Healthy People 2020 And Community Nursing Case Study

A nurse’s number one priority and responsibility should be patient safety. As nurse’s build a trusting relationship with their patients they are giving the patient their commitment by agreeing to provide the best quality and safe care they can give to their patient. “Timberlawn, a psychiatric state hospital in Dallas, Texas failed to provide patient safety and quality of care when one of their patients committed suicide.” (The Dallas Morning News, 2016) “This patient informed the staff that she was suicidal and according to KERA News website records show that she had suicidal ideation of hanging.” (KERA News, 2015) Also, the report states that “she used a door handle that was identified months earlier as a hazard for suicidal patients.” (The Dallas Morning News, 2016) The facility could have implemented many things to prevent this horrible tragedy from happening. The nurses could have listened to the patient and her concerns of suicidal …show more content…
Many resources are available for the community to take advantage of so they can maintain their healthy ways. Northeast Texas has a diverse culture and psychosocial needs so often times the nurses may require an interpreter to communicate with the patients if they are not bilingual. I have seen young children communicate for their parents who are unable to speak English and communicate for them self. It is important for the nurses to be considerate of the different cultures and psychosocial needs. The nurse should still establish a trusting relationship with the patient regardless of their cultural