Challenges of Todays Nurses

Another major problem that arises for nurses during their work is the recording and documentation of the patient 's history and information Nurses are in charge of scheduling and facilitating the patients need and their arising physical problems (Ellis , 2003 . This increases work load and double the responsibility on their shoulders . Nurses usually are simultaneously doing administrative works and assignment rather than dealing with patients directly . Measures should be taken to reduce the amount of administrative tasks done by the nurses to the patient care (Cioffi , 2005

Documentation and patient record keeping

can be made easier with the use of information technology . With the help of technology , nurses are leading the health care sector with professional knowledge and therefore are not just acting as health experts , but are included in the list of knowledge workers . Through technology , nurses are managing their time strategizing their future tasks and giving quality health care to patients (Geisler , 2003

Organizations and hospitals in this case need to provide nurses an efficient work environment , benefits to retain the nursing staff immediate patient record using computer information systems and involvement in the decision-making (Cioffi , 2005 . In brief , nurses as means to help patients recover from their illness , should be allowed to work in an interdisciplinary function (Wolf , 2005 . This will help and advance the level of patient care and service provided . Collaboration between clinical and surgery departments is one example of this interdisciplinary approach , so that patient does not have to worry about handling two separate departments (Cioffi , 2005

References

Cioffi , Jane (2005 . Nurses ' experiences of caring for culturally diverse patients in an acute care setting . Retrieved on August 2 , 2009

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