Nursing settings are different than the traditional hospital setting. Nurses in these settings are more likely to deal with issues such as insomnia, chronic pain, and mental illness.
The nurse’s role in a nursing home is much more complex than the general care of an elderly patient. Here nurses need to be knowledgeable about all aspects of end-of-life care.
Benefits of Nursing settings
1. Nurses are able to provide care that is longer-acting and more consistent with personal needs.
This allows a nurse to provide information and support to the patient to help them learn how their illness affects them. The role of nurses in this setting is to help patients maintain their sense of control and independence.
2. Nurses can develop more relationships with the patients because they are not leaving every day as they would in a hospital.
Nurses can bring a positive attitude, empathy, and hope as they will see people that they care for each day.
Nursing homes have more demanding lifestyles which can lead to moral dilemmas for the nurses who work there.
3. These settings are more suited to the elderly who need special care that is not available in a hospital.
This allows the nurse to focus on the patient’s needs and help them stay as independent as possible as they age. The personnel and equipment a nursing home has will allow for a greater level of care and comfort for the patient, which will alleviate symptoms for some patients. In addition, there is less separation from their family, which may be beneficial because this can provide encouragement and encouragement to their loved ones.
4. The nurse can provide more education about the new symptoms that may be encountered.
For example, in a nursing home the nurse does not have to leave their patients for labs or other tests. They can stay with their patient and help them take care of these issues on their own. Nursing homes provide patients with a higher number of staff members, which allows for increased supervision and consistency in care.
5. It is less likely that the patient will experience negative effects from adverse healthcare events that occur at a hospital setting due to the medication being given, nutrition being administered or the environmental factor that they encounter in a hospital setting.