Blog 18: Answer #2

1.  What is your EQ?

- How can a primary care nurse best ensure the quality of care for their patients?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

- A primary care nurse can best ensure the quality of care for their patients by first addressing any spiritual/religious beliefs. 

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

- A primary care nurse can best ensure the quality of care for their patients by having constant direct communication with the patient. 

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

- With direct communications, less errors will be because the communication is direct: face to face.

- Direct communication avoids misunderstandings when something is passed down from a person to the next. 

- Direct communication avoids errors when trying to communicate through phone, text, or email; reassurance that the person is actually listening. 

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

- Kourkouta, Lambrini, and Ioanna V. Papathanasiou. “Communication in Nursing Practice.” Materia Socio-Medica 26.1 (2014): 65–67. PMC. Web. 25 Feb. 2016.

6.  What other source supports your answer?

- Fong, Jennifer Ha. "Doctor-Patient Communication: A Review." Academic Division of Ochsner Clinic Foundation. The Other Journal, 2010. Web. Feb. 6 2016.

- Shukla, Ajay Kumar. "Doctor-Patient Communication: An Important but Often Ignored Aspect in Clinical Medicine." Indian Acadmey of Cinical Medicine (Journal). 2010. Web. 5 Feb. 2016.

7.  Tie this together with a concluding thought...

- I have an answer # 3, self-reflection. I feel as though all three answers all tie in hand-in-hand and create a very powerful essential question. My answer #2, isn't as vague as I thought it would be, because I clearly address that it's not just communication, it's 'DIRECT' communication.