Nursing Professional Roles & Values

Running head : Nursing professional roles and values

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July 29th , 2010

Nursing professional roles and values

Education : Staff development and education

The education staff interviewed was a lecturer of Pediatric Nursing who asserted that she highly valued the knowledge of other disciplines such as anatomy , physiology and pathology in medicine as well as clinical pharmacology and medical-surgical nursing to explain concepts to his students . As for teambuilding and collaborative strategies with interprofessional teams , the lecturer reported that he discusses what he has taught in class

with other lecturers to find out any knowledge deficiencies in their student nurses . He viewed care applied within pediatric nursing as patient-centered and scientific-based , citing a few areas of shortcomings where he stated that only a few nurses are willing to specialize in pediatric nursing . He appreciated that all nurses in all fields are crucial to the outcome of nursing care and advocacy for sick children . The interviewee also revealed that various researches done by their institution helped improve the quality of nursing care in various hospitals in the country

Administration

The Nurse-in-charge interviewed reported that she incorporated the knowledge of other disciplines such as medical practitioners and fellow nurses in making administrative decisions such recommending referral of patients to higher-level health facilities for advanced care through consultations and teamwork . She also revealed that quality improvement and guarantee of patient safety was highly dependent on the mutual collaboration of the different staff within the hospital . Moreover , the nurse-in-charge reported that she ensures that...