Communication in Healthcare Case Study 2022

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Communication in the Healthcare
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Communication in the Healthcare
One of the key elements in almost every firm of operations is communication. In
healthcare, communication is vital as it enhances the interaction between patients, nurses, and
other health experts. However, electron communication refers to the sending information via
electronic heal record system. When effective communication is applied in both intrahospital and
interhospital, the health care providers can safeguard their patients and also increase the quality
of their operations. Apart from the enhancement of interaction, communication in healthcare
promotes care for the patients and thus meeting the patient's wants by improving patient
satisfaction. This is because health experts in healthcare centers are supposed to engage
themselves in a conversation with the patients to draw the conclusions of their needs and figure
out how to solve their problems.
Communication in healthcare helps achieve the goal of treatment. It can aid in the
development of a good working relationship not only for patients and health experts but also for
the healthcare staff (Foronda and McArthur 2016). In turn, this tends to improve morale and
efficiency and thus create a good working and treatment atmosphere for both health experts and
the patients, respectively. Communication has led to written documentation in healthcare centers.
In the current world, written documentation has taken a digital format. This is where information
is collected as a result of communication is recorded and stored through digitalized ways such as
computers. By so doing, information is secure and can be used to track the health history of a
patient in the future.
This written, electronic documentation also ensures the health experts of a certain health
care center are aware of the individual's health status and the appropriate treatment and

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interventions are done (Penoyer et al. 2014). Written electronic documentation ensures an
ongoing treatment of patients. In this way, errors are minimal in treatment processes, and every
patient is always on check of a health personnel. Electronic communication may involve the use
of Emails, and thus it has the advantage of keeping less movement to offices. Another advantage
of this form of communication is that communication can be done at any time in any place. This
makes it a simple way for health experts in healthcare centers to communicate with patients that
are not near. To some extent, this method of communication has led to the reduction of
overcrowding in many health centers.
A nurse should possess several qualities to be termed as a registered nurse. One of these
standards that rate registered nurses is a professional practice. Under this requirement, a nurse
should show a legal, highly professional as well as ethical responsibilities. These responsibilities
require a show of wide knowledge, accountability for practice, and working as per the
legislations that have impacts in nursing as well as health care. Working as per the legislation
simply means that a nurse should work based on relevant legislation and common law. Critical
thinking and the ability to analyze data is another determinacy of a registered nurse. This quality
focuses on the self-appraisal, value of the evidence, and the research for practice. Research is
conducted to monitor improving individual or group health results.
Another determinant of a registered nurse is the provision and coordination of care
(Sandstrom et al. 2011). This relates to the ability to coordinate, organize, and provision of
nursing care. This includes the ability of the nurse to assess an individual, implement, and come
up with a care plan. The collaborative and therapeutic practice is another factor to determine a
registered nurse. Here, relationship building among the people a nurse interacts with is the key