Role of Nurses in the Healthcare System
Nurses are very essential in healthcare and their roles are critical in the provision of quality healthcare. One major role played by nurses in assessing and observing patients through diagnoses and other health examinations. Besides, nurses and doctors work together by developing a care plan used in the treatment procedures (Waring, 2017). Nurses also ensure that the care plan adheres to the treatment and medication requirements. Moreover, nurses use different medical apparatus for performing and monitoring treatments. Overall, nurses also conduct medical tests and involved in the interpretation of medical results.
A workflow issue that impacts nurses in their work setting and the impact associated with the issue
Nurses use workflow as a map to determine the process of achieving goals and objectives in nursing practice. One of the workflow issues that affect nurses is procedural failures. Mainly, procedural failures compromise the health status of patients. The workaround issue of procedural failures affect the performance of nurses by undermining the quality of healthcare (Berlinger, 2016). The issue also affects patients by increasing other health risks. Besides, the issue result in patient dissatisfaction due to increase in readmission cases. Overall, the issue can also affect the reputation of a healthcare facility, thereby affecting other roles of nurses in the facility.
The policy implementation process and nursing involvement in the solution
Despite facing several workflow issues, nurses create different policies to solve the issue. In that regard, nurses can solve the issue of procedural failures using various intervention measures. The best approach to change the issue is by using standardized rooms and equipment (Berlinger, 2016). The standardization process minimizes unnecessary various when performing medical procedures. Nurses can also standardize the flow of information and patients to ensure medical procedures are successful. Overall, nurses should also stock medical rooms to the capacity to reduce interruptions that result in procedural failures during the interaction between nurses and patients.