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Nursing Informatics-Related Healthcare policy

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Nursing Informatics-Related Healthcare policy

Background Policy

The prohibition of entry of unhealthy foods and beverages in the healthcare setting is critical

for ensuring the effective and efficient recuperative care of in-patient admissions (Gerrits, 2016). As a

policy, the restricted entry of unhealthy foods and beverages is compulsory nursing informatics that

ensures that care visitations are not overridden with aspects that negatively impact admitted patients

in the healthcare facilities. Olding et al. (2016) validate that for better nursing practice

communication, there is need for a comprehensive stakeholder involvement. Patient

visitations policies must be made apparent to all care seekers and associates.

Impact of Policy/Regulation

(i) System Implementation 

           The impact of the substance, food, and beverages policy for all in-patient visitations is

meant to monitor the care provisions given to admitted patients in recuperative wards.

According to Gonçalves and Weaver (2017), patients in recuperative care are exposed to

added non-pharmacological substances, food, or beverages from family or visitors who come

to check in on them. The overall impact of the policy is that it ensures that nursing and care

outcomes for recuperative care patients are optimized through effective patient monitoring

regimes. 

(ii). Clinical care, patient/provider interactions, and workflow

           The selected policy provides effective clinical care and improves patient recuperative

outcomes by maintaining a practical nursing and care system. It is essential to place

restrictions on goods and substances that enter the recuperative care settings as consumables

for patients. 
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Organizational Role

           It is prudent for care facilities, through their respective managements, to ensure that all

in-person patient visitations are within the confines and provisions of the patient visitation

requirements and policies. As a mandatory provision, all care facilities with in-patient

admission wards need to have a check-bay where patient visitors are screened to ensure that

prohibited substances, food, and beverages do not find their way into the care wards. 

References
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Gerrits, T. (2016). Daily Practices in the Patient-Centred Clinic. In Patient-Centred IVF:

Bioethics and Care in a Dutch Clinic (pp. 116-152). NEW YORK; OXFORD:

Berghahn Books. doi:10.2307/j.ctvr695s5.10

Gonçalves, J., & Weaver, F. (2017). Effects of formal home care on hospitalizations and

doctor visits. International Journal of Health Economics and Management, 17(2),

203-233. Retrieved August 6, 2021, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/45271490

Olding, M., McMillan, S. E., Reeves, S., Schmitt, M. H., Puntillo, K., & Kitto, S. (2016).

Patient and family involvement in adult critical and intensive care settings: a scoping

review. Health Expectations, 19(6), 1183-1202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hex.12402