Health Care Disparity and Evidenced Based Strategies to Improve Patient Care
Factors employed in nursing assignments When discussing the factors employed in making patient care assignments on the telemetry unit that I use to work for. My previous manager and I went into great depth regarding patient safety and nurse to patient ratios. Although she is not in charge of making the assignments, she has been the one to train her charge nurses on how to make the patient care assignments. The state of California where I work is currently the only state to have a nurse to patient ratio laws with the standard being set for medical surgical units at five patients for one nurse, telemetry units have four patients for one nurse and intensive care units …show more content…
They are not able to complete assessments, administer medications or received orders from doctors. CNA’s are delegated all tasks by the registered nurse, these tasks must be within the scope of practice for the CNA and must be something in which they are competent in doing.
At the hospital in which I work the only difference in the roles assignments between an ADN and BSN nurse is that an ADN nurse is unable to be in a management position. Patient care assignments remain the same otherwise. Nurses whom have completed their ADN will generally work in a patient care setting such as a hospital, urgent care or surgical setting. Their job is to complete patient assessments, administer medications, receive and review orders from doctors, update doctors on a patient’s status, provide patient education and be the eyes and ears for the doctors when they are unable to be …show more content…
This is predominantly a social phenomenon by which a minority group or sub-group is excluded and their needs and or desires ignored. (Dictionary.com, n.d.) Currently I feel within the healthcare field nurses whom do not have their bachelor’s degrees are facing marginalization, ADN nurses are no longer looked at as educated. ADN nurses are finding it harder to get jobs with almost every job positing stating bachelors degree preferred. Hospitals are also now encouraging staff and paying for staff to get their degree and it is my personal thought that at the hospital that I work at, if you don’t have your bachelor’s degree within a few years they will no longer keep you employed. This is due to the fact that they are seeking MAGNET
Factors employed in nursing assignments When discussing the factors employed in making patient care assignments on the telemetry unit that I use to work for. My previous manager and I went into great depth regarding patient safety and nurse to patient ratios. Although she is not in charge of making the assignments, she has been the one to train her charge nurses on how to make the patient care assignments. The state of California where I work is currently the only state to have a nurse to patient ratio laws with the standard being set for medical surgical units at five patients for one nurse, telemetry units have four patients for one nurse and intensive care units …show more content…
They are not able to complete assessments, administer medications or received orders from doctors. CNA’s are delegated all tasks by the registered nurse, these tasks must be within the scope of practice for the CNA and must be something in which they are competent in doing.
At the hospital in which I work the only difference in the roles assignments between an ADN and BSN nurse is that an ADN nurse is unable to be in a management position. Patient care assignments remain the same otherwise. Nurses whom have completed their ADN will generally work in a patient care setting such as a hospital, urgent care or surgical setting. Their job is to complete patient assessments, administer medications, receive and review orders from doctors, update doctors on a patient’s status, provide patient education and be the eyes and ears for the doctors when they are unable to be …show more content…
This is predominantly a social phenomenon by which a minority group or sub-group is excluded and their needs and or desires ignored. (Dictionary.com, n.d.) Currently I feel within the healthcare field nurses whom do not have their bachelor’s degrees are facing marginalization, ADN nurses are no longer looked at as educated. ADN nurses are finding it harder to get jobs with almost every job positing stating bachelors degree preferred. Hospitals are also now encouraging staff and paying for staff to get their degree and it is my personal thought that at the hospital that I work at, if you don’t have your bachelor’s degree within a few years they will no longer keep you employed. This is due to the fact that they are seeking MAGNET