Nurses all over the world are persons responsible mainly for bringing back the patients to complete health. Though they do not enjoy the title or the status of a doctor, nevertheless, their job is just as important as those of doctors. Once doctors are through with their treatment, it is the nurses that foster their charges and ensure their best health.
The article implementing health promoting nursing: The integration of interpersonal skills and health promotion by Anne Benson not only defines nurses and their occupation, it also suggests and states how health can be promoted through nursing methodology. The article discusses in great detail how nurses can be more efficient in the care of their patients, and how to improve both staffs’ and patients’ satisfaction levels.
Benson reiterated the point that patient satisfaction should be the primary focus. This, however, can be strongly endorsed if the nurses of the hospital are efficient in doing their job and are fully content with their institution. By making patient satisfaction a primary focus, we can increase staff's awareness of ongoing patient concerns. This will help in providing the highest quality of care to patients and will foster an environment where nurses will become true patient advocates (Creta, Szargowicz, Hanley and Gdowski. 2001).
Upon taking a closer look, the nursing profession all over the world can be recognized for its human element, for the opportunity it provides to have people contact, to be a change agent, and to affect lives and health (Herchen. 2002).
Nursing is more than pills, bedpans, and talking with the physicians, although some consider it the lowest skilled level of nursing. Even the patients sometimes think nurses are just a bunch of nice people, and fail to recognize their expertise. In actuality, the nurses must be Jacks-of-all-trades. They must be.....
