Essay On Meeting Patient Needs

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3.2 IMPLEMENTATION ACTIVITIES RELATED TO THIS CONCEPT
Nurses are concerned with the individual as a whole, complete, or holistic person, not as an assembly of parts and processes. Efforts are geared towards meetings basic needs of clients since these needs are transcultural- across all cultures. Needs can be satisfied or they can be blocked during times of illness. Any patient who comes to the hospital, clinic or even calls for an assistance to seek for solution to health related issues is in need and a nurse must ensue to understand the actual or potential need of this person. The nurse must therefore ask pertinent questions that will enable her understand the needs of this patient.
History taking is considered very important in understanding …show more content…

Example when you observe your patient expressing emotional behaviour like crying or thinking, acknowledge it and go close to the person and offer words of reassurance, you can use hug, gentle touch and ask questions like ``may I know what the problem is’’, feel free and tell me I’m willing to share your problems and worries with you. When you see your patient crying or maybe just staring out the window, acknowledge it.
Appreciate their culture. Part of the admission database includes a cultural assessment; be aware of the patient’s cultural practices. If being silent or praying alone or spending quiet times with family is part of their culture, respect and appreciate that. Be respectful. Sometimes as nurses we want to impose our beliefs on our patients without considering their own culture and values. But certain religions have certain customs that should be respected; these customs should be outlined during cultural competency in-services for patient care.
In meeting human needs all these activities are done by nurses.
Asking the patient if he or she has any questions or if there is anything further he or she would like to discuss with the physician. As nurses, we are valuable links and resources and we can be the liaison between the patient and the physician, or even the patient and case

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