Nursing Theories, Nursing Mission Statement

Nursing Theories, Nursing Mission Statement

Organization

The organization chosen for this paper is Ascension Health. It is a not-for-profit organization that serves the unprivileged community. It is a 16,515 healthcare institution located in the United States. The 113,500 associates help the organization in maintaining a good reputation and in fulfilling the needs of different patients.

Mission

Rooted in the loving ministry of Jesus as healer, we commit ourselves to serving all persons with special attention to those who are poor and vulnerable. Our Catholic health ministry is dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care, which sustains and improves the health of individuals and communities. We are advocates for a compassionate and just society through our actions and our words (www.ascensionhealth.org).

Vision

We envision a strong, vibrant Catholic health ministry in the United States which will lead to the transformation of healthcare. We will ensure service that is committed to health and well-being for our communities and that responds to the needs of individuals throughout the life cycle. We will expand the role of laity, in both leadership and sponsorship, to ensure a Catholic health ministry of the future.

Concept to be explored

Though the Ascension Health is doing a great job, but there is one element that the mission and vision of the healthcare organization that is not mentioned and that is the quality in healthcare. This is an important aspect for every healthcare organization, and they should make sure that they provide proper treatment to the patients.

Discussion

The abundant literature on research on service quality stands testimony to the universal interest in unraveling the minds of service providers and receivers in order to gain insights into the dimensions that have a bearing on their respective expectations and perceptions pertaining to design and delivery of quality services. While the literature concerning service quality dimensions in the healthcare industry is replete with studies from the developed world, researchers from developing countries have been exploring the applicability of the related models and frameworks in their specific context. This work is an effort to comprehend the major stakeholder perspectives germane to the delivery healthcare-related services in India. It attempts to throw light on the role played by the patients' family members and friends (referred to as attendants) in the healthcare arena.

All over the world, patients, in general, and in-patients in particular, are always accompanied by their family members or friends (or at least one of them), by volition provide necessary assistance to the patient for the entire duration of the stay in the hospital by staying in the same premises. Service quality research in the healthcare context not only needs to take cognizance of the indispensable role played by attendants, but also examine the influence of the satisfaction of the patient by the services that the hospital is offering. The rate at which the healthcare industry is growing in incomparable to other industries because the emergence of other industries such as Bio-technology and Telecom, and is impacting the information technology in healthcare. The world is developing and is ...