Challenged Role of Private Home Care Nurses in Assisting Paralyzed Patients

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• Nurses or Collaborators? - Challenged Role of
  Private Home Care Nurses in Assisting Paralyzed
  Patients

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• A persons welfare is mostly in his hands, partly
  in doctors hands and substantially in nurses
  hands. It is because of the significant role of
  the nurses that they have become an important
  part of health care industry. However, with the
  passage of time, their duties have multiplied and
  they dont only provide nursing care to patients
  but work in close liaison with doctors and
  therapists, particularly when a patient is
  suffering from paralysis.
• In short, while dealing with paralyzed patients
  nurses have to play bigger and diverse roles.

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Treating Paralysis - Nurses as Caregivers

• Paralysis is quite common among adults. While it
  usually occurs because of stroke, spinal cord
  injuries are also a major cause. Similarly,
  paralysis is of different types. It could be
  Paraplegia, which usually affects legs, or
  Quadriplegia, which paralyzes legs as well as
  arms. Another type of paralysis is Hemiplegia
  which impairs and affects one side of the body.
  No matter what type of paralysis a patient has,
  role of nurses is crucial in improving their
  health.

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• Nurses are considered to be caregivers. It is the
  most important role of nurses as they have to be
  attentive and assist patients continuously in
  private home care. As caregivers a nurse should
  perform following duties

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Patients Assistance

• Private home care nurses are required to help the
  paralyzed patients with their daily life
  activities like helping them to take bath, have
  food, get dressed, etc.

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Health Evaluation

• Paralyzed patients recover slowly, but evaluation
  of their health every day is a nurses primary
  role. It is important that nurses assess their
  health daily and keep record of their health
  related issues.

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Psychological Support

• Where physical support is essential, paralyzed
  patients need psychological assistance as well.
  The feeling that they have physical impairment
  and slow progress discourages them and lowers
  their morale. At this stage, nurses need to
  encourage them and their families, and motivate
  them to be optimistic.

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Nurses as Collaborators

• Paralyzed patients actually require various
  treatments since paralysis affects several
  functions of their body. A patient needs
  rehabilitation, speech therapy, and occupational
  therapy as well. Nurses, thus, act as a
  communicator, reporter and team player while
  dealing with paralyzed patients.

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• All these therapists play a specific role in
  restoring the health of an individual and,
  therefore, nurses need to coordinate and
  communicate with them regularly for quick and
  improved outcomes, but can nurses perform this
  challenging role?

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• Although performing multiple roles is difficult,
  but since mutual aim of every player in the
  health care industry is same i.e. health and
  wellness of patients, nurses can make significant
  contributions. However, it is important that
  private home care nurses are qualified, well
  trained and experienced and are able to achieve
  enhanced health outcomes.

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