Nursing Care Issues
INTRODUCTION
Upon approaching this one station in a hospital where I reported for duty, I noticed that it was not the same as before way back when I’m still a student. The little bit crowded before is now already spacious. It can now accommodate student nurses, nurses’ trainees, doctors, and staffs at the same time without so much crowding. And it feels nice to stay in this station after interacting and giving care to our patients. As I tried to look at every angle of this station and was trying to figure out what kept the station looks different, I figured out that the big cabinet that was inside the station was no longer there. That’s the main reason why the station is now commodious.
The cabinet that was removed served before as storage for clean linens, gowns, and pillow cases. Now that there’s no more cabinet, it is put on top of an unused stretcher, just along the hallway. Patients, watchers, doctors, nurses and visitors go back and forth passing the uncovered clean gowns and linens.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, clean linens should be transported and stored by methods that will ensure its cleanliness. Another guideline from the National Association of Institutional Linen Management (NAILM), the carts or hampers that deliver laundered linens must be cleaned prior to accepting processed linens. A clean liner within the cart is acceptable, and the linens should be covered. With this, I can say that these uncovered things can catch free floating microorganisms that are present in the hospital because of the way it is stored.
Patients, personnel and visitors in health care settings are exposed to potential infection risks on a daily basis. Patients are in a higher risk of acquiring this because of their immuno-compromised status. I remembered one research study about the nurses’ caps as a medium for spreading the hospital infection. With this, it came to my mind that this incident that I’ve noticed could
Upon approaching this one station in a hospital where I reported for duty, I noticed that it was not the same as before way back when I’m still a student. The little bit crowded before is now already spacious. It can now accommodate student nurses, nurses’ trainees, doctors, and staffs at the same time without so much crowding. And it feels nice to stay in this station after interacting and giving care to our patients. As I tried to look at every angle of this station and was trying to figure out what kept the station looks different, I figured out that the big cabinet that was inside the station was no longer there. That’s the main reason why the station is now commodious.
The cabinet that was removed served before as storage for clean linens, gowns, and pillow cases. Now that there’s no more cabinet, it is put on top of an unused stretcher, just along the hallway. Patients, watchers, doctors, nurses and visitors go back and forth passing the uncovered clean gowns and linens.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines, clean linens should be transported and stored by methods that will ensure its cleanliness. Another guideline from the National Association of Institutional Linen Management (NAILM), the carts or hampers that deliver laundered linens must be cleaned prior to accepting processed linens. A clean liner within the cart is acceptable, and the linens should be covered. With this, I can say that these uncovered things can catch free floating microorganisms that are present in the hospital because of the way it is stored.
Patients, personnel and visitors in health care settings are exposed to potential infection risks on a daily basis. Patients are in a higher risk of acquiring this because of their immuno-compromised status. I remembered one research study about the nurses’ caps as a medium for spreading the hospital infection. With this, it came to my mind that this incident that I’ve noticed could