Case Study: The Nurse: Melanie Weigeshoff
The Nurse : Melanie Weigeshoff
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Before:
The job of nursing used to be more time consuming and tiring which caused many nurse to quiet early . the nursing job was full of papers work alongside with many responsibilities and duties. For that Melanie weigeshoff have many responsibilities , duties and tasks consist of being a nursing assistant and having to take medication orders , lab test results , doctors` instructions for patient care to record it on paper, also she have to be always on the phone with the pharmacy, pressing them for medication refills or with doctors trying to decipher handwriting. Also she was clarifying doctors quickly scribed notes and chronicling her patients progress by hand.
After :
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the new technology the nursing job become more easier and time saving which lead to having plenty of time to take care of their patients and be more focused in their job. As a result the duties ,responsibilities and tasks reduced a lots . Now Melanie weigeshoff only have to greets patients at the start of each shift, then she logs in to their electronic records through wireless connection and reviews vital signs- temperature, heart rate .Also she click over medications order, making a note of each dose on the computer after she delivers it. She Also checks patient prescription on the screen which has been sent by a roboticized sorting machine in the pharmacy. Finally now able to accurately do charts of the patients progress.
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Nurse Melanie weigeshoff has many skills and Ability before and after the new technology .
To begin with, she was able to clarify doctors quickly scribbled notes in paper and organizing them on files quickly. Also she is more to serving people and now their needs by that she loves helping people as nature of her personality not as what they asked her in her job. Also she is survivor and more into reaching her goals which is serving patients and draw a smile in her face despite the frustration in her job. Also she have Communication skills with is so obvious when she communicate with doctors, pharmacy ,and patients when she greets them in her shift . she is also so responsible when she take care of her family when she was young and take care of her patient when she become a nurse. Also she is more accurate in her job and has the ability to move through many tasks without making mistakes . Also she adapt with new situation and technology because she was able to receive the new system and progress in it and also use it in her benefits rather than complaining. We can see also that she is so flexible as she welcome any new technology that occur. Also she have a physical skills as she flip from place to another. Finally she have a writing skills as she can write doctors notes
quickly.
After the technology we can see that she have a computer skills as she have to deal with the system, checking the patients records and progress. Also she have the ability to deal with electronic charts and read them. Also she have an observation skills as she observe the system and read it to record a notes about her patients. Also she have team work skills as she connect with other nurses when she reviews vital signs recorded by other nurses. She treats her patient with kindness and greet them with smile despite the stress and show sympathy. Problem solving and doesn’t hesitate when there is something wrong as what happened in the beginning when the system was developed incorrectly. Finally she have the ability to communicate with her patients, advice them, solving their problem and treat them.
Case study 1 :
The Nurse: Melanie Weigeshoff
Done By:
Hajar Al-Hajri
Maythaa Al-Moqbali
Eman Al-Ghafri
Seham Al-Hatmi
Bushra Al-Amri
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Before:
The job of nursing used to be more time consuming and tiring which caused many nurse to quiet early . the nursing job was full of papers work alongside with many responsibilities and duties. For that Melanie weigeshoff have many responsibilities , duties and tasks consist of being a nursing assistant and having to take medication orders , lab test results , doctors` instructions for patient care to record it on paper, also she have to be always on the phone with the pharmacy, pressing them for medication refills or with doctors trying to decipher handwriting. Also she was clarifying doctors quickly scribed notes and chronicling her patients progress by hand.
After :
After introducing …show more content…
the new technology the nursing job become more easier and time saving which lead to having plenty of time to take care of their patients and be more focused in their job. As a result the duties ,responsibilities and tasks reduced a lots . Now Melanie weigeshoff only have to greets patients at the start of each shift, then she logs in to their electronic records through wireless connection and reviews vital signs- temperature, heart rate .Also she click over medications order, making a note of each dose on the computer after she delivers it. She Also checks patient prescription on the screen which has been sent by a roboticized sorting machine in the pharmacy. Finally now able to accurately do charts of the patients progress.
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Nurse Melanie weigeshoff has many skills and Ability before and after the new technology .
To begin with, she was able to clarify doctors quickly scribbled notes in paper and organizing them on files quickly. Also she is more to serving people and now their needs by that she loves helping people as nature of her personality not as what they asked her in her job. Also she is survivor and more into reaching her goals which is serving patients and draw a smile in her face despite the frustration in her job. Also she have Communication skills with is so obvious when she communicate with doctors, pharmacy ,and patients when she greets them in her shift . she is also so responsible when she take care of her family when she was young and take care of her patient when she become a nurse. Also she is more accurate in her job and has the ability to move through many tasks without making mistakes . Also she adapt with new situation and technology because she was able to receive the new system and progress in it and also use it in her benefits rather than complaining. We can see also that she is so flexible as she welcome any new technology that occur. Also she have a physical skills as she flip from place to another. Finally she have a writing skills as she can write doctors notes
quickly.
After the technology we can see that she have a computer skills as she have to deal with the system, checking the patients records and progress. Also she have the ability to deal with electronic charts and read them. Also she have an observation skills as she observe the system and read it to record a notes about her patients. Also she have team work skills as she connect with other nurses when she reviews vital signs recorded by other nurses. She treats her patient with kindness and greet them with smile despite the stress and show sympathy. Problem solving and doesn’t hesitate when there is something wrong as what happened in the beginning when the system was developed incorrectly. Finally she have the ability to communicate with her patients, advice them, solving their problem and treat them.
Case study 1 :
The Nurse: Melanie Weigeshoff
Done By:
Hajar Al-Hajri
Maythaa Al-Moqbali
Eman Al-Ghafri
Seham Al-Hatmi
Bushra Al-Amri