NR451_Captstone_iCAREPaper.docx Compassion Through Communication Always Chamberlain College of Nursing NR451 RN Capstone Course Compassion Through Communication Always This paper is going to explain the significan
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NR451_Captstone_iCAREPaper.docx Compassion Through Communication Always Chamberlain College of Nursing NR451 RN Capstone Course Compassion Through Communication Always This paper is going to explain the significance of interprofessional collaboration, particularly in the hospital setting. In the intensive care unit collaboration is an absolute must. Nurses, respiratory therapists, physical therapists, and physicians are in constant communication regarding the patient's condition and the patient's needs. In the intensive care unit, the nurse is close with his or her patients respiratory therapist and intensivist.Throughout every shift dozens and dozens of changes are made to the patients care and the patients routine. In the critical care unit that I currently work in, there has been a lapse in communication between the respiratory therapists and the nurses regarding ventilator changes that are being made. This communication between these two professionals could improve the outcome of patients because there would be no loss of current data from nurse to physician, or nurse to nurse when explaining the patients situation. Compassion Sadly, one of the biggest duties of the intensive care unit nurse is assisting a patient and their family as the patient passes away. The transition from total care to comfort care is one that requires a lot of communication. The communication starts with the doctor and the nurse consulting one another about the patients status and his or her level of improvement or not.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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