Research Literacy for Health Practice: Barriers and Strategies

This essay delves into the critical role of research literacy in health practice, specifically within the context of nursing and patient care. It addresses the low performance of nurses in clinical settings and its impact on the quality of care provided. The essay explores various challenges faced by health...Read More

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Research Literacy for Health Practice
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This essay demonstrates the analysis of a problem that is the low performance of nurses
in a clinical healthcare setting due to which they are unable to provide quality care to
patients. It also focuses in improving the performance of employees that is the nursing staff in
hospitals which would play a crucial role in improving the health of patients. It also identifies
ethical factors and implications that would help in the nursing staff and other healthcare
professionals in providing excellent healthcare services to patients.
The role of a manger in a clinical healthcare setting plays a significant role in the delivery
of quality health care services to their patients.The management staff in the hospitals develop
several strategies and measures that is very crucial in preventing the general public from
getting infected with different types of health diseases.They provide various nursing
interventions and provide healthcare facilities such as high class equipment facilities, pre
operative and post operative care. They also provide patient satisfaction by providing good care
to patients and also their family members (Sabatino et al. 2014). The health manager faces
several types of problems in making improvement in the management strategies in a hospital.
These problems may include a lack of proper knowledge in the nurses in evidence based practice
that is nursing. It is important to convince the employees that a positive change is crucial to
improve the workplace performance in the organization. It is important for the higher authorities
to empower and support their staff inorder to improve the performance of employees in the
workplace in evidence based practice that is nursing (Hernandez, Morgan and Parshall, 2016).
Facilitators play an important role in changing the strategies that can be applied in the
nursing practice for a better patient experience.If qualified nurses are available then they are

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required to be recruited. If the nurses are are aware of their roles and responsibilities then it will
be easy for them to provide excellent patient experience.The senior professional in the hospitals
should keep the nursing staff motivating (Hoeve, Yansen and Roodbol, 2014).The health care
staff should also be given proper training about the importance of documentation.They should
be made to understand that it plays a very important role in healthcare and it is generated by an
electronic method to record the information of the patient.It includes basic information of the
patient such as gender and age , medical disease and treatment prescribed . The main aim of
electronic systems is that it helps in finalizing a decision and improves treatment.
Abundant staffs will be a facilitator in the management changes in clinical practice. The
management requires dividing each group of staffs for each role which will help in proper
implementation of the changes. Abundant staffs will help in reduction of the workloads for the
patients. Availability of resources are the main facilitator in clinical practice to implement any
changes (Kelly et al. 2014).The administrator and the staff nurses having proper knowledge of
their duty and are well versed with their roles will be helpful for the health manager to
implement the changes. The facilitator for the health manager in implementation of change
process involves the presence of proper workplace culture.The clinicians, nursing staff and other
hospital staff should work in a collaborative manner which play a crucial role in helping the
patient to manage the disease and the treatment given to them.
One of the barriers for the health manager is to solve the problem of a lack of interest and
enthusiasm in the nursing staff.Another barrier in a healthcare setting is the lack of confidence in
the staffs to make a decision on their own that is related to providing care to the patients and

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medication on time (Yang, 2015).The other barriers in providing a better patient experience by
the nurses is the lack of appropriate knowledge and skills among them which is required for
proper research online and performing computer based literature searches in order to utilize the
research process.The perception of nurses can lead to several problems when they feel that their
seniors are not guiding and cooperating them about several changes that should be applied in the
procedures patient care. Some nurses may have negative attitudes and beliefs which is very
harmful for a better performance in the organization. It is very important for these issues to be
solved as soon as possible or else the nursing staff will not be able to provide proper patient care
facility.
Educational preparation of the nurses is one of the barriers as the staffs have to get
through training which will increase their skills for improvement of change in performance.It is
important to remove the obstacles after identifying the barriers. Various strategies should be
followed to get rid of stress and anxiety among the employeein the organization .There are
several coping methods that should be incorporated to reduce the stress among the employees
as it is very helpful in improving the behavior of the employees (Sanjari et al.2015). They should
created short-term goals that would help in achieving the targets in an easy manner than
developing long term ones.The managers in the organization should help their employees in
identifying the right actions and improve themselves by being determined and dedicated to
achieve the future goals.
The nursing staff should have knowledge about the various impacts of the decisions they
have taken.They should be decisive in nature and have patience when an emergency situation
arises and they need to take action in a short span of time.They have a confident attitude towards
work and find out solutions effectively when a difficult situation arises.They should be counseled

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in a proper manner and provide psychosocial care which would help in improving his mental
health and prevent pain, anxiety, distress and low self esteem developed due to the disease .
There is need of a proper mode of communication that would help in providing better
patient experience.There should be powerful communication between the hospital staff and the
patients in the hospital .The nurses and the doctors should talk to their patients regarding the
health issues to address the anxiety of the patients.The nursing staff should have proper
knowledge and should be provided proper training so that the patients do not suffer from
depression and are not tensed (Marquis and Huston 2014) .It would help in improving the patient
care as well. Nurses hospital, should advise various preventive measures to the patients after the
treatment or surgery such as increase in physical exercise, a well balanced diet rich in fibers,
reduction in the consumption of smoke and alcohol .They should be given a proper hygienic
environment.
The nursing group should be recruited by following the principles of ethics in order to
improve the performance level. Nurses should be trained according to the Code of Professional
Conduct for Nurses.The main aim of this code is to act as a guide and mentor the nursing staff
about how to improve their performance in a clinical healthcare setting. They should also be
trained to provide proper care to the patients by following the principles of ethics such as nurses
should respect their patients and be compassionate towards them. They should understand about
their requirements and provide proper assistance.They should use proper communication skills
while providing health services to avoid any errors (Kangasniemi, Pakkanen and Korhonen,
2015).The most important thing in evidence based practice (nursing) is to get the consent form
filled by the patient before proceeding for the treatment.The consent form the main objective,
advantages and the risks involved in a particular treatment.

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The nurses in the hospital should also follow the Code of Ethics as it is developed in
order to provide in Australia. The code includes that the nurses in the healthcare organizations
should provide quality care of nursing to all the individuals irrespective of caste, creed and
religion. They should be empathetic and courteous towards their patients and should follow all
the ethical values and principles in providing care to them (Maddern et al. 2016).They should
also have excellent decision making skills that will help them to promote the well being of the
people.
It can be summarized that various strategies should be followed by the healthcare
managers and the hospital staff to improve the experience of the patients. There should be clear
vision about the change and it can be formed by empowering the employees by providing
adequate training knowledge in order to improve their performance in the workplace.Various
educational and awareness programs should be organized to keep them focused on the goals
and ensure that the objectives are attained in the future.These programs will play a significant
role in mproving the performance and the level of knowledge at the workplace and increase the
awareness in evidence based practice, that is nursing.The nursing group should be recruited by
following the principles of ethics to improve the level of their performance. They should be
motivated enough to bring a positive change in the healthcare organization, and create a vision
to achieve the main objective.

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