The role of a nurse in providing professional, compassionate care.
Introduction
This assignment will discuss the role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s of nursing practice which include care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. (NHS England, 2012). These principles form the benchmark of the NHS culture of compassionate care and underpins everything it does. The role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s can be defined as a care that has been provided through building therapeutic relationships and is centred on trust, respect, dignity, empathy and kindness (Price, 2013). The six core values of the NHS are respect and dignity, commitment to quality care, compassion, everyone counts, …show more content…
In addition, this assignment will take into consideration an understanding of the holistic complexity of the health, illness and disability. The importance of understanding that the person cared for is at the heart of nursing practice in the context of the 6C’s will be highlighted. The Code of Conduct (NMC 2016) will be considered with regards to the influence it has on influencing professional, compassionate care. The discussion will conclude with the summary of the contribution of the nurse to providing care in relation to the 6c’s of nursing practice.
The patient was admitted for Posterior Lumbar instrumental infusion and decompression following constant low back pain. Posterior Lumbar instrumental infusion is the type of surgery that is done to treat compressed nerves in the lower (lumbar) spine (NHS Choices 2015. A pseudonym Danty has been used for the patient in the case study for legal, professional and ethical …show more content…
Danty, 81years lady has been suffering from severe constant Low back pain for 10years.Medical therapies were introduced to Mrs Danty such as Heat and cold therapy, which is believed to relieve most back pain caused by inflammation, exercises and strong pain killers which did not help. The specialist nurse, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, doctors, nurses form the multidisciplinary team that are involved in Mrs Danty care pathway to enable her get the best treatment. Multidisciplinary team helps to share knowledge and form different views from other disciplines in order to develop a good care, plan that will help provide good quality patient care and be able to reach a common goal (Ndoro 2014, p. 724).
Patients who are going to have surgery are advised to attend pre-operative assessment appointment weeks or days before their surgery is due, while at the appointment blood tests and general health assessment are done to see if the patient is fit for the surgery and it’s during this time that the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan and X-ray of the spine is done (NHS Choices, 2015). Before Mrs Danty’s admission to the ward she was advised to attend the pre- operative assessment clinic where she was given all the information regarding the surgery and was asked if she had any concerns regarding the
Introduction
This assignment will discuss the role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s of nursing practice which include care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. (NHS England, 2012). These principles form the benchmark of the NHS culture of compassionate care and underpins everything it does. The role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s can be defined as a care that has been provided through building therapeutic relationships and is centred on trust, respect, dignity, empathy and kindness (Price, 2013). The six core values of the NHS are respect and dignity, commitment to quality care, compassion, everyone counts, …show more content…
In addition, this assignment will take into consideration an understanding of the holistic complexity of the health, illness and disability. The importance of understanding that the person cared for is at the heart of nursing practice in the context of the 6C’s will be highlighted. The Code of Conduct (NMC 2016) will be considered with regards to the influence it has on influencing professional, compassionate care. The discussion will conclude with the summary of the contribution of the nurse to providing care in relation to the 6c’s of nursing practice.
The patient was admitted for Posterior Lumbar instrumental infusion and decompression following constant low back pain. Posterior Lumbar instrumental infusion is the type of surgery that is done to treat compressed nerves in the lower (lumbar) spine (NHS Choices 2015. A pseudonym Danty has been used for the patient in the case study for legal, professional and ethical …show more content…
Danty, 81years lady has been suffering from severe constant Low back pain for 10years.Medical therapies were introduced to Mrs Danty such as Heat and cold therapy, which is believed to relieve most back pain caused by inflammation, exercises and strong pain killers which did not help. The specialist nurse, physiotherapists and occupational therapists, doctors, nurses form the multidisciplinary team that are involved in Mrs Danty care pathway to enable her get the best treatment. Multidisciplinary team helps to share knowledge and form different views from other disciplines in order to develop a good care, plan that will help provide good quality patient care and be able to reach a common goal (Ndoro 2014, p. 724).
Patients who are going to have surgery are advised to attend pre-operative assessment appointment weeks or days before their surgery is due, while at the appointment blood tests and general health assessment are done to see if the patient is fit for the surgery and it’s during this time that the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) scan and X-ray of the spine is done (NHS Choices, 2015). Before Mrs Danty’s admission to the ward she was advised to attend the pre- operative assessment clinic where she was given all the information regarding the surgery and was asked if she had any concerns regarding the