as a nurse I must connect with patients on a personal level and this separates physician care from nursing care. Holism in regards to medical care is defined as, “relating to or concerned with wholes or with complete systems rather than with the analysis of, treatment of, or dissection into parts-holistic medicine attempts to treat both the mind and the body” (Edition, n.d.). Meaning to me that to practice holistic nursing, I must not only be concerned with a patient’s well-being physically, but
Being a leader is about more than simply managing people. It is about leading a team and demonstrating to their employees through the leaders own actions and behaviors the expectations they have of their team. Eleven topics of leadership qualities, responsibilities, and styles will be discussed throughout this paper, and it will demonstrate how many of the concepts are intertwined and how they impact patients, staff, and organizations. For example, organizational climate and culture can significantly
Introducing intentional rounding: A pilot project. Nursing Standard, 28(6), 37-44. A report on the National Health Service Trust intentional rounding introduction A two-stage pilot project Two general hospitals and six wards with the East Sussex Healthcare Trust in the UK Short focused observation, six item questionnaires and follow up two weeks post completion of the implementation Three themes were concluded to have come from the study which included increased visibility and patient contact time