The Nurse at the Center of Patient Care

Nursing has evolved significantly placing the nurse at the center of patient care not only to save lives but also to enhance the quality of care. Nurses are frontline workers who are committed to a caring lifestyle as opposed to professionals who expect to be paid for their efforts. This proposition has been confirmed in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic where nurses are risking their lives and those of their close relatives to ensure the comfort and wellbeing of patients. Looking at such a scenario one can establish that nurses not only complete the tasks assigned to them for pay but rather individuals who demonstrate compassion and care. Nurses tend to be detail-oriented, caring, emotionally stable, and possess great judgment, extraordinary communication skills, and physical endurance. These characteristics allow them to complement physicians by ensuring that patients take their medication on time, admit patients during odd hours and call doctors if need be. These roles can be painstakingly demanding for other professionals but not for the nurses who are committed to ensuring that patients re satisfied and comfortable.

Nursing is a synthesized whole professional that requires nurses to incorporate professional and personal skills and competencies to enhance the quality of care. In the modern health care environment, nurses must complete comprehensive mental and physical assessments of patients to chart a course of action. In this case, nurses must have extensive knowledge of body mechanics, infection control, and other qualitative and qualitative measures of patients’ wellbeing. Nurses are expected to carry out their tasks with a smile on their faces as aw of assuring patients most of whom are desperate and hopeless. While caring is such an integral component in nursing, nurses must also operate within an evidence-based practice. Moreover, there is a need for nurses to engage in ongoing research and be aligned with emerging technological solutions to enhance their skills. To this end, nurses will be in a better position to care and make a difference in the healthcare system from a practical and evidence-based approach.