Analyzing The Eight Caring Factors Of Nursing
8 Caring Factors of Nursing
Nurses are one of the largest groups of healthcare professionals. They can contribute to the positive and negative ways to a health care quality problem. The nurse has an intimate knowledge of the patient’s needs and they are continuously interacting with patients and their families. The patient and their family’s experiences and outcomes while in the hospital is highly influenced by the nursing care they received.
In 2001, a report published by Dr. Claire Fagin of the University of Pennsylvania, states that some nurses and patients were concerned about their safety while staying in the hospital. Nurses were spending less time with the patients. The reduction in the amount of time professional nurses spend …show more content…
This became difficult for the patient and their families to get their needs met while in the hospital.
In the U.S., a study of the quality of nursing care found significant variations of nursing. The rural or smaller community hospitals found to have poor ratings. Why did this occur? Shortage of nursing staff was for one. The large teaching hospitals with residents want to do more for the patient. They wanted to do some nursing tasks such as dressing changes, and treatments. This gave the nurse more of an opportunity to spend nurse more time at the bedside to meet the needs of the …show more content…
This involves the behavior of the nurse to help the patients as well as their families to understand about their illness. This gives the nurse an opportunity to help them to learn about their illness and to know what to ask. Exploring different alternatives to deal with their illness can be solved by brainstorming. Working as a team with the patient and family. The nurse can listen how the patient cares for themselves at home and assist them to adapt while being hospitalized. Attentive Reassurance refers to the availability of the nurse. It assures patients and families that they can rely on the nurse, and a sense of security develops. Despite the patient’s illness, they want the nurse to be available to encourage them forward in the healing process. When I mention reassurance, I do not mean, “Oh don’t worry the surgery will turn out all right”. Although the patient may have a poor prognosis, the nurse will be there for them to answer any questions that they may have or just be available if they are needed. Using a gentle touch or clarifying any misperceptions is a behavior that nurses use. This is what builds the patient’s confidence in their nurse. This caring factor has two components actually. They are reassurance and attention. Both are necessary for caring relationships. Human Respect is a third
Nurses are one of the largest groups of healthcare professionals. They can contribute to the positive and negative ways to a health care quality problem. The nurse has an intimate knowledge of the patient’s needs and they are continuously interacting with patients and their families. The patient and their family’s experiences and outcomes while in the hospital is highly influenced by the nursing care they received.
In 2001, a report published by Dr. Claire Fagin of the University of Pennsylvania, states that some nurses and patients were concerned about their safety while staying in the hospital. Nurses were spending less time with the patients. The reduction in the amount of time professional nurses spend …show more content…
This became difficult for the patient and their families to get their needs met while in the hospital.
In the U.S., a study of the quality of nursing care found significant variations of nursing. The rural or smaller community hospitals found to have poor ratings. Why did this occur? Shortage of nursing staff was for one. The large teaching hospitals with residents want to do more for the patient. They wanted to do some nursing tasks such as dressing changes, and treatments. This gave the nurse more of an opportunity to spend nurse more time at the bedside to meet the needs of the …show more content…
This involves the behavior of the nurse to help the patients as well as their families to understand about their illness. This gives the nurse an opportunity to help them to learn about their illness and to know what to ask. Exploring different alternatives to deal with their illness can be solved by brainstorming. Working as a team with the patient and family. The nurse can listen how the patient cares for themselves at home and assist them to adapt while being hospitalized. Attentive Reassurance refers to the availability of the nurse. It assures patients and families that they can rely on the nurse, and a sense of security develops. Despite the patient’s illness, they want the nurse to be available to encourage them forward in the healing process. When I mention reassurance, I do not mean, “Oh don’t worry the surgery will turn out all right”. Although the patient may have a poor prognosis, the nurse will be there for them to answer any questions that they may have or just be available if they are needed. Using a gentle touch or clarifying any misperceptions is a behavior that nurses use. This is what builds the patient’s confidence in their nurse. This caring factor has two components actually. They are reassurance and attention. Both are necessary for caring relationships. Human Respect is a third