Nursing Role Discussion

Make an answer for each discussion attached. A minimum of 2 references (excluding the class textbook) no older than 5 years must be used. If you use the textbook as a reference it will not be counted. Every reference that you present in your assignment must be quoted in the assignment. Your reply must be at least 3 paragraphs.

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NURSING ROLE AND SCOPE 1 Nursing Role and Scope Lisandra Alejo

1. Describe a clinical experience that was troubling to you. Describe what bothered you about the experience and what could have you done differently, utilizing critical thinking.

During my days as a student nurse, I experienced a clinical experience that was troubling to me. On this day, our responsibilities were following our health care aide throughout the ward and helping in completing the resident care. The patient needed help in doing most of her daily tasks. The healthcare aide requested me to carry out one of those tasks and perform perineal care for her. 

However, I turned down the request because I felt uncomfortable with my level of skill. At night, the resident had a bowel movement that caused a significant odor in the room, and that also overwhelmed me. It was so unpleasant that I wanted to leave the room, but I decided to remain in the place to avoid making the resident feel mortified. I assume that the patient was already feeling embarrassed, but I went on to clean up and change her linens.

What bothered me most about this experience was my negative feelings towards the patient, specialized care. One of the primary reasons why there is less training about this issue is because the act of offering ultimate care for patients is most undervalued and seen as dirty work within the services provider and the society at large. Actions such as going to the bathroom are viewed as a private matter that is not performed in public. The experience was going against my social norm beliefs.

However, I feel that I could go with the nursing values of supporting and caring for the people in need. Caring is one of the essential fundamentals of all nursing principles. I feel that I could offer more care sincerely and genuinely to the resident. 2. Describe how patients, families, individual clinicians, health care teams, and systems can contribute to promoting safety and reducing errors.

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Patient safety experts agree that teamwork skills and communication skills are vital in providing high-quality healthcare. Engaging patients and families helps in improving safety and reducing errors. According to a research review, there is a positive patient and family engagement result, which causes reduced adverse effects (Clapper, Merlino, & Stockmeier, 2018). This is by determining how the families and patients want to get involved in their care and including them in designing their care plan. This enhances their understanding of the tests, procedures, and anticipated healthcare outcomes.

Individual clinicians also have a critical role in promoting safety and reducing errors. This is by ensuring they deliver their roles with ultimate accuracy and with the patient’s safety in mind. Healthcare teams that have effective communication and collaboration lower the potential for error. This resulted in higher patient safety and enhanced clinical performance. If the healthcare environment is safe for the patients, it would be a safer environment for all other people that play an essential role in inpatient care. Health care teams and systems can take part in implementing several proven medication safety practices that help in promoting safety and reducing errors. Some of these include; standardizations, reduced dependence on memory, the intelligent use of checklists and procedures, using forcing and constraints functions, carrying out multiple data entry, and getting rid of sound-alike and look-alike products (Clapper, Merlino, & Stockmeier, 2018). 3.

Describe factors that create a culture of safety. 

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The concept of safety culture was first established outside healthcare settings in organizations that carry out intrinsically hazardous and complex work in an attempt to minimize adverse effects (Glendon, Clarke, & McKenna, 2016). Today, the culture of safety has been incorporated into the health care system. Safety cultures have shared practices, beliefs, and attitudes that exist in an establishment. Developing a culture of safety has a significant impact on reducing the injury cases of any process. 

Celebrating successes as a way of maintaining momentum in sustaining a culture of safety is one of the factors that contribute to a culture of safety. Recognition and praise should not only be reserved for the safety record of the company. Focusing on what is being done every day is essential in achieving that record. Improved access to timely and accurate information.

Making the information useful in choice making to be always accessible at the care point helps in the creation of safety culture. Some of this information includes; medication administration records, patient records, lab reports, and drug formularies. Most of the organizations now have practice protocols and drug formulas available as smartphone applications for just-in time availability. Team collaboration training. Teamwork and collaboration among professionals have great importance in creating a culture of safety.

This involves conduction training programs for interprofessional teamwork and communication in the medical care setting. These skills boost safety especially during transitions in care and hands-off. 

References

  • Clapper, C., Merlino, J., & Stockmeier, C. (2018). How to Achieve Patient and Workforce Safety in Healthcare. Glendon, A., Clarke, S., & McKenna, E. (2016).