1 / 35

Communication: The Key to Health Care

Explore the role of VALOR-RN students like Rachel Jones from Radford University in improving patient care through effective communication. Learn about VALOR program, communication cards, and their impact on healthcare delivery.

ctanya
Download Presentation

Communication: The Key to Health Care

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Communication: The Key to Health Care Rachel Jones, VALOR-RN Student Radford University

  2. Who am I • Senior nursing student at Radford University • 4.0 GPA • Goals: • Work in critical care • Go back to graduate school • Become a nurse anesthetist • Live happily ever after… • Founded 1966 • Ranked in top 4 percent of all public nursing schools • Ranked in the top 50 nursing schools in the region • 97% NCLEX first time pass rate

  3. What’s a VALOR? • Rising senior in a nursing program • Selected based on GPA, resume, recommendation, and clinical experience • Interviewed and hired as a VALOR RN Student Tech • Complete 400 hours over the summer • Work on the assigned floor under RN, BSN • Rotate among other units and specialty clinics • Determine improvement project with nurse manager and nurse educator • Complete project, write paper with literature review, and present

  4. Communication Cards

  5. How can I help you?

  6. NURSE

  7. Bathroom

  8. Go Walk

  9. BATH

  10. WATER

  11. BLANKET

  12. TV ON/OFF

  13. COLD

  14. HUNGRY

  15. HOT

  16. TIRED

  17. LIGHT ON/OFF

  18. PHONE

  19. HURT/PAIN

  20. CHAIR

  21. BED

  22. CHAPLAIN

  23. SMOKE

  24. ALCOHOL

  25. REMOTE

  26. SOCKS ON/OFF

  27. FAMILY MEMBER

  28. CHEST PAIN

  29. HEADACHE

  30. NAUSEA

  31. DIZZY/LIGHTHEADED

  32. Why Use Them… • Visual Aid • Simple • Colorful • Picture featured, with phrase • Low-cost • Better serve our vets 

  33. References Juvé-Udina, M.E., Pérez, E., Padrés, N., Samartino, M., García, M., Creus, M., Batllori., N. & Calvo, C. (2014). Basic nursing care: Retrospective evaluation of communication and psychosocial interventions documented by nurses in the acute care setting. Journal of nursing scholarship, 46(1), 65-72). Keltner, N., Bostrom, C. & McGuinness, T. (2011). Nurse-patient communication. In D. Smith (Ed.) Psychiatric nursing (pp. 60-65). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

More Related