Standardized nursing languages
During the visit, one of the nurses commented to her, “We document our care using standardized nursing languages but we don’t fully understand why we do” (Rutherford, 2008, para. 1).
How would you respond to a comment such as this one?
- Explain how you would inform this nurse (and others) of the importance of standardized nursing terminologies.
- Describe the benefits and challenges of implementing standardized nursing terminologies in nursing practice. Be specific and provide examples.
- Be sure to support your paper with peer-reviewed research on standardized nursing terminologies that you consulted from the Walden Library.
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Standardized Nursing Languages
Nursing practices in the society are never unique to one environment. The ideal practices of a nurse on the West Coast ought to be similar to practices of a nurse practitioner on the East Coast, which in turn ensures efficiency in the delivery of care. To this extent, the nurse education system includes standardized measures and practices that inform the theoretical aspect of patient-nurse interaction, which in effect affects the quality of care received by the patient across different locations in the country (Cronenwett et al., 2009).
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