03 Dec To what extent do nursing staff of this unit support patient-centered care of individuals and families whose values differ than their own?
Nurse interview
To what extent do nursing staff of this unit support patient-centered care of individuals and families whose values differ than their own?
What are the barriers supporting this fully? How can it be improved?
Describe the nursing and inter-professional teams that operate on this unit.
Provide an example of a nursing practice that has been changed in the last year based on current best evidence.
Provide an example of how an unwanted variation that occurred within the last year on the unit changed practice and improved patient outcomes.
How are national safety guidelines implemented on this unit?
What are the two main issues with the Electronic Medical Records on this unit?
Answers to these nurse interview questions
1. Educate them on the individual needs of the patient
2. We cannot change values, but try to improve on them
3. Putting the needs of the patient before those of the staff
4. Wound care is always changing a new and improved means of providing antidepressants (Zoloft) to stroke patients
5. An unwanted variation was when a patient decided their pain medication was not enough to alleviate his pain, so he decided to ask his wife to bring some from home.
6. Through the call light system, where it rings on staff phones and computers, wireless pads with alarms, and bed alarms
7. Power and hardware failure, as well as internet failure.
