Ayva Rodriguez
Felician College
Clinical Synthesis I
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing (AACN) recommended nine essentials of baccalaureate education for professional nursing practice ("Essentials," 2008, p. 3). One of the key nurse managers’ key competency is practicing the AACN essential I that uses written, verbal, nonverbal, and emerging technology methods to communicate effectively with a variety of disciplines to inform decision making by using inquiry, analysis, and information literacy to address practice issues ("Essentials," 2008, p. 12). This clinical objective was observed being applied in a clinical setting by my preceptor who is the Labor and Delivery manager in Valley Hospital. The clinical staff supervisor reported that one of their patients’ needs who has a complicated health issues were not taking care of which was already being known. The patient cannot have delivery in the L&D due to her complex health issue but the doctor doesn’t want to send her to the O.R. for surgery. The manager talked to the involved doctor and discussed the situation with the doctor and clinical staff supervisor (CSS). They exchanged suggestions and clarified the doctor’s reason for not agreeing to send the patient to another floor. After the discussion, the doctor agreed to send the patient for surgery in another floor. But then the problem came up with the scheduler regarding the availability, so the manager called directly to the scheduler and schedule the surgery …show more content…
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