Discuss the nurse’s role in supporting the patient’s psychological and emotional need
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Original discussion question: “Discuss how elimination complexities can affect the lives of patients and their families. Discuss the nurse’s role in supporting the patient’s psychological and emotional needs. Provide an example.“
Original answer to discussion question: “When some complexities are eliminated on a global scale,it can have a negative effect on the life of patients and their families. This is especially the case when the infection is still present but at very low levels. In this case, the patient will normally exhibit resistance to different forms of medication and in that instance, the infection will be prolonged and hence the quality of life for the patient will decrease by a large extent(Klepac, Metcalf, McLean, & Hampson, 2013). Additionally, the family will suffer given the fact that the prolonged infection will become a financial burden since they do not have access to medication that works.
Nurses play a vital role in the process of providing psychological and emotional support for the patient. In most cases, the nurses are at the closest proximity to the sick and hence they are able to develop a detailed understanding of the emotional needs of the patient. That means that they will be able to address the needs in a manner that is sufficient. Additionally, the nurses play the role of cheerleaders for the patient who is in the process of recovering from an illness. In that case, they willact as a source of motivation. As well, there are nurses who play the role of counselors and hence, they will help the patients through different emotional issues. For example, the nurses will have conversations with the patients about how the illness is affecting them.
References
Klepac, P., Metcalf, C. J., McLean, A. R., & Hampson, K. (2013). Towards the endgame and beyond: complexities and challenges for the elimination of infectious diseases. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 368(1623), 20120137. doi:10.1098/rstb.2012.013”
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