Introduction
Strengthening immune system occurs as one of the commonly coveted and discussed topics in the context of medicine. This paper limits itself to discussing the implementation of nursing-led medication groups; psychotropic medication groups aimed at enhancing patient recovery process. Certainly, this will offer a comprehensive platform that would result in increased patient satisfaction. Worth noting is the fact that the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital offers a wider array of psychiatric services targeting persons in dire need of medical attention aimed at stabilizing psychiatric or acute emotional crisis emanating from various factors (Margaret, 2013, pg. 6). These services are carried out by a well-coordinated health care team comprising of various health care professionals. Precisely, the team comprises of medical specialists, occupational therapists, nursing staff, clinical social workers, psychiatric physician, and psychologist. The use of a well-coordinated health care team ensures maximum patient recovery. Even so, there is a need to note that nursing-led group operations calls for an improvement of their ratings, which are significantly low (“Adult Intensive Care Psychiatry”).
Research Question
This paper seeks to establish whether an individual’s immune system can be strengthened through classical procedures.
While much has been hypothesized regarding Psychotropic Medication groups, it is of the essence to note that these medications are nursing-led medication groups. These medications are often utilized with the sole intent of enhancing patient stabilization and support with regards to their disease conditions and medications. The above connoted psychotropic groups comprise of psychiatric mental health nurse endowed with various capabilities and skills that are essential in promoting patient care. Even so, there is a need to enhance psychotropic medication groups in order to improve patient care in acute care contexts. The need for change in the contemporary health care context is something that is known by nurses from various parts of the globe. This is the primary reason as to why nurses have become innately motivated to advocate change of various regulations, policies, and laws that govern the health care system. Such an advocacy does not occur in isolation nor spontaneously. Instead, such an advocacy calls for the will, time, energy, power, and political capabilities amongst nurses in order to pursue their quest in the legislative arena.
The presence of various laws and regulations in the contemporary health care context has come with cost constraints, which jeopardizes access to quality health care by the patients. Despite the constantly escalating health care costs, data drawn from researches carried out by Census Bureau of the United States indicate that the number of uninsured individuals has significantly increased to 46.5 million. Similarly, reports from the Common Wealth Fund reveal that poorly coordinated health care delivery increases health care costs; hence, risking the lives of patients. Such reports discourage nurse professionals, whereby the nurses have a clear view of the manner in which health care systems have failed. Nurses have often made significant efforts aimed at improving health care delivery. As an example, nurses have developed various policy initiatives; hence, influencing the implementation of health care policies. Various nursing organizations have trained nurses on various issues regarding policy development, which has made the nurses aware of health care issues and subsequent legislative processes. Besides, various special interest groups have made significant efforts in advocating for various health care policies through provision of crucial legislative information.
PICOT Question
The PICOT question is “In the context of psychotropic medication groups, are the proposed action and recovery-oriented modes elemental for the continual improvement of psychotropic treatment?” The PICOT variables include;
Population: adults aged 18 years and above on an inpatient psychiatric. The population further comprise of psychotropic medication groups (Daley, 2012, pg. 18).
Intervention: the intervention is nursing-led medication groups aimed at enhancing compliance through patient education. The issue generated by the proposed intervention is its capacity, compliance management and recovery oriented model aimed at improving ratings of psychotropic medication groups.
Comparison: in the current context comparison will be carried out between “business as usual” and not using compliance management, or the recovery-oriented model (“Managing Compliance: Psychiatric Times”).
Outcome: the intended outcome is 3-5% improvement in the performance rates of nursing-led medication groups with regards to patient recovery.
Literature Review and Findings
Various literatures showcase differing findings regarding group therapies and enhancing nursing-led medication groups. A study by Paul Yerrell and Sue Latter offers a critical analysis on medication groups and its use to promote compliance and facilitate timely detection of side effects. The study took the scope of a concept analysis research for curriculum development and practice. One of the most comprehensive aim of the study was to establish the roles that nurse’s play in medication education. The study employed overarching, and construction frameworks for medication education inclusive of concordance associated with health psychology, and compliance. Published by Psychiatric Nursing, the current literature offers a number of suggestions such as interpersonal group therapies, the group analytical model and Tavistock model, which are essential in handling group medications. On another note, the current literature comprises of different group compositions including homogenous and heterogeneous groups, open versus closed groups, as well as frequency and length of sessions. Besides, Paul Yerrell and Sue Latter focus on various therapeutic factors such as inspiration, abreaction, cohesion, and universalization in therapy of the medication groups.
Implications
Information drawn from the above literature analysis is crucial in that it can be integrated to various nursing institutions in order improve the ways and state of operations in nursing-led medication groups. As an example, therapeutic groups such as encounter groups, interpersonal group therapies, psychodrama, and self-help focus can be utilize to educate patients on a wider array of issues such as management, recognition and reporting of side effects.
A culture pf safety is characterized by acceptance, understanding and prioritizing of health and safety facets in an organization. Such a culture culminates from individual or group values, attitudes, perception, patterns, and competence of certain actions or behavior. All these factors determine the proficiency, commitment, and style of an organization’s health and safety management. From the above analysis, it can be deduced that nurses are crucial in the creation of such a culture. There are various reasons for as to why nurses contribute significantly to the development of such culture. More importantly, nursing professionals are key elements of safety culture whereby they are involved in the development and prioritization of safety in various matter such as patient involvement, accountability, transparency, and teamwork. In addition, nurses can initiate programs aimed at training other professional on the essence of communication and collaboration, which are crucial elements of safety culture. On another note, nurse can educate patients and their care givers on treatments, and discharge preparation, which also enhances safety culture.
Development of an effective program calls for the implementation of follow-up and adequate response to feedback from the clients. This is evident in the Every Woman Matters Program. Lack of adequate feedback reduces the efficiency of various health care program. This calls for the need to work in tandem with support staff in order to enlighten them on the essence of feedback. Many at times, feedback helps in the identification of program weaknesses. For this purpose, an effective program should have ample communication channels in order to enhance flow of information. Effective communication can be attained by adopting modern communication technologies, which have proven to be effective.
In conclusion, there are various reasons that justify the fact that classical conditioning procedures trigger some form of stimuli, which tends to strengthen the activity of the immune system. Similar to other body systems, the immune system can be suppressed or activated through classical conditioning. Precisely, classical conditioning has a positive effect on the natural killer cells. These cells are often tasked with the role of destroying disease causing germs. In a nutshell, classical conditioning stimulate the activity of cells that are charged with the responsibility to enhancing the functioning of the immune system.
References
Daley, S. N. (2012). Development of a framework for recovery in older people with mental disorder. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry.
Latter, S., & Yerrell, P. (n.d.). Nursing and Medication Education: Concept Analysis Research for Curriculum and Practice Development – The NAME Project. Retrieved from http://www.nmc-uk.org/Documents/Archived%20Publications/ENB%20Archived%20Publications/ENB_ARCHIVED_PUBLICATION_Research%20Highlights%2042%20July%202000.PDF
Margaret, J. H. (2013). Varcarolis' Foundations of Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing. Elsevier Health Sciences.
