This article speaks of one organization’s desire to reach Magnet designation and what it learned and changed about itself on its journey to the Magnet designation. On its path to becoming Magnet certified, this organization created a new framework directly related to its new nursing model, which was built around the word “caring” (Winsett & Hauck, 2011). “CARING” is a wordplay for all the ways the nursing staff would connect with the patient and the patient’s family. For example, the “C” in CARING stands for making a connection with the patient (Winsett & Hauck, 2011). Based on the previously stated information, it selected a relationship-based nursing care model as its new foundation of care. Within one year of implementation, this organization saw a decrease in staffing turnover, an increase in overall employee satisfaction, an increase in patient satisfaction, and better nurse-patient relationships (Winsett & Hauck, 2011).
The second article that I reviewed on relationship-based care was titled, Relationship-Based Care: A Model for Transforming Practice. It speaks of care being delivered in the form of a relationship and rewinding nursing practice back to the foundation (Shellner, 2007). Additionally, it states relationship-based care model is comprised of six key components that surround the center hub, which is the patient; One of those intergyral keys is professional nursing practice (Shellner, 2007). It is in this professional nursing practice that nurse-patient relationships pave the way to healing (Shellner, 2007).
With my completion of this assignment, I learned that nursing care models have an extensive history. A history that has seen many, many changes, which have also come full circle. I learned that the unit that I observed could implement many different nursing models and still be a successful unit. I found it very interesting that some nursing models were not patient. Centered. The reason I find this so interesting is we are nurses, and nurses need patients so we can be nurses. It’s a relationship that can not exist without each other.
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