The author of this post describes the case of implementing the new pumps in their hospital. Due to limited time and resources and, possibly, lack of planning, the hospital chose the pump model based on one isolated unit. Besides, the personnel did not receive appropriate training because of the COVID outbreak, which led to confusion and ineffective work among the staff when the new pumps were implemented.
Nurses receive detailed knowledge about working in the medical field at the universities and institutes. However, the new technology and particular procedures require additional training for the personnel to work efficiently since it is impossible to include every detail about all the potential procedures in the curriculum. According to Sezgin and Babaoglu (2019), discussion, training, and troubleshooting for potential difficulties make medical procedures safer and more effective. Although hospitals are nearly always pressed for time, including the nurses in the planning and implementation stages of SDLC may help avoid errors when working with patients, thus saving the resources.
The author of this post references a case of implementing the new CO2 level monitors into a clinic. It is necessary to replace the old equipment with the latest devices, as modern science continuously improves the methods and instruments used in medicine. However, in this case, the nurses were not included in the planning stage of the SDLC for the new monitors. The decision to limit participants to leaders, managers, and education specialists is ineffective because nurses are the ones working with CO2 monitors on a daily basis (Clark et al., 2018). They know what functions make the equipment user-friendly, so excluding them from the planning stage may lead to purchasing inconvenient machines which do not transfer the data correctly.
References
Clark, C. L., Weavind, L. M., Nelson, S. E., Wilkie, J. L., Conway, J. T., & Freundlich, R. E. (2018). Nursing attitudes towards continuous capnographic monitoring of floor patients.BMJ Open Quality, 7(3). Web.
Sezgin F. M., & Babaoglu, U.T. (2019). Blood culture results at a research and training hospital and the importance of training. Niger J Clin Pract., 22(12), 1693–1697. Web.