Professional Roles and Values Task 3 Promoting Interdisciplinary Care The nursing supervisor could plan an interdisciplinary care round with the whole team to discuss the case. Care rounds could be instituted and be done weekly for all of their high-risk patients. The team members from each discipline identify the problems and formulate a plan of care. The advantage of the team approach is that everyone hears the same message and can clarify issues with every member at the same time. Since there are several issues with this case it is important to get all the members on the same page and utilize the resources that are available within the clinic.
The Medical Administrative Assistant Skills Tammy Mitchell Week 1 ECM Assignment November 9, 2014 The Administrative Medical Assistants Skills In my paper I’m going to discuss about is the human skills and which human skills that will apply to the Medical Administrative Assistant. According to Jones and George (2013) (pg. 14), “a human skill is the ability to understand, alter, lead, and control the behavior of others, individuals and groups”. The top skills of a Medical Administrative Assistant that caught my attention are people skills, planning activities, and communication. A people skill is very important to have in the medical office because you have to deal with patients every day.
I will remind myself every day why I became a nurse and aspire to make my patients my number one priority. Functional Differences As licensed professionals, it is our duty to protect the public’s health and welfare by assuring that we provide safe and competent nursing care. It is also our responsibility to seek opportunities to advance our professional growth. Regulatory agencies and Professional Nursing Organizations afford us the resources to do that. The functional differences between both types of organizations
University of Phoenix Material Personal Philosophy of Nursing Worksheet I believe that the core of nursing is delivering quality care specific to the needs of patients, families and the surrounding community. This is achieved through education, teaching and listening. I believe that the focus of nursing is centered around caring for the sick and vulnerable. My vision for myself as a nurse is that I will make every decision one that provides an optimal outcome for my patients and their families. I will continue to keep myself educated with the latest updates in nursing to ensure the care I am giving my patients is based on the latest research.
Any contact we have with professional bodies is written in our incoming and outgoing monitor book; care plans are updated on a regular basis and implemented with any other suggestions from social workers, doctors, nurses etc. Communication is an essential part of the services users and the care we provide. Service users can be at risk if communication is not adhered to, they could deteriorate due to lack of communication or because the support worker is in a rush and is to busy to listen. Service user’s needs must always be met, communication is essential for the care to be carried out. We have senior meetings every month followed by staff meetings for all.
The central focus of the profession of nursing is developed around the idea of providing different dimensions of care to individuals in need by use of science and an atmosphere conducive to promoting and maintaining health. As such, nurses must always take a holistic approach towards the care of their clients and in order to maintain the same approach among all clients; the metaparadigm of nursing was developed. The metaparadigm of nursing was first developed by Florence Nightingale and has since been adopted by all nursing professionals. This is a general concept that has developed over time to define the discipline of nursing. The structure for the knowledge of nursing was developed from the four concepts of this metaparadigm.
Final Organizational Quality Improvement Plan Holly Zimmerman HCS/588 April 4, 2011 Tracy Miller Executive Summary All organizations, if they are truthful with themselves, have room to improve the quality of service they give to their customers. Whether it is the services that are offered or the care that a patient is given when visiting their establishment, Mid-Columbia Medical Center continually works as a team to ensure that everything is done to the best of their ability and to the levels of which their patients have been accustomed to. Time Management is an issue for everyone and Mid-Columbia is no different. One of the major complaints that are often heard from patients is the time they spend in an emergency room or
The right training is important to have when a patient is treated. From administration to the certified nurse’s assistant to the professionals in human resource, a trained workforce is needed to ensure quality of service. Selecting the right candidate for the job is crucial too. Now we come to measuring the employee’s competencies. All employers and employees have to know personal skills will vary from person to person in any work environment.
Delegation is a critical skill in many professions, especially in healthcare. Regardless of what position we hold, in a professional organization delegation is required if we want the job done on time and allows the goals for safe patient care to be met based on the scope of practice. As the new nursing supervisor my job is to manage all nurses, to make sure that everything runs smoothly and if I encounter a problem then I have to resolve it in a timely manner. I am also in charge of evaluating my team, to make sure that we all collaborate to ensure that the best care possible is given to each and every patient and this is done by promoting interdisciplinary care in the clinic. This can be achieved by establishing goals, morning huddles holding
Nurses and doctors need to involve the patients and family members in their care from day one. Providing complete education to the patients on their diagnosis and treatment with a guarantee of patient and family understanding will help to keep the family more involved after the patient is discharged. Support from family will aide in the compliance of the patient with their medication treatment. Besides family support there are many resources available that patients can utilize. Instruments that can aide as resources for medication compliance included, but are not limited to, “written or verbal instructions on medication use, increased communication from automated telephone calls to family intervention, dosage reminders printed on drug packaging and increased convenience of care such as job-site pharmacies” ( Compliance; efforts to improve medication use fall flat, 2003).