Nursing
Name:Mike
Tutor: John
Title: Recognizing and Acting on Clinical Deterioration
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Recognizing and Acting on Clinical Deterioration
Introduction
The purpose of nurses in ensuring that the medication a patient is undergoing gives the best result is very important. The medication that the patient takes works effectively if the nurse can efficiently observe and identify worsening conditions of the patient and take necessary action that efficiently manages the conditions. It is well recorded that if a nurse does not take note of any change in a patient, it can vary the patient’s recovery path which alters the result of the medication. The poor recording of important signals, not reporting worsening conditions, failure to check on the patient’s conditions results in below par care of patients in the ward (Odell Victor & Oliver 2009). Thus, a nurse who is keen in observing and spotting arising early complications helps in reducing patients’ negative results. It is important to note that if the conditions’ of a patient worsens in an unexpected manner, then concern is shown in the story surrounding the patient’s danger of getting harmed and the patient’s wellbeing (Henneman, Gawlinski & Guliano 2012). This essay contains a rationale, a case scenario of a patient who shows respiratory deterioration and the appropriate nursing actions to be undertaken in such a case.
Nurse’s role
Nursing assessments and interventions which reduce unpleasant patient outcomes are vital. There are various reasons for worse patient outcomes like improper diagnosis, lack of administering the right medication and poor control of complications. For a nurse to be able to undertake such assessments and interventions, he or she must be having the best clinical reasoning. Clinical reasoning is the manner in which a nurse digests and deals with the challenges they encounter in their practice. Clinical reasoning has various basic processes. They include the
Tutor: John
Title: Recognizing and Acting on Clinical Deterioration
Course:
Date:
Recognizing and Acting on Clinical Deterioration
Introduction
The purpose of nurses in ensuring that the medication a patient is undergoing gives the best result is very important. The medication that the patient takes works effectively if the nurse can efficiently observe and identify worsening conditions of the patient and take necessary action that efficiently manages the conditions. It is well recorded that if a nurse does not take note of any change in a patient, it can vary the patient’s recovery path which alters the result of the medication. The poor recording of important signals, not reporting worsening conditions, failure to check on the patient’s conditions results in below par care of patients in the ward (Odell Victor & Oliver 2009). Thus, a nurse who is keen in observing and spotting arising early complications helps in reducing patients’ negative results. It is important to note that if the conditions’ of a patient worsens in an unexpected manner, then concern is shown in the story surrounding the patient’s danger of getting harmed and the patient’s wellbeing (Henneman, Gawlinski & Guliano 2012). This essay contains a rationale, a case scenario of a patient who shows respiratory deterioration and the appropriate nursing actions to be undertaken in such a case.
Nurse’s role
Nursing assessments and interventions which reduce unpleasant patient outcomes are vital. There are various reasons for worse patient outcomes like improper diagnosis, lack of administering the right medication and poor control of complications. For a nurse to be able to undertake such assessments and interventions, he or she must be having the best clinical reasoning. Clinical reasoning is the manner in which a nurse digests and deals with the challenges they encounter in their practice. Clinical reasoning has various basic processes. They include the