Question

Discuss how elimination complexities can affect the lives of patients and their families. Discuss the nurse's role in supporting the patient's psychological and emotional needs. Provide an example.

Answer 1

Elimination means getting rid of something.in health care system many complexities can be found.when a person is suffering from an infectious disease he/she is isolated beacause to prevent spreading of disease.here that particular person can feel isolated emotionally too.thus patient family also gets affected with this and the quality of patient care can be decreased.

Here nurse as a caregiver can help them with her knowledge,attitude and skill in nursing field.she can teach them about the actual meaning of elimination complexities,she can tell the family members about patients psychological needs and how family members can help him to meet them.meeting up emotional need is also very important that she can teach them..nurse can tell how to implement the elimination efforts specially in health care system.

For example if a patient is suffering from end stage renal disease then nurse can help the patient as well as family members by educating them about the terminal care.