The Nurse Can Improve Patient Care by Adapting to Nursing Science and Evidence-Based Practice

THE NURSE CAN IMPROVE PATIENT CARE BY ADAPTING TO NURSING SCIENCE ANDN

EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE

Christiana Charles

Excelsior College

Compassion and emotion are important aspects of the well-being of the patient.

Even though scientific changes are necessary to improve patient care, there is always the humane aspect of nursing to be considered. The manner in which care is delivered plays a major role in direct patient care. The smoothness, the gentle touch, a smiling face and carefully paying attention to that which the patient is conveying to the nurse must be considered. Expressing a caring attitude to the family, finding a chair and asking one to sit, show a measure of concern.

Kolcaba (2001), pointed out that comfort measures are planned. The nurse can do much to help the patient return to an optimal level of function. The holistic care includes the patient’s pre-hospitalization status, and environment during and after his /her hospitalization period, which is the entire care.

During my experience as a nurse, I have comforted the loved ones and their families, and show care in physical and emotional ways. I have verbalized the advice that “the patient can still hear what you are saying, even though he/she does not responds; so keep telling the patient whatever you want him/her to know.”

Science in evidence-Based Practice

In addition, scientific interventions will always be beneficial, and they will serve as added contributions to the nursing process. As seen it the project done by Rebecca, Carlos, and Chen (2011), scientific interventions help to reduce the amount of codes, and cardiac arrests which result in death or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) transfers. With this plan in place,