Question

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Answer 1

Registered nurse :

A nurse who has more training and experience with an official state of certificate .

The registered nurse works along with the physician and assist in providing treatment , monitor patient progress , recovery and educate their families on disease prevention and post hospital treatment.

The registered nurse ensures continuity of care includes the following :

Continuity of care means" focusing on clients health needs and care over time that means past , present and future".

• Comprehensive assessment of the clients health status
• Encourage the client to follow good life styles , support their cultural values , believes and community resources.
• Communicating with all health care team
• Educating the client or family to other informed and knowledgeable choices.
• Participating in evaluation of continuity of care.
• Helps in assessment , planning , implementing,monitoring, advocacy, coordination and reassessment , evaluation and discharge of the client
• Educating self and others regarding best practices of continuity of care .

Role of Register nurse in maintaining patient safety :

Patient safety is the corner state of high quality health care .

Many practices improve the patient safety that reduce harm to the patient and promote the health of the patient .This includes the following :

• Use of appropriate medications to prevent risks according to the physician prescription
• Use of maximum sterile barriers in intravenous procedures
• Maintain rights of drug administration
• Aspiration of secretions in ventilator assistant pneumonia.
• Appropriate provision of nutrition , enteral nutrition in critically ill patients , to prevent complications

Nurse plays a key role in providing a care to the patient in any condition and in emergency situation or in disaster management .