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The Quality Of A Good Nurses
The nurse acts as a public relations officer of the hospital. Being the portrays the hospital either in good light or in a bad light. First to be seen as one enters the hospital, her attitude towards the patient. If her behavior towards the patients is good, such patients will hospital within the community where it is situated and its environment. Hospital to other prospective patients. This will boost the image of the not only come back when they are sick but will also speak good of them however if the nurses behave rule to the patients, the image of such risks folding up. It is a fact that patients observe the behavior of all a hospital is at stake and if something is not done fast, the hospital nurses in the hospital and on several occasions make bold to discuss same with the doctors in charge.
Such patients critically observe the other hospital workers; the mood of such nurses while on duty; the way and manner nurses talk and behave towards them and towards the method of giving injections and the way such nurses divulge information about patient’s health. Patients will usually not want to be attended to by such nurses anytime they come to the hospital for treatment. They perceive such nurses as being bad. Patients, besides their fundamental human rights which may of course be altered in the hospital, also have in addition, the right to:-
- Consent to any procedure such as surgery to be performed on him.
- Refuse treatment if the side effects of the drugs are not explained to him.
- Every consideration of his privacy during the period of treatment.
- Examine and receive an explanation on his medical bill.
A good nurse is;
- Cheerful and relates very well to her patients and colleagues.
- Obedient, tolerant, and understanding. Tolerance is necessary as patients and or their relations may be troublesome.
- Punctual to work and observant.
- Neat and very smart.
- One that has initiative and can orientate the patient and his relations about facilities available in the hospital.
- One that respects colleagues and constituted authority.
- One that keeps secret all information passed to her concerning a patient.
- One that does not use vulgar language and does not engage in irrelevant conversation at work.
- One that does not interfere with other worker’s private affairs.
- One that does not sleep on duty.
- One that does not convert the hospital’s patient’s to her private patient.
- One that does not steal hospital properly including drugs and
INSTRUMENTS
Naturally, patients on admission are entitled to receive visitors and every hospital has its visiting hours. This should be written and posted on the entrance door of the hospital or inscribed on the wall. In terms of receiving visitors, the nurse must be as courteous as possible to win the confidence of the visitors. The good nurse should: receive visitors with courtesy and:
- Prompt attendance and pleasant manner.
- Provide seats if they are to be kept waiting.
- No untoward attitude should be shown to the patient and his
RELATION
- Explain to them the hospital’s visiting hours. Exemption to this is a relation is coming from a long distance.
In the neighborhood. pod where the nurse resides, all eyes on her she is run to whenever the people are sick. The people oftentimes take their problems to her as she is perceived to be a “Special Person” Some women even go to borrow money from nurses when they are in need. the majority of the people refer to them as ‘Aunty Nurse’ irrespective of the status of the good nurse. For the above reasons, therefore, it is very necessary that a good nurse.
- Be a good ambassador of her hospital and the nursing
PROFESSION
- Does not fight in the neighborhood
- Do not drink or smoke in public.
- Avoid excessive make-up.
- Be kind to her neighbors
- Does not participate in unholy or unwholesome alliance to the knowledge of all
- One that does not use vulgar language and does not engage in irrelevant conversation at work.
- One that does not interfere with other worker’s private affairs.
- One that does not sleep on duty.
- One that does not convert the hospital’s patient’s to her private patient.
- One that does not steal hospital properly including drugs and
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