Bed Number Ten By Sue Baier And Mary Schomaker

Introduction In Bed Number Ten by Sue Baier and Mary Schomaker, the theme was about how showing compassion can help someone through a difficult time. The story was in the perspective of Sue Baier, who was a patient diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. She wrote, with incredible detail, about the interactions she had with the healthcare professionals that took care of her. Each member had different interactions when they took care of Mrs. Baier, both positive and negative interactions. As a patient who was paralyzed for months, Mrs. Baier relied on others daily. She expressed how team members who treated her without compassion made her stay more difficult in the ICU; however, those who expressed compassion and sympathy made the stay more

Baier. An example was Mrs. Baier had been feeling warm and had asked her husband Bill to remove her sheet; but when the next nurse came, the nurse covered Mrs. Baier up with blankets. Charles entered the room and immediately noticed her sweating and removed her covers. (Baier and Schomaker 1995, 62) Charles was also aware of Mrs. Baier’s environment when he was not with her! Apparently, Charles was at a dinner party and left early for the hospital because he knew Mrs. Baier may be feeling cold that particular day. (Baier and Schomaker 1995, 116) Charles’s extraordinary attention to detail has motivated me to have the same type of attention to

Often times, a job can be just that, a job. People tend to do things out of habit rather than fulling engaging themselves in their jobs. When that type of habit happens to a nurse, the nurse may begin to treat the patient just as another patient. When Jesus taught to the multitudes, He was always showing compassion for the people. My goal as a Christian nurse is to demonstrate compassionate care, just as Jesus did for us. As a result, I will focus on the machines on the patient, but also the patients on the machine.
Conclusion
Ethical decision-making begins with a nurse aspiring to become a nurse leader. A nurse leader cannot provide the best care for a patient without proper communication. Communication allows the patient, nurse, and other healthcare team members to work coherently for the best plan of care. Once the nurse fully understands and comprehends the entire situation, ethical decision making should be clearer based on the biblical principles he has established for himself. I use to think that a nurse leader was only someone who was the smartest and fastest when caring for a patient. Bed Number Ten has made me realized that a nurse leader is one who has characteristics such as environmental awareness, patience, and compassion. As I result, I aim to include these characteristics into my nursing care.