Report Benefits of Physician-Nurse

Physician-Nurse Rounding Report Benefits
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Physician-Nurse Rounding Report Benefits
Introduction
Scanty and uneven communication between nurses and physicians can result in unforeseen events for patients and clinicians. Miscommunication in this case often leads to missing orders, patient misidentification, falls, and medication errors. The number of recommended rounds varies depending on the number of patients and acuity. For example, based on local staffing, a bedside nurse may spend between thirty-three and a hundred percent of his or her time with each patient. In doing so, the nurse will better understand the patient's condition and thus be better positioned to give a good insight that would otherwise be absent in developing a daily care plan. In addition, making frequent rounds help nurses to have a valuable insight into the humanistic concerns of their patients and their loved ones. Notably, nurses act as bedside providers to their patients, performing physicals, developing differential diagnoses and care plans while at the same time prescribing medications. Whereas nurses frequently attend to other responsibilities and do not work full time, they nevertheless provide the required continuity to ensure patient safety and satisfaction.
Implementing structured rounding enhances communication between nurses, patients, and family members. In essence, open and timely communication with the patients has been identified as a key satisfaction indicator. More importantly, patients tend to measure the quality of care based on communication (Ryan, Jackson, Woods, & Usher, 2020). In this context, prompt recognition and delivery of high-quality care and good communication directly affect patients' satisfaction. In addition, nurse rounding helps increase responsiveness and better anticipate the patient's needs. Through nurse rounding, patients whose conditions are likely to deteriorate can be identified well in advance and treatment given in advance. This has the potential to improve the overall care outcomes and increase satisfaction for both the patient as well as the involved staff.
Arguably, the use of structured nurse rounding may be challenging for nurse leaders, especially when the future of reimbursement levels is uncertain. Nurse leaders must account for how nurses use their time and establish whether additional staffing is required and whether the benefits can outweigh the costs. Gormley and colleagues (2019) argue that nurse leaders are required to understand how such change will benefit the organization and convince fellow staff members and administrators of the importance of such change to make a persuasive case for altering how care is delivered. Therefore, understanding the importance of nurse rounding is a major step towards the implementation of the rounding program and ensuring there is an optimal allocation of nursing resources.
Successful implementation of structured rounding may have direct effects on the success of an organization. In this regard, nurse rounding can help the organization to meet quality indicators, particularly those aimed at ensuring that assessment, treatment, admission, or discharge is done within the shortest time possible. The recommended time st...