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Cliff Richardson1, Elizabeth Ovens2
1Senior Lecturer, School of nursing, midwifery and social work, University of Manchester.
British Journal of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
|July 29, 2016
Summary
Nursing therapeutics validates the complex and valuable contributions nurses make to patient outcomes. By employing evidence-based interventions, like vapocoolant administration, nurses enhance therapeutic care and improve health results.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Healthcare Management
Background:
- The impact of nursing on patient outcomes is a long-standing debate, gaining relevance amid scarce healthcare funding.
- Nurses require validation for their complex roles and contributions.
- Nursing therapeutics offers a framework to appreciate the multifaceted value of nursing care.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore how nursing interventions can be utilized to demonstrate the full impact of nursing skills.
- To highlight the role of nursing therapeutics in validating nursing practice.
- To use the administration of vapocoolants as a case study to illustrate therapeutic principles in nursing.
Main Methods:
- The article discusses common nursing interventions, focusing on the administration of vapocoolants.
- It emphasizes how each patient interaction can be a platform for establishing therapeutic principles.
- The approach involves analyzing the application of evidence-based nursing care.
Main Results:
- Nursing interventions, when framed within nursing therapeutics, demonstrate significant value.
- The administration of vapocoolants serves as an example of how specific actions embody therapeutic principles.
- Evidence-based nursing care, including interventions like vapocoolant use, positively influences patient health outcomes.
Conclusions:
- Nursing therapeutics provides a valuable concept for understanding and articulating the complexity and worth of nursing care.
- Nurses can leverage common interventions to embed their skills and positively influence patient outcomes.
- Each patient contact presents an opportunity for nurses to apply therapeutic principles, thereby enhancing health outcomes.
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