Nursing 3910A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Intravenous Therapy, Health Literacy, Lifesaving
19 Mar 2019
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Hospital environment: nightingale: put the patient in the best condition for nature to act upon him , context 1: acuity, hierarchy changes, context 2: no longer a single provider treating a single illness. End of life decisions, qol vs. quantity: tendency to view those who are proficient with technology as competent (nurses) Is the health care system integrated: a client is admitted to hospital, treated, discharged, do clients take their medications after discharge from hospital, after heart attack most patients stop taking life-saving drugs. Hospital context: deconditioning (is the enemy, dr. google, health literacy and 30-day post discharge hospital utilization, high cost users of ontario"s healthcare services, a 3-year study of high cost users of health care. Aging doesn"t make people sick- chronic diseases do. So, with this context, how will you promote autonomy, empathy, communication, dignity. This is the importance of nurse role, scope relational practice.
