Extraordinary Nurses and Extraordinary Deeds. Management

Extraordinary Nurses and Extraordinary Deeds
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Extraordinary Nurses and Extraordinary Deeds
Nurses require multiple attributes to perform exemplarily in their dynamic clinical settings. A nurse is expected to manage the psychological and operational vigor by which the clinical setting is characterized. In practice, nurses have the skills and knowledge to execute their duties. Important of such areas of knowledge are nursing ethics. Besides, there are standards from professional organizations and regulatory agencies that define the boundaries of operations. However, even with the skills, knowledge, and standards, nurses are still susceptible to errors. Some of such errors occur as a result of mistakes triggered by the characteristics of the operational environment while others emanate as a result of ignorance or lack of adherence to particulars standards. The concept of extraordinary nurses and extraordinary deeds in extraordinary settings is a description of the additional roles or attitudes that could land nurses into known or unpredictable mistakes in normal operational settings. Various pieces of literature have been published to explore the topic with most of such works embedded in what could trigger nurses into unknown or avoidable errors and the impacts of such occurrences to the profession. It is agreeable that not all nurses intend to harm their patients. Also, there are multiple contributors that must be considered to the prospect. It is, hence, unfair to generalize the assertion that all nurses are susceptible to executing harm to their patients.
Background Information
Error is an inevitable aspect in healthcare and people must acknowledge that they cannot be prevented absolutely in healthcare organizations. However, when the national statistics related to a particular aspect of errors exceed the limits, people must ask questions. In the recent past, errors committed by nurses became subjects of debate. That is considering the fact that in the US, nurses are responsible for approximately 750,000 errors annually (Brauner et al., 2018). The mortality rate arising from such errors has stood at between 44,000 and 90,000 annually. The data imply that in every 300 errors committed by nurses, there is one death. To put the analysis in context, road accidents only kill 43,000 Americans annually while the mortality rate of breast cancer is 40,000. Also, the mortality rate of AIDS is 17,000 (Marselas, 2018). Hence, errors emanating from nurses lead to mortality rates that eclipse some of the leading causes of death in the nation. That begs the question of why such occurrences exist. To people who have only assessed the problem superficially, the problem lies with the nurses. In fact, some analysts believe that nurses commit errors intentionally (Toles, Young, & Ouslander, 2013). Questions are still raised on whether trained professionals such as nurses could commit intentional errors knowing that such behaviors defy the principles of the profession.
Review of the Literature
Various studies have been conducted to explore the extent of extraordinary activities among nurses and the impacts of such activities. Monumental among the prospects is the extraordinary role de...