Effective Utilisation of Available Resources Providing Quality Patient Care in Hospital Setting

Abstract

nsuring efficient nursing care is easy when adequate resources are available in the form of Man, Money and Materials. But it becomes a challenging task, as the resources become scarce. In the Indian scenario, many nurses face this challenge of providing effective nursing care in situations, of moderate and often acute shortage of these resources. These inadequacies are seriously hindering the quality and effectiveness of nursing care in our country. This is also true in the case of the undeveloped and many of the developing countries. Hence, simple ways to improve nursing care with available resources should receive utmost recognition, and become an important agenda of the professional nurses. So let us think of the possible ways to improve the nursing care and provide quality despite shortage of resources.Communication: Refers to the act of imparting or transmitting, interchange of thoughts or opinions; a process by which meanings are exchanged between individuals through a common system of symbols (language, signs or gestures).Prioritisation: Arranging the list of assignments to be accomplished within the target priority-wise.Delegation: It is the process of assigning the specific responsibilities to the specific individuals.