The English Patient

which emphasized quality patient care and worker and patient safety.” This leadership nurse competency is quite active in the hospital that I work because the organization had transformed from paper charting to sophisticated technology such as the implementation of the Electronic Health Record (EHR). In our monthly magazine, the Chief Executive Officer bragged about the hospital’s substantial steady decline in medical errors. The Epic system played an integral role in patient safety area…

Based on a recent study, “57% of physicians practicing today have received a request for physician-assisted suicide in some form or another” (Back et al). The heated debate has been on whether patients possess the right to die via physician-assisted suicide (PAS). This assisted suicide is for the terminally ill who do not wish to continue their suffering due to their fatal conditions. The debate has very different points of view. One is that suicide should never be the answer despite health…

of the Nurse as Patient Advocate The purpose of this paper is to look at the role of the nurse as patient advocate; as well as some barriers they may face while partaking in this role. The term advocate does not have just one definition or meaning. Various areas of study such as psychology, sociology, and law all perceive the definition of advocate in a different way. Some of “the nursing literature relies on a legal definition of an advocate as someone who defends the patient against…

health and well-being for patients, families, and the communities we are privileged to serve. Responsiveness to balancing community needs with available resources. Marvelous people making a difference through quality care and service excellence every day. Commitment to promoting wellness, restoring health and enhancing the quality of life for all we serve.” (Grinnell Regional Medical Center, 2014, Mission and Vision). Their vision is “to be a national leader in patient safety, quality, and…

list in place to protect patients. SBAR is used to effectively communicate patient and nursing needs to physicians. Pharmacy and the nursing staff verify medications before the medication is ever administrated to patients, to reduce errors. Call-lights are in place for patients to alert employees to wants and needs. Nursing Informatics help implement and educate employees on electronic charting. Electronic charting is in place to provide patient confidentiality. Overall, patient care and safety…

SINU, my preceptor nurse helped orient me to the floor. After meeting one patient, we were informed of a new admission that we would be taking care of. I was able to listen to Emergency Department nurse give report to my preceptor over the phone. I had the opportunity to go with the charge nurse to transport the new admission from the Emergency Department to our unit. Upon our arrival back to SINU, we transferred the patient from the stretcher to the bed, performed a bed bath, and changed the…

Home Health Care workers work with patients in their homes. They administer long-term or follow-up care after discharge from a hospital or medical facility. By working outside of a medical facility, it allows home health care nurses needs to be self-directed, time managed, and self-motivated towards the patient. They help work with both the patient and the patient families. This job isn’t an easy job for nurse. Some patients may need to be lifted, turn, or moved to certain areas…

new and different experience compared to following her as a normal nurse on the floor and even as the charge nurse. For most of the day, we watched other nurses’ patients so that they could go on break or accomplish other major tasks for their patients, helped nurses who were really busy, set up and prepared rooms for incoming patients, and started intravenous lines (I.V.s) (Meagan’s specialty). It was also an extra peculiar day because I followed Meagan to a charge nurse meeting and also into…

provide the best possible treatment for patients. I initially spent time with a physiotherapist who specialized in acute medicine, she demonstrated the complete and thorough process involved in working with patients that required physiotherapy…

Decision-making and judgement play a significant role as performed by different healthcare professionals. They determine how their patients are treated. The reality can be achieved if nurses are content with working with computers and advanced technology while providing evidence-based care for their patients. In the book, Clinical Judgement and Decision-Making: Nursing and Interprofessional Healthcare by Standing Mooi, (1973), as quoted by Yura and Wash, “Healthcare…