Introduction
Early magnet research showed that nurses are very appreciative and value their teaching roles a great deal. They, therefore, have several roles working as teachers, mentors, supporters, and developers. The role of nurses begins from the time they are in nursing school and when they are employed in a health facility, novice nurses and their experienced counterparts work hand in hand during orientation. Professional nurses play the role of educators and they take the new nurses through the system informing them of how processes are carried out and transforming them fast into team members.
Ambulatory Services
In order to work competently in the ambulatory preoperative service unit, nurses must be registered and then take on their responsibility as nurse educators as well. The role of the nurse in such a setting is usually very complicated and needs overwhelming experience (Goldsmith 1995, p. 3). Nurses should be able to face the challenge of assuming multiple responsibilities. A circulatory nurse could call the client or patient he/she would be handling when in the operation unit. Nurses then assume an active role for their own learning as well and share new knowledge for progressive nursing and opportunities. For instance, ambulatory preoperative services discovered malignant hyperthermia was a very crucial competence (Goldsmith 1995, p. 4). The competence evaluation concentrated on making sure that the nurses can recognize the symptoms and facilitate early diagnosis that would result in proper treatment (Barkheimer 2000, p. 5).
There are many operatives and invasive processes that are carried out in the ambulatory setting. The role of the nurse is to address the needs of the nursing profession. Ambulatory surgery also referred to as outpatient surgery, allows the patients to go back home after surgery on the same day (Goldsmith 1995, p. 5). The ambulatory services are recommended when the clients are healthy again when the procedure is in a minor process and when ambulatory surgery would decrease medication needed (Barkheimer 2000, p. 5). Currently, over half of the elective surgeries are conducted in an ambulatory setting in the US.
Magnetic Recognition
It is very difficult to accomplish magnet recognition without having a very strong perioperative factor (Schenk 2001, p. 41). The challenge is not the lack of perioperative example and evidence source; rather, it has to do with the issue of articulation and demonstration of multiple ways that perioperative nurses fulfill the magnet principle (Schenk 2001, p. 41). Nurses can write articles to share their experiences of working towards Magnet statuses or the way they attain magnet recognition. This is helpful to colleagues striving to achieve the same.
Patient Education
Nurses are teachers and on many occasions, nurses have played an important role in educating their patients on the crucial signs of particular diseases and advising them on the best treatment options (Jackson & Mannix 2001, p. 273). There is a one-page teaching sheet for patients and assist clinicians in educating patients and their relatives. Because this information is seldom printed in international medical journals, then it’s the nurses who are in a better position to convey this information to clients both verbally or in writing (Jackson & Mannix 2001, p. 273).
As an affiliated medical facility, Mount Sinai Hospital is dedicated to offering exceptional patient care for the New York City dwellers. Nurses then have to constantly teach the patients on important health details (Jackson & Mannix 2001, p. 274). For the entire nursing practice, patient education is a growing concept for spectrum health.
Conclusion
Nursing is considered to be both a science and art where science entails several years of studying evidence-based studies to assist in optimizing the health of their clients. The art aspect of it is where a connection between nurses and patients assist in influencing the heart and the mind. The basis of effective nursing is intelligence, critical thinking, compassion, and understanding. Nurses are therefore privileged to be part of other people’s lives in their time of need. It provides nurses a chance to influence them and the condition in a positive manner. Nursing positively contributes to humanity.
Reference List
Barkheimer, J. (2000). Developing and Managing an Ambulatory Surgery Center. Florida: Medical Group Management Assn.
Goldsmith, B.S. (1995). Ambulatory Surgery, Boston, Jones & Bartlett Learning
Jackson, D & Mannix, J. (2001). Clinical Nurses as Teachers: Insights from Students of Nursing in Their First Semester of Study, Journal of Clinical Nursing, 10(2), 270–277
Schenk, J. (2001). How Magnets Attract Nurses: Magnet Status Entices Caregivers-And Its Appeal Continues To Grow, Nursing Management, 32(1), 40-43