Question

There are multiple factors that impact nursing including communication, public perception, and professional recognition and presentation. Introduce a point made that changed your perspective or in which you disagree. Explanation your reaction with rationale.

Answer 1

Ans) From the perspective of nurses, factors that facilitated communication and barriers to communication between nurses, patients and their family members in which the findings of this study and their analyses have provided some guidance. Nurses need to put themselves in the patient's position which will enable them to practice and render good quality care to patients and patients' families.

- Especially with regard to nurses’ poor attitudes toward patients and their families, suggest that a code of ethics needs to be enforced and the use of disciplinary procedures when necessary in order for nurses to be aware that patients’ family abuse is certified by their professional organization.

- Finally, nurses should know that as health professionals their beliefs should not affect their ability to establish positive communication with patients and patients’ families.

- Nurses can explain their professional point of view in a therapeutic manner while hearing and valuing their patient's point of view.

- It can be concluded that communication is contextually complex, and is a controversial, risky component of any nursing practice.

- Additional research is needed to further our understanding of the barriers and facilitators of patients’ family communication in nursing.