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HLTEN606B: Assess Clients and Manage Client Care

   

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1NURSING ASSIGNMENT This assignment demonstrates the reasons due to which the nursing staff and is not ableto recognize the condition of a deteriorating patient in preventing cardiopulmonary arrest andreducing mortality. This is because of poor communication skills between the staff members andalso when an emergency situation is not responded in a proper manner (Beitler et al., 2011).The ability of the nursing staff in responding and recognizing the signs and symptoms ofpatient deterioration in a proper manner plays a crucial role in the improvement of the healthcondition in patients. It results in a reduction of morbidity and mortality of patients. Respiratoryrate and the rate of heart beat are the two most important parameters that should be monitored ina regular manner during cardiopulmonary arrest. It is important for the hospital staff to be awareof subtle changes in the status of health condition of the patients through proper measurement ofvital signs (Santamaria, Tobin & Holmes, 2010). There are times when the nurses recognize illhealth of patients through intuition as well. They should have knowledge about the medicalhistory of the patients. Nursing staff should be properly trained and must have appropriateclinical skills that would enable them to recognize and prevent the chances of cardiopulmonaryarrest in patients thus reducing the chances of mortality (Bellomo et al., 2011). The usage ofspecialized equipments also influences the ability of nurses to recognize the deterioration of thepatient in a timely manner. When the condition of the health of a patient is detected early, itempowers the doctors and the clinicians to incorporate interventions in an effective manner(Konrad et al., 2010).There are several causes that lead to the failure of the hospital staff in recognizingdeterioration of the patient condition. This is due to a lack of proper communication between thenursing staff and other health care professionals including doctors and clinicians. There are timeswhen the nurses in the ward do not have proper access to equipments and skills required to be
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