TRAINED VERSUS NON-TRAINED ICU NURSE

Trained Versus Non-Trained ICU Nurse



Table of Contents

Trained Versus The Non-Trained ICU Nurse3

Introductction3

Discussion4

Kolb's Educational Theory6

Body of paper9

Nurse Practitioner (NP)12

Clinical Nurse Specialist (CNS)12

Strength and Weakness16

Conclusion16

Trained Versus The Non-Trained ICU Nurse

Introductction

This study evaluates the effect of an ICU nurse training program in family planning counseling skills on the quality of service delivery at the clinic level, as well as its impact on client compliance with prearranged appointments. The study utilised a quasi-experimental conceive to contrast declared nurses who obtained six weeks of family designing technical teaching with declared doctors who, in addition to the mechanical teaching course, received a three-day course in therapy skills. Data were collected through purchaser go out meetings, professional observation, and inspection of health record abstracts. Trained doctors presented better than their untrained counterparts in the quality-of-care localities investigated--interpersonal relations, data giving, therapy, and mechanisms for boosting continuity. The prospect that purchasers will join follow-up visits was also discovered to advance when they were came to by taught professionals. Short-term therapy training can significantly advance the quality of care supplied by family designing employees, as well as client compliance with follow-up appointments. (Andragogy 2002)

In 1989, researchers evaluated the impact of a 3 day course in counseling and interpersonal communication skills for family planning nurses on quality of service delivery and on client compliance with follow up appointments. They consulted 480 clients, discerned 39 doctors, and analyzed the health records of 1001 purchasers who travelled to the 8 clinics. 97% of clients who spoke to a trained nurse felt the nurse earnestly listened whereas only 66% of those who spoke with an untrained nurse felt this (p.001). Further clients tended to be more comfortable with trained nurses than with untrained nurses (97% vs. 76%). Moreover trained nurses provided clear explanations to 94% of clients while untrained nurses did so to only 76% of clients . In addition, trained nurses were better at demonstrating the use of a contraceptive, repeating instructions for methods, asking if clients had more questions (p.05), and referring to booklets or leaflets about methods. They intended to schedule a follow up visit with clients who used a method for the 1st time (96% vs. 78%). In fact, clients of trained nurses were 2 times as likely to return than those of untrained nurses (84% vs. 44%). Moreover, of clients who chose to use the IUD at the 1st visit, 85% of those attended to by a trained nurse returned for follow up appointments compared to only 30% of those attended to by an untrained nurse . The corresponding percentages for those who chose an oral contraceptive were 91% and 70%). The outcome disclosed that the teaching course did really improve the quality of family planning service consignment and purchaser compliance. (Andragogy 2002)

Discussion

Nurses who work in critical care flats are to blame for supplying care to patients who are experiencing or are at-risk for experiencing life-threatening conditions. Patients normally nurtured for in a critical care unit include patients that have had major invasive ...