Importance of Social Factors in Nursing Practice
An important question in nursing practice that interests me greatly is the extent to which the nurse must consider social factors when providing care to patients. Within the framework of the common approach focused on the uniqueness of the individual, this problem acquires particular relevance (Nightingale & Maureen Shawn Kennedy, 2020). On the one hand, consideration of the cultural and psychological background of the environment can significantly improve the efficiency of interaction with the patient and, therefore, speed up the recovery. On the other hand, it can be argued that in many situations, an excessive focus on the social side of the client’s life in the hospital can be a factor that hinders the effectiveness of treatment, as there is an excessive psycho-emotional involvement of the nursing staff.
Formulating the PICOT Question
Within the framework of the problems mentioned above, we can formulate a PICOT question. What are the most universal psychological diagnostic tools available to determine the extent to which cultural and social background can influence the course of treatment over the next four weeks? To find the answer, looking at each component in detail is necessary.
Defining PICOT Components in Context
The patient in the context of this question is any client of the hospital with whom specifically the nurse is working for the first time and is not yet familiar. The intervention in this case is to conduct a psychological study in various ways to determine the level of dependence of the intended treatment on external sociocultural factors in the patient’s life. The comparison is in the difference between the nurse’s initial impression of the communication with the patient and the results of a specific psychological questionnaire. The outcome is the determination of the appropriateness of administering this mode of inquiry into the mandatory practice of all nurses (Nightingale & Maureen Shawn Kennedy, 2020). As the most optimal time frame, we suggest a month, after which it is possible to follow the dynamics of the patient’s condition and conclude whether the initial testing affected the course of treatment.
Reference
Nightingale, F., & Maureen Shawn Kennedy. (2020). Notes on nursing: What it is and what it is not. Wolters Kluwer.