Strategies for High Standards of Nursing Practice and Care

           In the current world, health facilities are under pressure to enhance their general delivery of high quality and patient-centered care. Due to that, various hospitals have implemented measures to improve their service provision. However, standards of care are evolving continuously as a result of the emergence of evidence-based practice, with other interventions becoming irrelevant. The approaches applied must also be flexible for health care practitioners to promote a smooth provision of health service. This paper will discuss some of the strategies that can be used by the care providers to meet the standards of practice and care.

Observation of the Nurses Code of Ethics

           The ethical principles of nursing provide ways in which nurses are required to provide services to patients. The principle of beneficence indicates that clients must be offered with the care that benefits them. Besides, care should not harm the patient, whether intentional or not. The distribution of services should also be fair to all the clients (Burke, 2019). For example, when providing services to a group of individuals, nurses must ensure that they are fair, just, and equitably distributed among all the patients.

           Furthermore, nurses are required to be accountable for all the actions or decisions they make concerning patient care. Therefore, they are supposed to accept the consequences of their actions. Additionally, sticking to the promises made to the patients is also crucial in promoting an excellent nurse-patient relationship, which aids in improving the patient outcome (Chang et al., 2019). This is usually done through the provision of high quality, safe, and competent care to the clients. Another critical factor is patient autonomy and self-determination, which occurs when nurses accept the uniqueness of each patient. Thus, it helps in appreciating patients own opinions, beliefs, values, and perspectives. Nurses must also ensure that they are truthful to the patients as well as giving them all the relevant information concerning their care.

Identifying Ethical Dilemmas and Taking Appropriate Interventions

           Nurses have the responsibility to identify and act accordingly to ethical issues that affect patients and their colleagues. Having a good understanding of the whole ethical decision-making process is crucial in upholding good nursing practices and care provision (Burke, 2019). Like problem-solving, the crucial steps include defining the problem, collection of information, analysis, identifying possible solutions to help address the issue, choosing the best solution, implementation, and evaluation (CAC, 2019). With this, nurses will be able to reduce cases of conflicts at work and promote quality care delivery. Another essential element is informing the client and the staff of ethical issues that are likely to affect the care of the client.

Evaluation of Outcomes to Enhance Ethical Practice

           Interventions employed to provide ethical solutions are evaluated just like other aspects of nursing care delivery. This will help in identifying the effectiveness of the solutions chosen as well as promoting ethical practice. Some of the criteria used to evaluate the interventions include whether the care providers are knowledgeable about ethics and its practice, the practice of ethical principles, level of knowledge of staff and patients on ethics, and the extent to which resources are utilized to solve ethical issues (Burke, 2019). This will provide valuable information that will help during the decision making the process.

Conclusion

           In conclusion, the main strategy that will enable health care practitioners to meet the standards for practice and care is close consideration of the ethics and its practice. Therefore, observations of the ethical principles, having a good understanding of the approaches to solving ethical issues, and conducting an evaluation to determine effectiveness are some of the strategies. Besides, observing them promotes the delivery of high quality, safe, and patient-centered care, which are part of the standard practice.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Burke, A. (2019). Ethical Practice. Retrieved 5 November 2019, from https://www.registerednursing.org/nclex/ethical-practice/

CAC. (2019). 6 Steps for Making Ethical Decisions. Retrieved 5 November 2019, from https://www.coach.ca/6-steps-for-making-ethical-decisions-p159802

Chang, V., Cao, Y., Li, T., Shi, Y., & Baudier, P. (2019). Smart Healthcare and Ethical Issues.