Birthplace Observation

Look Back

The event that will be discussed in this paper is my resident’s refusal to eat his breakfast and my ineffective response to this situation.

Elaborate

This event that did not occur with my primary resident, but a resident with whom I spent a lot of time with regardless, and who had a mild form of dementia. The main course of his breakfast had been brought to him, which consisted of minced sausage and bread. He adamantly refused to eat this as he wanted regular sausage. I tried to inform him that this is what his diet plan called for and tried very hard to persuade him to eat. Unfortunately, my efforts were to no avail. After a few attempts, he was getting noticeably upset, at which point I decided that it would be best if I left him

Throughout the entire process, I was standing up whilst he was sitting in his wheelchair. We were not settled around a table, so sitting did not occur to me at the time. This may have made him feel that I was in a rush (Jarvis, 2014, p. 48), which was not at all my intention. Furthermore, it is suggested that gently attempting to place the food in the client’s mouth may be necessary when they do refuse (Chang & Roberts, 2011). All my directives were very much verbal in nature, which may not have been the best approach in this situation. If I could do this event again, I would be sitting (Chang & Roberts, 2011) as this would have made him feel more comfortable (Jarvis, 2014, p. 48), and I would actually attempt to place the food in his mouth upon refusal (Chang & Roberts,

In the NSE12 labs, everything was very clear-cut in that your partner simply obliged with everything you said. As such, I was not prepared for the fact that not everything will be straightforward in actual practice. A major learning need for me is to research how to approach situations where the resident is not cooperating and what tactics to employ to achieve the best results. The article by Chang & Roberts (2011) served only as a starting point. I plan on reviewing more literature that looks at non-compliant clients, not only with feeding but in all areas that fall under my scope of practice. I also plan on reviewing some aspects of GPA, since many residents that I work with do have some form of dementia. This is something that will ensure that I am better equipped to handle similar situations in the future and is something that I believe I will continuously work on throughout all of my clinical