The Main Requirements in Healthcare and Nursing

Introduction

Every healthcare facility requires full equipping and staffing in readiness to attend to patients as the needs arise. To perform tasks effectively, the top three most important requirements are human resource, clinical equipment and means of transport from one point to another (Ghaferi, 2016, p. 103). The need for trained personnel to perform treatment procedures is self-explanatory. Nurses, doctors, and other care providers are the heartthrobs of any medical facility without whom the patients cannot receive any assistance or advice.

Clinical equipment and drugs follows the staff in significance. To perform even the basic first aid on patients, medical kits are required. A well equipped hospital with ER, ICU, labs and fully stocked with drugs enables every physician to perform their duties. Diagnosis as well as treatment depends on these paraphernalia. Mobility is the third important resource. Every unit is required to move patients, attendants as well as equipment to points of use. Ambulances, carts, and trolleys fall in this category.

The need to demonstrate empathy to patients seems to have lost its meaning in the medical world. This worldwide phenomenon is being encouraged by many stakeholders (Peter & Watt-Watson, 2016). The most affected are communities from poor and minority backgrounds. Clinicians have been occasionally accused of distrusting these people.

The best approach in combating these cases would be creating awareness to the need of intangible care to nurses and care providers who attend to patients frequently. Medical students should be trained on this important aspect of treatment before they join the workforce. Ad campaigns through print and electronic media should be rolled out and awards offered to the best performing personnel in this area.