Nurses care for a variety of patients. What is an activity that best demonstrates the caring role of a nurse?
a. Staying with a patient and developing a plan of care before surgery
b. Performing IV insertion with confidence
c. Assessing the patient's entire health history
d. Inserting a urinary catheter using aseptic technique
A
Caring is highly relational. A nurse and a patient enter into a relationship that is much more than one person simply "doing tasks for" another. There is a mutual give-and-take that develops as nurse and patient begin to know and care for one another. As a nurse-patient relationship forms, a nurse becomes a coach and partner rather than a detached provider of care. Performing an IV insertion, assessing a health history, and inserting a catheter are all tasks that can be accomplished with or without a caring nurse-patient relationship being developed.
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