NRS 433V Introduction To Nursing Research

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Nursing is a profession Nursing is a profession which requires dedication and sincere commitment for long hours. Like any other professional worker, nurses should have some limitations to the number of working hours because everyone needs a break. Pushing these working hours can cause harms not only to the nurses but also patients. According to Beth (2010), nurses who work long hours face job dissatisfactions and tend to leave it. Also, long working hours increase the risks of poor performance which can be harmful to the patients. It can also make most nurses experience some chronic diseases and obesity. Poor performance in the nursing practice is dangerous because it can make a nurse to give or prescribe wrong medicine or even engage in other malpractices which can lead to far-reaching implications to the patient.

Moreover, nurses who work long hours have poor work-life balance and this reduces their job morale hence poor performance. Susan (2014) argues that lack of sleep or having irregular sleep patterns do not give enough rest for the nurses to allow their body function at the optimum levels during working hours. To reduce all these problems of poor performance and patient’s dissatisfactions, Texas state board of nursing should put limitations on the working hours of the nurses. This would not only bring about good performance at work but also increase their job morale. It would also help them balance both their work and life activities. Beth (2010) argues that, more than 32% of the nurses claim that they rarely get enough sleep and therefore this board should ensure that nurses in all health facilities should not work for more than 10 hours. This can be made easier if all health facilities introduce shifts and ensure that they are followed.

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After taking this course, one would have more knowledge on the professional boundary issues at work. The course has outlined well the advantages of nurses staying close to their patients. Many nurses do not spend most of their time with the patients and this leads to boundary violations. According to Scott & Scott (2010), boundary violation occurs when there is confusion between the needs of the nurses and that of the patients. This boundary violation is dangerous because it can cause distress to the patients which he or she might not feel it unless harmful consequences occur. In many cases, many nurses tend to share family information with the patients and also others agree to look after the patient’s children while they engage in other activities. This is not professionally good and nurses should maintain professional boundaries with the patients in the hospital environment. The only information nurses are allowed to share with the patients is that which is concerning their health (Diamond, 2014). Even when a relative visits the hospital, nurses are not allowed to discuss their family matters within the hospital. Nurses should always maintain nursing care standards as stated in the act because they have a duty of providing safe, healing and positive environment for the patients.

References

Beth, M.K. (2010). Creating a Healthy Work Environment for Nursing Faculty. Creative Nursing, 16(4), 90-120

Diamond, C.Z. (2014).  An Integrative Review of Knowing the Patient. Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 46(1), 50-120

Scott, B & Scott, L. (2010).  The ‘Difficult’ Nurse-Patient Relationship: Development and Evaluation of an E-Learning Package.  Contemporary Nurse: a Journal for the Australian Nursing Profession, 35(2), 90-120

Susan, L. (2014). Overview and Summary: Healthy Nurses: Perspectives on Caring for Ourselves. Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 19(3), 40-50