The work in a long-term care (LTC) centers is the one that should deal with the emotional interaction between a patient and a nurse. The majority of patients are elderly or people with numerous afflictions and diagnoses. Long-term care nursing is a specialty that involves helping patients who need extended care, as they deal with chronic illnesses and disabilities. These nurses have a wide range of responsibilities in such simple activities as feeding, dressing, toileting and bathing, as well as providing medical care in vital sign check, intravenous therapy, enteral tube feedings, change different catheters, respiratory therapy, and medication administration.
In the LTC centers nurses cooperate with physicians, social workers, dieticians, speech language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and other members of the medical and social spheres.
Routine duties with the patients demand lots of extraordinary patience, knowledge of nursing interventions, analytical thinking, and …show more content…
Information about these patients causes a sensation of sympathy to the hard circumstances in their lives and makes one think about your own way of life and that your personal problems are not so important. The residents of the LTC center are disabled people, soldiers of the First and Second World Wars, people with Alzheimer’s disease, chronic illness, etc. The self-sacrificing attitude of nurses to their patients impresses and admires. The author writes, “You may be the reason your resident smiles, be the highlight of his day” (Nursingcenter.com, 2015), as it is necessary to be ready to give both medical help and to be a psychologist. She mentions how important is to listen to the patients, hug them when they are sad, encourage or just say some nice
In the LTC centers nurses cooperate with physicians, social workers, dieticians, speech language pathologists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, pharmacists, respiratory therapists, and other members of the medical and social spheres.
Routine duties with the patients demand lots of extraordinary patience, knowledge of nursing interventions, analytical thinking, and …show more content…
Information about these patients causes a sensation of sympathy to the hard circumstances in their lives and makes one think about your own way of life and that your personal problems are not so important. The residents of the LTC center are disabled people, soldiers of the First and Second World Wars, people with Alzheimer’s disease, chronic illness, etc. The self-sacrificing attitude of nurses to their patients impresses and admires. The author writes, “You may be the reason your resident smiles, be the highlight of his day” (Nursingcenter.com, 2015), as it is necessary to be ready to give both medical help and to be a psychologist. She mentions how important is to listen to the patients, hug them when they are sad, encourage or just say some nice