Introduction
Registered Nurses are certified by the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council to operate in various hospital sections jointly with medical officers, neurosurgeons, physical therapists, specialty nurses, and psychotherapists. RNs play multipurpose functions and may be liable for harmonizing resources to encourage patient well-being (Duff, 2019).
Different duties performed by RNs incorporate assessing and decoding patient characteristics, executing diagnostic examinations, giving out drugs, and planning therapeutic strategies. These clinicians are needed to prepare the patient for diagnostic tests, help in procedures and post-surgery attention, document and conserve health data and help during clinical tragedies.
The RNs can also work in non-medical units that affect their relationship with clients. They can manage, administrate, educate, research, advise, regulate, and policy development areas that influence safety, efficient service delivery in the profession, and use the nurse’s professional skills. RNs are accountable for independent practice in diverse structures and various medical experts (Muirhead & Birks, 2019). For the RNs to deliver services accordingly, they need continuous skill development and retain their competence for proficient service to humanity.
My Vision for Nursing
My vision in the nursing profession is for the registering bodies to evaluate nurses psychologically before the registration. The current standard and capabilities only check on education and skills and assume that expertise is the most important aspect of nursing. My idea is based on the fact that the nursing career is an emotionally demanding profession (Brennan, 2017). The practitioners handle the severe cases of the sick in the hospital daily. Some of the issues they deal with can be traumatizing, especially when patients die in their care.
Physicians also create attachments with clients or vice-versa, which might escalate to the unprofessional association if not controlled, and this is only possible if the nurse’s emotional intelligence. Maintaining boundaries is a key ethical concern in the healthcare sector and can be achieved with mentally stable personnel. Emotional awareness and psychological care help in reducing work stresses. However, many nurses are not mentally capable of managing their career hardships (Van der Heijden et al., 2019). The above-stated are reasons the field is experiencing high employee turnover.
Ensuring that medics are mentally prepared to execute their mandates is important to individual workers, patients, and the profession. Physicians with psychological intelligence are more self-aware of personal issues that can hinder their practice and take precautions. Emotionally aware clinicians interpret people’s behaviors under their care and can handle their patients in a more understanding manner (Van der Heijden et al., 2019).
Clients that come to health care facilities are emotionally drained and expect whoever they meet in the hospital to support them mentally. Secondly, these medics can maintain a good working relationship with their colleagues, fostering teamwork and a good working atmosphere and resulting in quality performance. It is hard to relate well with fellow workers when one has psychological burdens.
Past research supports my vision by highlighting the importance of mental preparedness for nurses. Smith and Yang (2017) indicated that psychologically resilient nursing students are better equipped to deal with stressful events when they begin practicing than their counterparts. Foster et al. (2018) argued that emotional resilience curriculums could enhance nurses’ self‐efficacy and capability to genuinely assess traumatic circumstances and restrain their emotional reactions to patients and workmates.
Badolamenti et al. (2017) stated that nurses who had a high emotional labor awareness had high professional competence. The latter mentioned aspect is fundamental to balance undertakings with an appropriate degree of detachment to achieve best practice responsibilities and offer better patient care amenities.
Park and Park (2018) revealed that emotional intelligence among nurses significantly influenced their clinical performance, with high levels improving outcomes while lower rates were deteriorating success. The above-discussed findings show the criticality of psychological well-being among nurses. The nursing registration boards should have a psychological evaluation as the top priority.
Communication in Nursing
The interrelationship is an important aspect of every profession; students in all careers must have a communication skill unit that teaches them how to coexist in the corporate world. The nursing field is all about interacting with people, hence equipping the students with relational competencies. First, communication is key in passing information to patients. Nurses are intermediaries between the doctors and their clients, and they, therefore, require proper ways of delivering information is required in health care.
Secondly, communication is essential in organizing various practitioners to achieve maximum service delivery. For instance, a treatment plan might require the services of doctors, surgeons, nurses, and gynecologists all at once, which means teamwork must be exercised, which can only be achieved through proper communication channels (Ardalan et al., 2018).
Also, it is key in creating and maintaining therapeutic rapport between nurses and their patients. Further communication is vital in coordinating various sections in the hospital and passing messages from employees to employers. Tutors must equip Nursing students with relevant communication skills before they graduate or begin practicing.
Past research has established the importance of communication in the nursing profession. Jeong and Kim (2017) documented that clinicians understand the doubts, fears, and anxieties of the patients through communication and can communicate empathy. Chan et al. (2019) argued that communication is vital when caring for the psychosocial needs of cancer clients.
Gharaveis et al. (2018) found that collaborative communication between personnel reduced security issues in community hospitals’ emergency departments. Sibiya (2018) established that communication is a central factor of good interactions, teamwork, and cooperation, indispensable facets of professional function. The eminence of communication in relations between clinical officers and patients has a significant impact on patient care outcomes. Advancing nursing communication can reduce therapeutic inaccuracies and make a difference in the patient’s healing process.
Studies in the above section have proved that there is no nursing without quality communication. Communication improves service delivery in clinical settings. Nursing colleges should ensure that all students are equipped with the skills to enhance their interactions when practicing. Training on communication skills should also be practiced on jobs to ensure that practitioners practiced when they learned as they interact with their clients. Through communication, I will make my vision for registered nurses known to the nursing professional board.
Conclusion
The Australian board of nursing and midwifery documents the standards and professional practices nurses must follow before accreditation. The career functions mandate the medics to be alert in performing their duties, taking all ethical, legal, and socio-cultural considerations into practice. However, the board seems to have forgotten how to take care of the staff to ensure that they are mentally sound for maximum performance.
It is, therefore, vital to psychologically prepare the nursing for their sake, clients, and the profession. My vision is to adequately prepare emotionally through education to ensure that the pressure that comes with the inability to handle stress and difficult patients is eliminated. This work also established that communication is one way for students to voice their opinions to improve professional programs.
Additionally, communication is vital for nurses who work to deliver information to both patients and doctors. Suppose the concerned stakeholders begin to prepare medics in all aspects when they are still in college. In that case, it will go a long way in hindering workplace burnouts and enhancing service delivery.
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