Bed Number Ten
Aaliyah Gonzalez University of Saint Mary NU 542 Medical Surgical Nursing III Professor Wall April 18, 2024.
Introduction Guillain-Barré is extremely rare; however, at least 3,000 to 6,000 individuals develop Guillain-Barré every year in the United States (GBS (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) and Vaccines | Vaccine Safety | CDC, n.d., p. 1). Bed Number Ten is a non-fiction book written by Sue Baier. Baier had developed the rare Guillain-Barré disease. Due to this, Baier decided to give a personal view of the care they received while in the intensive care unit. Bed Number Ten illustrates differing nursing care options. Baier was in the intensive care unit for a total of eleven months. Therefore, Baier was exposed to many nurses and …show more content…
Bruce instructed her to lie down and proceeded to push a tube down Baier’s throat. After making her gag, Bruce told her, “I just want you to know what we will be doing when your condition gets worse” (Baier & Schomaker, 1989, p. 16). Bruce doing this is wholly unacceptable and malicious. As stated by a research article completed in 2020, therapeutic communication is the “interpersonal interaction between the nurse and the client with the effective exchange of information to facilitate meeting the client’s needs” (Adika, 2021). What Bruce had said and done did not resemble therapeutic communication. Therapeutic communication is a critical skill learned in nursing school. Without communication between the nurse and the patient, gaps in care and errors are left. Bruce was not the only nurse who failed to provide adequate nursing care. Craig was later seen in the book. Craig was depicted as having poor bedside manners and being methodical. A qualitative study that showed caring aspects and various care-taking experiences found that unprofessional care was a significant theme in their research. This category includes ineffective care and deficient information. Craig exhibited
Aaliyah Gonzalez University of Saint Mary NU 542 Medical Surgical Nursing III Professor Wall April 18, 2024.
Introduction Guillain-Barré is extremely rare; however, at least 3,000 to 6,000 individuals develop Guillain-Barré every year in the United States (GBS (Guillain-Barré Syndrome) and Vaccines | Vaccine Safety | CDC, n.d., p. 1). Bed Number Ten is a non-fiction book written by Sue Baier. Baier had developed the rare Guillain-Barré disease. Due to this, Baier decided to give a personal view of the care they received while in the intensive care unit. Bed Number Ten illustrates differing nursing care options. Baier was in the intensive care unit for a total of eleven months. Therefore, Baier was exposed to many nurses and …show more content…
Bruce instructed her to lie down and proceeded to push a tube down Baier’s throat. After making her gag, Bruce told her, “I just want you to know what we will be doing when your condition gets worse” (Baier & Schomaker, 1989, p. 16). Bruce doing this is wholly unacceptable and malicious. As stated by a research article completed in 2020, therapeutic communication is the “interpersonal interaction between the nurse and the client with the effective exchange of information to facilitate meeting the client’s needs” (Adika, 2021). What Bruce had said and done did not resemble therapeutic communication. Therapeutic communication is a critical skill learned in nursing school. Without communication between the nurse and the patient, gaps in care and errors are left. Bruce was not the only nurse who failed to provide adequate nursing care. Craig was later seen in the book. Craig was depicted as having poor bedside manners and being methodical. A qualitative study that showed caring aspects and various care-taking experiences found that unprofessional care was a significant theme in their research. This category includes ineffective care and deficient information. Craig exhibited