Nursing Bias and the Obese Patient

Question: Identify the educational preparation and role(s) of the clinical nurse leader (CNL) designation. Give an example of how the CNL influences direct patient care whether in a hospital or out in the community. Answer: Educational preparation and role of CNLs: There is always a need for skillful and knowledgeable nurses within the health care system. Keeping in focus (i) the way to enhance patient care quality and (ii) arrange for highly skilled nurses, AACN in association with American Organization of Nurse Executives and DVA (Department Of Veteran Affairs) successfully created the role of clinical laboratory leaders (CNL). This role also gave recognition to those nurses who were having academic and clinical expertise. CNLs are nurses with education of master degree of level. It is necessary to have a graduate level of education in order to bring a high level of clinical competence. As CNLs are resource person to nursing team, they need to deliver their expertise. Role of CNLs: AACNS white paper- Education and The Role of the Clinical Nurse Leader ,clearly describes the duty of CNLs .They are specialist they oversee the patients and integrate any care additionally required for a special case. They are also involved direct patient care where the situation demands. CNLs remain updated with recent development in nursing field which help them to apply their knowledge which ensures patient benefit. They communicate as a member of inter professional team which include all the stakeholders associated with healthcare. Example: In a certain case, CNLs were employed in order to deliver a quality care, better experience to stroke population. The outcome of this step was reduction in length of hospital stay and improvement in quality (Quimby, 2013). In case of community health CNLs can educate nurses who deals with obese patients regarding the causes of obesity. They can remove the barriers between nurse and patient thereby improving the overall health of patient (Lee Calamaro, 2012). References: Lee, S. H., Calamaro, C. (2012). Nursing bias and the obese patient: The role of the clinical nurse leader in improving care of the obese patient.Bariatric Nursing and Surgical Patient Care,7(3), 127-131. Quimby, S. (2013). Abstract WP353: Implementation of the Stroke Clinical Nurse Leader enhances patient care.Stroke,44(Suppl 1), AWP353-AWP353. Answer: