Nurse and doctors both are important part of a hospital and there occupation is full of stress despite of different level of employment (Scott, 2013). Stress is classified as a precursor or stimulus in response to certain situations, interactions and harsh behaviors. It can also be defined as psychological behavior of a person in response to the environmental condition risking his or her life in danger. In hospital setup, there are certain issues relating to patients, long work hours, misinterpretations
day. Nurse-patient ratio in which the number of nurses per number of patients or patients days determines staffing levels. Patient acuity, in which patient characteristics re used to determine a shift’s staffing needs. According to Cambridge dictionary, inadequate means too low in quality or too small in amount; not enough. Simply put, inadequate nurse staffing is too low in quality or too small amount of staff allocated according to nursing hours per patient day. That is, insufficient nurse-patient
integral in ensuring the best possible outcome for patients. The implication of effective communication between health care team members is just as important to safe, caring and effective patient care as the promotion of therapeutic communication between nurse and patient. Communication is a major part of a nurse’s role and they have to have varied communication skills in order to effectively communicate with the different sorts of professionals that they come across within the health setting. Although,
in life, relationship and work. In the health sector, communication skill is a significant factor in the professional performance of every nurse. Nursing a patient requires an effective communication skills, the nursing practice utilize constant communication between the nurse, and the patient, the patient’s family, the nurses co-worker supervisors and many others (Lanette Anderson, 2012) Communication is important in our daily activities either in delegation of duties to the junior nurses, or taking
communication is vital. All the members of the health care team (doctors, nurses, psychiatrist, physical therapist, dietician, etc.) even the patient should collaborate and communicate with each other so that they will come up with a holistic approach in managing the patient’s health to ensure patient safety. Understanding or discovering more about the negatives attitudes of a nurse (e.g.facialexpression:frowning, grimaces, postures, point of
intention of the nurse to understand what concerns the patient. To understand the patient only is insufficient but the nurse must also convey messages in an understandable and acceptable way. (5). A few element of effective communication for the nurse include; effective communication through listening, giving patient feedbacks on their concerns and communicating to other staff members on patients concerns and conditions. It is also important to be honest in communication. The nurse should never tell
As we know there are majority nurses working in the hospitals where the facilities are opened twenty-four hours a day and seven days a week, so the hospitals always need nurses to take care of their sick patients. Also, nursing job is normally involved in a significant amount of physical work as well as mental work which can lead to the nursing occupational stresses. Absolutely, nursing duties and nursing working environment such as doctors and nurses’ relationship, colleague conflict, hospital
nursing?” This is a question that was asked by interviewer in my interview. Nursing was come from Florence Nightingale in 19 century. Florence Nightingale was not only a nursing leader, but also she is a powerful nursing model that influencing of all nurses till now. In Roy’s Adaptation Model defines that each person has different adaption levels, so nursing helps person in four adaptive modes: the physiological mode , self-concept , social role , interdependence. Nursing means stay on your clients
2.1 Attitudes of Doctors and Nurses Academic excellence alone does not make one a good doctor or a nurse. To be a good health personnel one must have a right attitude, character, commitment, aptitude and above all a heart of service. In the handbook to access HIV/AIDS –related treatment, it was documented that to be an ideal treatment service provider there is a need to have a balance among knowledge, skills and attitudes (Figure 1) 24. There is no doubt that the Ghanaian doctor is well trained but
become a nurse is when I was four years old I was diagnosed with Leukemia ALL, this changed my life for the next three years, while I was getting treatment for my cancer. I would be around nurses and doctors twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week during this time. This is when I knew I wanted to be a nurse. During this time of my life I was around nurses and doctors 24/7; however, there was a certain nurse that affected me in the greatest way, she helped me choose my future career. This nurse would