Nurse Patient Relationship In Nursing

With reference to the patient within my scenario: the patient is also a practicing ward nurse and has been so for the last eighteen years. On one occasion, the patient had removed her own IV leur believing that she had completed all of her IV medications. Unfortunately, I needed to administer Ferinject IV medication but was delayed in doing so until a new IV leur could be inserted several hours later. On a separate occasion, the patient had forcefully snatched her hospital notes out of my hands, stating that ‘I am a nurse, it is my right to see this’. Due to these two instances, I have decided to investigate the nurse-patient role and relationship in regards to power balance.

I believe that, in accordance with Beck, (2013), nursing and patient

Therefore, she may find it harder than most of the population to transition into the role of the patient and rely on others to make clinical judgements to promote and protect her recovery. Moreover, she was in a lot of physical pain, with her right leg in a full cast, causing her to be at bed rest. This I believe, as well as the patient being more aware of the inner workings of the hospital compared to other patients without a medical background, may of contributed to her ill ease and need to feel in control of her nursing care, over that of her care plan set by the

However, ethically it was my role of responsibility or that of my registered nurse, to openly share medical knowledge and provide health care education for the betterment of the patient. This is an example of facilitating autonomy without crossing the boundary of making decisions for the patient, Choi, (2015). Moreover, within the scenario, I did support the patient’s self determination, by explaining to the patient that she could fill in the appropriate hospital permission form to read her chart with a doctor present, so medical diagnosis and medical terminology can be properly explained through the correct channels. Although the patient is a nurse by profession, it is outside of her scope of practice to be using her title as a nurse while she is a patient as she too must follow hospital protocols and ethical guidelines like any other