Hi Professor Bowers,
You presented an excellent point – that there may be some twist in the case scenario, e.g., the nurse operating remotely – away from the patient’s bedside. In cases like this, it would be well for the nurse to act on her initial assessment of the patient prior to the outage and relay on her own instincts and “reached into her knowledge base of previous learning and experience” (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015, p. 6). In addition, as cited by Stokowski (2008) The call center is not the place for novice or inexperienced nurses. Nurses who respond to caller concerns about themselves, their children, or others under their care, must have strong clinical and critical thinking skills to overcome the disadvantages of practicing without face-to-face interaction (Remote Monitoring, para. 11). …show more content…
Other ways to address the constraint of the nurse’s absence from the patient’s home are: (1) to use the telephone, if not affected by the outage and make contact with the patient, (2) request for a local home care nurse to visit the patient, and (3) err on the side of caution and call 911 to have the patient transported to the nearest emergency
You presented an excellent point – that there may be some twist in the case scenario, e.g., the nurse operating remotely – away from the patient’s bedside. In cases like this, it would be well for the nurse to act on her initial assessment of the patient prior to the outage and relay on her own instincts and “reached into her knowledge base of previous learning and experience” (McGonigle & Mastrian, 2015, p. 6). In addition, as cited by Stokowski (2008) The call center is not the place for novice or inexperienced nurses. Nurses who respond to caller concerns about themselves, their children, or others under their care, must have strong clinical and critical thinking skills to overcome the disadvantages of practicing without face-to-face interaction (Remote Monitoring, para. 11). …show more content…
Other ways to address the constraint of the nurse’s absence from the patient’s home are: (1) to use the telephone, if not affected by the outage and make contact with the patient, (2) request for a local home care nurse to visit the patient, and (3) err on the side of caution and call 911 to have the patient transported to the nearest emergency