Question

In Renegotiating Healthcare, we learn that Artie is "starting to feel like a human being again". This shift was caused by Oscar's( his nurse) efforts to connect with him. One way Oscar made a connection was by discussing their mutual interest in basketball.

Let's say a female nurse walked by and heard the two men discussing basketball. She complains to you, the supervisor that Oscar( the nurse) spends too much time chatting with the patient.

Discuss the value of Oscar's approach. What are the risks or concerns related to his style?

Answer 1

Patients seek active connections with nurses by being friendly likeable cooperative and an easy patient who does like to speak a lot about their personals too.Patients do want nurses who are friendly and genuinely interested in their care and who are available and willing to interact with them.Oscar is discussing about the interests in football for which it make a patient happy as both of them are interested,its aduty of a nurse to care for patient not only in medication and treatment way but also caring for their needs and interests.It is no way a complainable thing to chat with patients.A nurse should not be speaking or discussing about their personal issues ,but general and social interests are acceptable.The only risk is that he should not waste too much of time on concentrating only on one patient and wasting hours and hours there.