Evaluation of Effective Training in Healthcare: An Important Aspect

Professionalism is an adherence to a set of values comprising both a formally agreed-upon code of conduct and the informal expectations of colleagues, clients and society. The key values include acting in a patient's interest, responsiveness to the health needs of society, maintaining the highest standards of excellence in the practice of medicine and in the generation and dissemination of knowledge. In addition to medical knowledge and skills, medical professionals should present psychosocial and humanistic qualities such as caring, empathy, humility and compassion, as well as social responsibility and sensitivity to people's culture and beliefs. All these qualities are expected of members of highly trained professions.

Nurses must display a knowledge of skills by portraying a functional ability to assess, treat, and prevent illness in the clinical setting. “The nurses are obliged to gain specialized knowledge, skills and training through the rigorous study of biological, physical and behavioral sciences and then use this knowledge to diagnose and treat patients suffering from different ailments. The patients treated must be under the supervision of skilled medical practitioners and the nurse must be equally directed by the expert medical practitioner. The prevention and management of illnesses, injury and ailments also forms some of the major tasks that have to be carried out by nurses. Politeness in expression, compassion for patients and proper uniform are also some of the main parts of professionalism in nursing.” (professonalism in nursing http://www.buzzle.com/articles/professionalism-in-nursing.html)

Provisions 7, 8 and 9 of the ANA Code of Ethics are concentrating on a number of areas. The most notable include: advancing the profession through knowledge / development of high standards, taking into consideration the health needs of various stakeholders, asserting values / social reforms and maintaining intraprofessional integrity / collective responsibility. These different areas are designed to provide a foundation of dealing with

In addition residents of new medical programs are being trained to be educated of maintaining quality care and implementing systems to reduce errors and improve quality of care ( Shojania & Levinson, 2009). As stated by the authors, faculty must be educated to provide the education essential to the needs to improve quality care and implement QI standards of teaching to ensure the highest standard of care. Finally, the patient must be held accountable to ensure they are as proactive as possible to receive the most efficient care possible, as well as cost effective care.

Introduction: Development training and continuation of education are critical in the healthcare industry. This type of practice allows health care providers an opportunity to receive ongoing training, and that can opens up avenues of resources for professional development. In this paper, I will explain the reasons why training and education is necessary and relentless in healthcare. I also, will provide valuable insights regarding the importance of measuring and the accountability of competency levels in organizations. Finally, I will describe different processes organizations may use for tracking and

Core Competence is the ability, knowledge and skills required by an APN to perform a range of expected roles in order to provide the public with safe, effective, efficient, holistic and ethical care. Hamric has outlined six core competencies that an APN must possess in order to provide high quality of care. Each one of these six core competencies describe the role of the APN and is of significance importance to the practice of APN to promote safe effective and ethical care. With the advances and

Individuals who are given the opportunity to learn new skills, increase their abilities for specific accomplishments, and increase their overall knowledge in their field are more likely to remain with their employers. Therefore, many health care organizations realize that continuing education is not only a requirement for certification but also a method for attracting and retaining the best employees. Providing employees with a chance to polish their skills and learn new methods of providing the best care increases job satisfaction. It also makes employees more valuable as they are more able to provide the kind of care that patients expect and deserve. Employee competence is what makes health care what it is. Failing to provide adequate opportunities for continued education in the field will result in less overall care.

What is health? According to the World Health Organization this health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely an absence of disease or infirmity (WHO, 2003). Continuity of care will allow the healthcare worker to see the improvement of a patients’ health over a period. In my opinion, there are better outcome in the health and well-being of patients. Currently as a nurse and future practitioner of public health, my goal is health promotion and disease prevention. It is also my belief that while it is not always possible, continuity of care is of high importance. Having standards of practice is important to me in order to maintain the ability to provide quality and effective healthcare. Having the resources available to teach patients and educate myself will give me the tools needed to give back as a healthcare practitioner. Ultimately, the goal is for everyone to live long healthy and sustainable lives. According to Lyckholm, et. al., high quality clinical care along with healthcare professional recruitment and retention will have a positive impact on the outcome of improving standards of care

Even though the results of the surveys utilized were satisfactory, the researcher thinks that providers still need to work on developing skills to their health care staff to build confidence for the future challenges. This will help to boost the organizational work culture and to face challenges confidently and effectively.

Ethics are rules of conduct and moral principles of an individual which have various origins such as family, culture, and social environment. Given the diversity of people in the healthcare profession and the importance of providing care that is ethically sound

The IOM Report The concept of nursing practice incorporates professionals that conscientiously serve the public. Due to the delicate nature of the services that these professionals offer, the patients expect that the care provided to them is safe and ethical. In 2010, the government of the U.S. passed the Affordable Care Act to ensure the advancement of health care delivered by all practitioners (Puetz, 2013). Thus, it is one of the nurses’ obligations to ensure that the health sector achieves the objectives of the act.

The Code of Ethics furnishes a definitive model of conduct. The standard of conduct is entrenched in associations, affiliations, confidentiality, and commitment with health care professionals. The Code of Ethics for healthcare quality professionals is dedicated to routine enhancement and preserving integrity by identifying individual accountability and ethical obligation to patients, medical providers, employees, health care organizations, and the community (Oddo, 2011). Ethics are not voluntary in the health care field. They are a vital and central part of medicine. Ethical codes form and assemble moral atmosphere and allotting the ethical accountability and

Reconfiguring Health Workforce Policy So That Education, Training, and Actual Delivery of Care Are Closely Connected

Well Care Hospital professional’s duty is to be committed to the care of all patients and make improvements within the life of the patient. According to the National Ethics Committee of the Veterans Health Administration (2003), “Professionals are required to make a fiduciary commitment to place their clients’ interests ahead of their own. Patients should be able to trust that their interests and welfare will be place above those of the health care profession” (p.2)

With the expected growth in the allied health sector in the coming years due to increased patient care demands, healthcare organizations in the United State will need to take steps to maintain a high quality of care. These steps will include ways to ensure that well trained staff are hired, adequate new staff on the job training and orientation, continuous review of policies for improvements in safety, care, risk management and quality assurance. In addition to focusing on the integration of the incoming allied health personnel, healthcare organizations are expected to review how care is currently provided, and find new ways to provide care and meet the great increase in demand for care.