The therapeutic relationship between patient and clinician is particularly important during an admission to the hospital due to the physical and psychological stressors involved. Clinicians must be aware of hospitalization as a potentially sensitive time, including, of course, the IBD nurse who often has a pre-existing relationship with the patient. However, heavy workloads in outpatient roles, uncertainty around the value of visits, a lack of remuneration, and activity capture for inpatient activity are all reasons why IBD nurses may find that supporting the inpatient becomes the lowest priority for a busy day. This chapter seeks to redress the balance by looking first at the role of the IBD nurse when engaging with the IBD inpatient and secondly at an important clinical scenario from which to extrapolate principles for other acute admissions:

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Inpatient Care

  • Lydia White,
  • Malcolm Tan,
  • Justin Wen Hao Leong

摘要

The therapeutic relationship between patient and clinician is particularly important during an admission to the hospital due to the physical and psychological stressors involved. Clinicians must be aware of hospitalization as a potentially sensitive time, including, of course, the IBD nurse who often has a pre-existing relationship with the patient. However, heavy workloads in outpatient roles, uncertainty around the value of visits, a lack of remuneration, and activity capture for inpatient activity are all reasons why IBD nurses may find that supporting the inpatient becomes the lowest priority for a busy day. This chapter seeks to redress the balance by looking first at the role of the IBD nurse when engaging with the IBD inpatient and secondly at an important clinical scenario from which to extrapolate principles for other acute admissions: