As nurses, we have an important role as patient advocate. There is no doubt that patients need nurses’ care and support, therefore, they expect the nurses to meet their demands and protect their best interests. As one of the patient’s most trustworthy healthcare providers, nurses are expected to advocate for all patients regardless of their condition. Hence, nurses should advocate patient’s rights through the way of maintaining a safe environment, which includes the protection of confidential information. According to Taylor, Lillis, LeMone, and Lynn’s book Fundamentals of Nursing, “Nurses should respect patients’ will and be loyal to them at any time as well as carefully evaluate the competing claims of the patient’s autonomy” (Taylor p.103).
In fact culture is the most influential factor in determining health beliefs and behaviors (Campinha-Bacote, 2003). Cultural competence involves being aware, sensitive, and knowledgeable in the diverse cultures that exist in the population. Health care providers need to not only embrace cultural diversity but must also strive for cultural competence in order to ensure that all patients receive the best care possible. Nurses spend the most time with their patients. Therefore, if nurses
You must engage yourself to the team to be a safe and effective nurse, here are some examples. Being a patient advocate, to me, is the first in line. We as bedside nurses are the patients first and sometimes only defense to getting the right and correct care. They need to be able to trust you to advocate for them. Another way to take an active role is communication, two way communications with the team members or other interdisciplinary teams plays a vital role in the care of a patient.
The author of this paper, an emergency department nurse, will compare and contrast how she would expect nursing leaders and management to approach these issues in her department. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) defined quality improvement (QI) as a “systematic and continuous action that lead to measurable improvement in health care services and the health status of targeted patient groups” (HRSA, 2011). An important role for senior leaders of a management team implementing a new quality improvement program is to create energy, positivity, and consistency with their team to ensure follow through with intended goals throughout their department or facility. Patient satisfaction scores offer insight into a department’s quality of care that is given to their patients. A management team utilizes both positive and negative comments given by their patients.
An example of a value chain activity would be the hospital you work for bringing on an expert cardiac surgeon, revamping and updating the cardiac unit to a state of the art facility, then marketing the hospital as a center of cardiac excellence. To ensure that your value chain is successful, you need connection activities to occur at all levels. Buy in from all employees and stakeholders is important from beginning to end. Linkage is a seamless cooperation and information flow between the value chain activities. Horizontal and vertical linkage is essential for the success of the entire value chain.
Manley, K et al (2011) discusses that nurses and nursing staff provide and promote care that puts people at the centre, involves patients, service users, their families and their carers’ in decisions, and helps them make informed choices about their treatment and care. Person-centred care should focus on the person and ensure the person is at the centre of all decisions which is advantageous to a holistic approach in the treatment of our clients and not just their health requirements but in all aspects of living, this chain of thought is supported by Harvey (2010) who discussed that being truly person centred is about recognising people within the full context of their lives and how they live them and not just focusing on their health condition. Outcomes will need to be based on what is important to people within these contexts and specifically relate to them as individuals. The scope of this assignment is to identify the key principles of person-centred care, to
A discourse community is a community of people that relate to one another in one specific area. In the community of nursing they all have the same goal that they work towards, which is providing patients with exceptional overall healthcare. Within this community I interviewed two women who have had some experience and many years of experience. . Mrs. Mendez is a registered nurse in Pasadena, CA.
Bundled vs Unbundled Pricing With the rising substantial costs of healthcare services today, the movement towards transparency in healthcare pricing is likely imminent. I do believe that the unbundling of healthcare pricing will afford individuals the ability to make more informed decisions regarding various medical services provided and how much they are willing to pay for these services. The transparency of prices will help dispel any misconceptions by consumers that high cost equates to superior or high quality care. Price transparency will drive healthcare facilities to deliver medical services comparable to their competitors, thus forcing them to reduce costs and remove waste. Consumers have the ability to question why hospital A demands more for identical medical services than hospital B.
Patient Safety: A Priority in Nursing Practice Abstract Nurses fulfill many roles in their profession. Even though nurses may recognize a wide range of issues that must be addressed in practice, a focus on patient safety can help develop these areas and lead to the achievement of multiple nursing care goals. The current research considers the importance of patient safety and the need for nurses to make this issue a top priority. Patient Safety: A Priority in Nursing Practice Nurses face a multitude of challenges in their clinical roles. Providing high quality care in a cost conscious environment while compassionately and comprehensively meeting the needs of patients, are all aspects of nursing practice that must be considered by nurses.
Abstract Planning and delegating nursing care efficiently and effectively is an essential skill for all registered nurses to develop and master. The nursing process will assist the registered nurse to effectively plan and implement nursing interventions as well as to appropriately delegate nursing interventions to co-workers. Additionally, following the professional standards for nurses will assist in safely managing a patient load. Equally important is the use of communication. Effective communication is essential to ensure patient safety and positive outcomes, as is effective communication between nurses and the multidisciplinary team.