and procedures are of highest priority, establishing standard operating procedures to deal with being short-staffed, and using time and resources in an effective manner demand that all affected personnel are kept 'in the loop.'
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Objective 7: Evaluate available resources to facilitate planned change in healthcare settings
I have observed with my own eyes the difficulty of staffing the medical-surgical unit due to the shortage of nurses on the unit. Even the best nurses...
While this is expected from time to time, a lack of staff can result in even the best healthcare professionals feeling stressed at times. Finite resources result in imperfect conditions for all healthcare workers.
For patients, too, there is a shortage of resources. Ensuring that their insurance company will pay for recommended treatments and procedures is a constant burden. Obtaining care is not always about getting the best care, but simply what is affordable and/or can be covered by insurance. Many insurance plans, including the government insurance program for the elderly (Medicare) can be difficult to decipher without assistance, and patients, already frightened and confused, are further intimidated by the specter of medical bureaucracy.
The hospital itself faces the reality of finite resources. Finances are tighter than they have been in years past for both employees and for medical technology. While 'doing more with less' is a common slogan amongst financial analysts, this can be difficult when the highest-quality, high-tech care is costly.
This really helped me to remember why it was I became a nurse, and demonstrates the true needs of patients that I was helping to care for and not simply trying to cure. These moments also made the more mundane and laborious elements of the job seem more worthwhile, and I was definitely feeling less stress and more satisfaction upon the completion of my shift than I had the
Some patients might feel as though they are not getting all of the attention they deserve if they are not shaved before surgery. Because patient comfort is a high priority, the attending nurse could explain in layman's terms the rational for the change, and the surgical site could be clipped if needed to put the patient at ease and full his expectations. Mellinger and McCanless's article on evidence-based nursing offers guidance
Nursing Theory Analysis Theory-based nursing is the phenomenon that has been researched much during the past two decades. Nursing theory has become the foundation for nursing practice with its own knowledge base. The current paper is an analysis of King's theory of goal attainment. King acquired her goal attainment theory model from an interpersonal system and a behavioral science. The nurse and patient communicate to achieve a common goal of patient
Depending on whether your interest is the Army, the Navy, or the Air Force, a military nursing career can offer the opportunity to gain valuable experience while receiving financial assistance. For example, in the Army ROTC the student will gain military science as well as the option to take an elective that includes a unique summer training experience along with the regular nursing training program. The Navy as a choice
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) and the Council on Graduate Education for Administration in Nursing (AACN, 1996; Dienemann & Aroian, 1995) operationally define the professional nurse as one who has been prepared with a minimum of a baccalaureate or higher degree in nursing. (Feldman & Greenberg, 2005, p. 219) These were necessary requirement in the 90's. Now in an ever increasing age of need for more highly
Nursing Problem: Shortage of Nurses in Healthcare Nursing Shortage The researcher works at Phoebe Memorial Hospital, where there is an extreme nursing shortage. Without an adequate amount of nurses, patient care and safety may turn out to be compromised, while nurses themselves may be stunned, upset, and dissatisfied. At the researcher's workplace, high patient-to-nurse ratios has been displaying that there is a lot of frustration and job burnout, which is linked to