Nursing Home Administrator Kandra Shearer HCS/320 - HEALTH CARE COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES University of Phoenix April 14‚ 2014 As an Administrator of our local nursing home it has come to my attention that we have been bought out by a national group. With this change being made there will unfortunately be displacement of some of our residents. This paper will describe both the advantages and disadvantages of using different types of media for communication. It will also
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3. Encourage family members and friends to visit the patient Encourage to maintain communication by phone with others e.g. family and friends Ensure to establish rapport (therapeutic communication) one –on-one Ensure to encourage the patient to participate in the activities with co-patient if appropriate Ensure to encourage the patient to participate if appropriate in the support group activities To promote patient understanding and realising that she is not alone. To promote
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The most common breach of medication administration is medication errors. This is why it is important to have a culture and environment of safety. Administration of medications is a basic activity in nursing practice. Nurses therefore must be knowledgeable about specific drugs and their administration‚ patient response‚ drug interactions‚ patient allergies‚ and related resources. Safety and prevention of medication errors are essential” (Kee 2015). A culture and environment of safety for medication
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Evidence based nursing is the shared partnership between the patient and clinician that involves the best evidence and clinical outcomes and values when making health care decision’s (Huber‚ 2014). There are thousands of ways to implement evidence based practice into the end of life arena. I recall many years ago when all hospice did was sit at the bed side and give morphine. Look where hospice care has gone today. They have surpassed the days of morphine to all and through evidence based nursing improved
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conversation‚ however there are many ways to effectively overcome these struggles and help her enrich trustworthiness in the care home. It is important to create a line of communication between myself‚ the social worker and the patient so that we can already build a stable relationship that has been gained through communication‚ involving the exchange of intentions and thoughts which ensues the gaining of sympathy and mutual understanding. The aim of this interaction is to give Mary the love and care
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The purpose of this assignment is to underpin effective communication‚ address why nurses need to be effective communicators‚ to expand on the meaning of the therapeutic relationship and why developing this with patients is important. Firstly‚ Communication is verbal and non-verbal. It is‚ therefore‚ defined as an act of conversing with people‚ to pass information‚ to consort‚ to express thoughts‚ to send a message across and being understood. However‚ it is a process that involves both patient
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advised to have a pureed diet and thickened fluids. My mentor asked me to observe her feeding Mr Comer. She had prepared my learning the week previously by providing literature on the subject of feeding elderly patients and discussion on safe practice for feeding patients with dysphagia. I was alarmed and unprepared for the physical sight of this patient‚ who was coughing noisily and laboriously and a thick‚ green stream of mucus was exuding from his mouth. I observed Mr. Comer being fed
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Critical Thinking and the Nursing Process This week I have learned that the ability to think critically is an essential part of the nursing process. Critical thinking is defined in the book as a combination of reasoned thinking‚ openness to alternatives‚ an ability to reflect‚ and a desire to seek truth. From learning about critical thinking skills in concepts class and learning about health assessments in foundations class‚ I can see how critical thinking skills can be utilized when doing health
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of Evidence-Based Practice into Professional Nursing Practice In this paper we will discuss the integration of evidence based practice into professional nursing practice. Scott & McSherry (2008) define evidence based practice as the combination of individual‚ clinical‚ or professional expertise with the best available external evidence to produce practice that is most likely to lead to positive outcomes for a patient. Despite literature surrounding what evidence based nursing is and isn’t‚ nurses
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In nursing‚ communication is essential and needs to be effective whether it’s to the patient or other healthcare professionals. This communication can come in many forms like verbal or non-verbal (eg. Touch‚ body language...) and can facilitate communication but it can also inhibit it depending on the situation and in complex situations this can change between the two. There are many potential constraints for communication and some of these are shown in the case of Mrs. Romano. When working with
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