From a patient and their family’s perspective, nurses do not have good responsive skills. Although we may be busy, we need to remember that we have other patients to care for and must attend to them quickly to ensure that they are happy and safe. The most important thing is that we must be empathetic to those in our care and communicate professionally as nurses. As
The husband wanted to save his wife, but on the other hand, their children belief that their mom wants a quality of life with dignity. When a nurses engaged such a complex ethical situation, the Ethical Committee resources included multidisciplinary groups that are needed to assist patient and family. Based on statutory law, patients have the right to make a decision to withdraw or withhold any treatment (Blais & Hayes, 2011). In the case study of Marianne, the patient do not have advanced directive on file, therefore, the statutory laws are not against family's decision related to her care. The nurse can only educate and provide information and be the patients' advocate.
Since the positive clinical experience can highly can give them job satisfaction and sense of self-actualization. 2. Strategies to Motivate Staff Nurses for Quality Clinical Teaching Analyzing some possible barriers that demotivate nurses from teaching the juniors can allow us to think of some specific ways to eliminate the underlying demotivators. a) Barriers Demotivating Clinical Teaching From the aspect of resources, there is lack of money to expend manpower to be clinical teachers and lack of training courses to equip clinical teachers, so lack of experienced clinical teachers would definitely be a barrier. Thinking from the clinical teachers, they have heavy workload in ward and lack of time to teach students, some of them may not have experience in teaching, they may
during a lingering illness. However, if the patient does not desire to use these medications due to not wanting to become “addicted”, feeling “out of it” or for other reasons, the nurse needs to respect the patient’s decision. It is the nurse’s duty to make sure the patient has been accurately informed of treatment options including side effects, common misperceptions, etc. but to not sway the patient’s decisions for treatment based on his/her own beliefs. A nurse may personally feel that a patient who is dying of cancer should utilize any and all pain management options available to them, however, if the patient does not wish to use pain medications because he/she feels “out of it” or is afraid of becoming “addicted”, the nurse needs to respect that patient’s choice.
Nurses can also build partnerships with doctors and collaborate with health care workers, to help improve the health care system in the United States. The IOM sees the nurse as a great leader, but they are not being used to their full potential due to challenges like policy regulation, high turnover of nurses, the aging workforce and the difficulty to find a job coming out of school. The ANA in a press release, agreed with the IOM report and acknowledged the need for nurses to step up and meet the challenges of the changing and advancements in the health care system, (McNamara, 2010). IOM Recommendations The Institute of Medicine report recommended that leaders in nursing should work together to help improve the number of nurses with a BSN degrees from 50 percent to 80 percent by the year 2020.
Under utilitarianism, it seems the caregivers, Mary Grange and Fran Lapointe, have intentions that would not only be the logical course of action, but also the most advantageous one to their patient, Mrs. Black. In terms of resources, the nurses preserve time and energy, and prevent costly treatment by giving Mrs. Black an immediate treatment while the pressure sore is still in its first stages. Utilitarianism is apprehensive towards the good of everyone, thus giving Mrs. Black the necessary treatment before the pressure sore grow to be worse and infectious, permits Mary and Fran
However, when speaking to a client, using jargon and medical terms can be considered as inappropriate and confusing for the people involved. When Patients come into a hospital, they are concerned with their health and they would want to know as much information as a nurse can give them. By using the correct language, and knowing how much information to divulge, a nurse can positively contribute to the care of their client. (Wright, Lorraine M.; Leahey, Maureen. 2009).
Effective communication is an important skill that the professional nurse needs to develop in order to interact effectively with patient and bring about a better resolution in patient’s health condition. Johnson (2010) emphasizes the importance of effective communication by nurse with patient and staff. He says, “ The communication process enhances the broadcasting of information needed to ensure patient safety and promote quality patient care”. When nurse clearly communicates the details of a patient’s condition or progress verbally or writing to other members of the healthcare team handling the case as well as nurses that deal with the patient on other shifts, the likelihood of mistakes that put a patient in jeopardy greatly decreased, so patient are safe. The consequences to the patient if nurses do not clearly communicate all important patient information may be greater pain, a worsening of the patient condition, permanent injury or even death.
There are two major benefits of effective leadership that can impact the nursing profession. The first, is employee satisfaction/ nurse retention, and the second is patient satisfaction. This paper is to discuss that effective leadership can promote a satisfying and productive work environment in which staff members can positively contribute to the success of the organization, which results in impacting patient care and promoting patient satisfaction. Employee Satisfaction/Nurse Retention The inability of hospitals to retain staff nurses threatens the adequacy of healthcare delivery and this increases personnel and patient care costs. Effective leadership styles among nurse managers have been associated with staff nurse job satisfaction and is a key factor in staff nurse retention.
Communication does not only mean being able to talk to the person, it also implies effective listening. According to Morrissey et al (2008), simply listening to the patient enables the individual to feel more comfortable with telling the nurse their mental health stories. A nurse can show their full capacity to communicate effectively with the service user by giving their complete attention to the individual through encouragement, like nodding and holding the client’s hand, if appropriate for the individual. It is essential that the nurse displays this sense of presence in their delivery of person-centred care as the client may feel uneasy in continuing with their story if they feel that the nurse has lost interest (Morrissey et al, 2008). Langewitz et al (1998, p.230) describes person-centred communication as “communication that invites and encourages the patient to participate and negotiate in decision-making regarding their own care”.