Trends in nursing care: Stay at home fathers in relation to care that affects nursing practice

Recent Trends in Nursing Care

Introduction

The discipline of nursing has witnessed several innovations and advancements in the last couple of decades that have greatly improved on the nurse efficacy and efficiency . Simpson (2000 ) for instance , argued that the last 25years have seen abundant and numerous positive innovations . The author attributed some of these advances to nursing advocacy , which for example has contributed to the introduction of such innovation as single room maternity care , and especially for this purpose , family centered care for clients and their families Corroborating this stance

, Schoot et al (2006 ) post that away from the "technologically-driven , prescriptive , and outcomes-oriented approach aimed at solving people 's health problems (Jonsdottir et al , 2004 br

.241 , recent trend in nursing practice is now towards family centered client centered care , where practice is determined by the needs of the client (Schoot et al , 2006

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Furthering this line of argument , Simpson (2000 , contend that perinatal nursing which involves care for both the child and the parent , which in this case is the stay at home father , consists of a whole of complex clinical interventions , intensive patient and family education empathetic support and evaluation of family dynamics and a wide range of opportunities to make a difference in the lives of the whole family This situation is further compounded considering the fact that in practice , patients are often erroneously seen as problems to be corrected , instead of being seen as mysteries to behold and attend to Jonsdottir and others (2004 ) were of the view that the diminishing 'humanness ' applied to nursing care and practice further makes family centered care a difficulty . However , the purpose of this is to look at examine the recent trends in nursing practice and the implications that these holds for family centered nursing care especially for stay at home fathers , who in most cases , need personalized /individualized care

As argued Jonsdottir and his colleagues rightly argued , the increasing technological approach to nursing care and the standardization of healthcare is placing more emphasis on what the authors called "fast-paced , fast-talking health care provision (2006

.242 ) thereby moving nurses ' attention away from relating to patients in a caring manner , which has been shown to be an important aspect of care towards cost effective service delivery . One of the implications of this trend is that living with complex health circumstances , such as that faced by a stay at home fathers , is considered more of a private affair , which the client must handle alone . These authors argue that , though the necessity of medical treatment is not under contention , however , the standardizing of healthcare procedures with disregard for people 's experiences and peculiar situation was a serious issue to look into

Simpson (2000 ) identified two major issues /problems that have contributed to this reduced relational care between nurses and patient First , the authors argue that over the last decades , the cost of care has steadily increased this has led to several cuts in the number of nurses attending to...