Overview Of A Nursing Specialty Area In Pediatric Darika Churdsuwanrak Intro to Nursing/ NURS110 Pacific Union College March 7, 2013 Overview Of A Nursing Specialty Area In Pediatric Nurses of specialize in pediatric practitioner dedicate their knowledge and expertise into caring for children of all ages, from infancy through their late teen years and their families. They are a type of advance nurses. Pediatric nurse practitioners need to know about children’s growth and development, beneficial to adapt their interactions with different individual’s development stages. Furthermore, they need to know how to cope with children’s fear and talk with them, because sometimes their fear can lead to miscommunication. They should know how to talk to children in order to get accurate information to help in diagnosis and treatment.
Correct color selection plays an important part in the healing of patients within healthcare environments. A facility such as MACH distinguish that color selection can contribute to the welfare of the patients alongside the efficiency and competence of staff. Color selection can appropriately emphasize a warm, inviting, and secure environment (Piotrowski & Rogers, 2007). Lastly, color selection significance has a time-honored presence that allows the avoidance of an outdated appearance. While color selection can appear to be simplistic noise issues become an even more daunting challenge to overcome.
Interdisciplinary and Intradisciplinary Teams Jodi Honaker Ohio University NRSE 4510-1025 Interdisciplinary and Intradisciplinary Teams Healthcare today consists of both interdisciplinary and intradisciplinary teams. Although these healthcare teams function very differently, they are equally focused on giving the best patient care possible. The most important person in any team is the patient. Meticulous and Concise communication between all team members are key to a successful outcome. "Good communicators listen objectively, avoid making value judgments, and include patients in health care decisions" (Burkhardt & Nathaniel, 2014, p. 221).
Running head: A NURSING LEADER A Nursing Leader of Yesterday Views a Healthcare Issue of Today Professional Leadership Transition A Nursing Leader of Yesterday Views a Healthcare Issue of Today Henderson's philosophy conceptualized care of the individual with consideration to basic humanistic needs. Henderson wrote, “The unique function of the nurse is to assist the individual, sick or well, in the performance of those activities contributing to health or its recovery (or to peaceful death) that he would perform unaided if he had the necessary strength, will, or knowledge, and to do this in such a way as to help him gain independence as rapidly as possible” (Henderson, 1966,p.3). In order to help define nursing as an independent entity separate from medicine, Henderson compiled a list of 14 fundamental needs (Henderson, 1966): 1. Breathing normally 2. Eating and drinking adequately 3.
How can an acceptable quality of healthcare be assured for all? Somia O’Kelley HCA 305 The U.S. Health Care System Professor Shannon Corbett-Perez June 13, 2011 How can an acceptable quality of healthcare be assured for all? Quality Healthcare can be achieved by providing patients with a comprehensive range of services that will ensure adequate and efficient quality care. Since the needs of patients differ from one to another, we must find a system that is beneficial to everyone. When ensuring that every patient receives quality care there are several things we must consider such as healthcare costs, medical technology, and most of all the credentials of physicians chosen to render services to patients.
All of us that live in the United States are part of a varied society with different ethnicities and cultures. As healthcare providers we must be competent and able to provide care that is holistic and culturally appropriate to our patients and their families. One way to do this is to understand one’s heritage by using the Heritage Assessment tool which is comprised of 29 questions and it accurately assesses and paints a clear picture of the patient’s health traditions, their beliefs and practices when it comes to maintenance, protection and restoration of health. The heritage assessment tool helps identify various traditions and heritage unique to different cultures. By having an understanding of the patients’ beliefs regarding health, sickness, diet, birth and death the healthcare providers will provide better care resulting in a better experience with better outcomes for all involved.
According to Porter-O’Grady (2007), accountability is the most overused and misunderstood element of leadership today. Accountability can frequently offer the motivation desirable to make certain that workers prevail over their natural resistance. Accountability measures involve both strict and unceremonious measures geared toward assessing fulfillment and allotment of the fulfillment and feedback by the leader in charge of accountability. Accountability is important in health care because presentation extents are more practicable with such large sizes. The main explanation for this advancement is to concentrate on hospitals and their medical staffs and create accountability for purpose concerning aptitude for equipment, specialists, and beds, which is a main driver of optional use and fees.
The goal is to improve quality of life for both the patient and the family. Palliative care is appropriate for any age and at any stage in a serious illness and can be provided along with curative treatment. Palliative care treats people suffering from serious illnesses such as cancer, cardiac disease (congestive heart failure), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), kidney failure, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and much more. The symptoms that palliative care focuses on is fatigue, pain, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, constipation, nausea, depression, and difficulty sleeping. It helps the patient have more control over their care by providing communication so that they can understand the choices they have for treatment.
ETHICAL ISSUES IN PALLIATIVE CARE Ethical issues arises everyday in palliative care because it involves patients, their families and clinicians. This is inevitable because of individual differences. What is deemed as morally correct for each individual may be vastly influenced by their values, culture, religion or even their perceived obligations. According to World Health Organisations (1990), palliative care can be defined as: “The active total care of patients whose disease is not responsive to curative treatment. Control of pain, of other symptoms, and of psychological, social and spiritual problems is paramount.
Better Teamwork, Better Patient Care Sabrina Haight Baker College of Cadillac Better Teamwork, Better Patient Care A health care team has a duty to provide effective, quality care in order to enhance the health and well-being of its patients. Every professional on that team has different roles to play in providing that standard of care. These roles range from CNA to nurse to physician, with many other interdisciplinary roles as well, like paramedic, respiratory therapist, or social worker. Each person has distinct expertise and skills to contribute that can be applied to the patient’s care. Organization and cooperation must be integrated into the team to ensure that needs of the patient are adequately met.