This value is often compromised when a disease or disability enters someone’s life that requires home care. Nurses who work through an agency are assigned to visit numerous patients in the course of one day. Their schedules vary depending on the amount of patients, their needs and travel time from one home to the next, requiring each patient to be at the mercy of the nurses previous patient. Similar to service people coming to your home for repairs, patients will receive a window of time in which to expect the nurse, they will often receive phone calls during the visit from colleagues or patients, they appear distracted by paperwork, in addition the days and times of the visit will vary week to week (Holmberg, Valmari & Lundgren, 2012). This type of treatment acts on the independence of the family and patient infringing on their schedule, thus hindering the ability to heal. Private nurses are in charge of their own schedule allowing for adequate respect of the patient’s time. Working together, the private nurse, family and patient are able to schedule visits in conjunction with the time and frequency they believe is needed to obtain proper care and support with out the interjection of a third
This value is often compromised when a disease or disability enters someone’s life that requires home care. Nurses who work through an agency are assigned to visit numerous patients in the course of one day. Their schedules vary depending on the amount of patients, their needs and travel time from one home to the next, requiring each patient to be at the mercy of the nurses previous patient. Similar to service people coming to your home for repairs, patients will receive a window of time in which to expect the nurse, they will often receive phone calls during the visit from colleagues or patients, they appear distracted by paperwork, in addition the days and times of the visit will vary week to week (Holmberg, Valmari & Lundgren, 2012). This type of treatment acts on the independence of the family and patient infringing on their schedule, thus hindering the ability to heal. Private nurses are in charge of their own schedule allowing for adequate respect of the patient’s time. Working together, the private nurse, family and patient are able to schedule visits in conjunction with the time and frequency they believe is needed to obtain proper care and support with out the interjection of a third