HSH725 - Research Literacy For Health Practice - Essay
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Running head: RESEARCH LITERACY FOR HEALTH PRACTICEResearch literacy for health practiceName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor note
1RESEARCH LITERACY FOR HEALTH PRACTICEIntroductionIn the healthcare organization, there are numerous delivery processes like patienthandovers and interfaces among the healthcare professionals. One has to interact with numerousemployees in the same organization like nurses, doctors, physicians and most importantly,patients. For this efficient interaction in clinical practice, effective communication is importantwhere every piece of critical information should be accurately communicated between thestakeholders (Rider et al. 2014). A comprehensive organizational communication change isrequired in the healthcare organization to ensure conveying of critical information between thehealthcare professionals and clear orders of clinical handover (Eklof and Ahlborg Jr 2016). As anewly appointed research manager in a healthcare organization, one realized that there iscommunication problem in the organization that requires change. There are ethical principlesassociated with communication that have an influence on risk and benefit in healthcare likerespect for personal autonomy, non-maleficence, beneficence and justice. Therefore, thefollowing essay involves the discussion of ineffective communication among the organization,barriers witnessed and understanding of the ethical implications associated with implementationof the recommended solutions for organizational communication change. Part 1In a healthcare organization, effective communication acts as an important tool forimproving patient satisfaction and enhances quality of care. If there is lack of communicationwitnessed in the organization, it can lead to poor patient satisfaction, medication errors andillness that might cause sudden death. In the recent, article by Khan et al. (2017) more than halfthe number of hospital readmissions are due to miscommunication and can be avoided with
2RESEARCH LITERACY FOR HEALTH PRACTICEeffective communication among the healthcare professionals and patients. To address the patientneeds, it is important for the healthcare providers as frontline workers to have efficientcommunication with the patients to determine their needs and provide solutions in a proactivemanner. These events can help to have a positive impact and enhance patient satisfaction.According to Silverman, Kurtz and Draper (2016) no matter how knowledgeable a physician is,he or she cannot help until unable to have good and open communication with the patient. Lyleset al. (2013)suggests that strong therapeutic relationship between the health provider and patientcan only be formed when they exhibit effective communication skills and on the other hand thepatient’s ability to follow the medical recommendations. The benefit of effective communicationin a healthcare system has positive health outcomes for the patients and healthcare members asstated by Kourkouta and Papathanasiou, (2014). Effective communication is required betweenphysician-nurse, nurse-patient and interpersonal communication skills among the members ofhealthcare organization. Poor communication is manifested among the physician that is responsible for the patientcare and hampering of medical progress. It also hinders collaborative care retarding the patienttreatment process and recovery progress. Clear background information about the patient isimportant to provide referral to the consultants. Physician-nurse relationship is also important, asnurses have to understand and follow the instructions given to them. Missing of any criticalinformation of patient can risk his or her life in danger. Delayed communication is anotherinstance where the medical progress is hampered and failure to convey timely informationbetween the doctors. Nurse-patient communication is also important as effective interaction helpto assess their important concerns and needs (Nursingmidwiferyboard.gov.au. 2017).
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