Like you had mentioned, patient education is important so they are aware
Listening to patients is not limited to their physical health concerns. It involves acknowledging their emotional and psychological well-being as well. I also learned how to prioritize patient safety. The well-being and protection of patients should be at the forefront of every decision and action taken within the healthcare setting.
Introduction and Setting For the last 3 years I have worked in an acute care hospital, on the night-shift as a nurse in the labor and delivery unit. This is a 16 room labor and delivery bed unit that also houses 4 additional triage bays, a full time nursery, and a fully functional operating room This labor and delivery department runs as a 24hour, 7day a week unit with each nurse having to take at least 16 hours a month of call on days, evenings, or weekends. This is a very fast-paced unit, which carries a heavy load of responsibility and stress. Labor is unpredictable with that you never know what your patient load may be from day to day. This is an area that requires knowledgeable and multi certified/trained nurses that are always on their toes and have the ability to adapt and react to emergencies without hesitation.
Subsequently, more emphasis is placed on the importance of expanding patients’ knowledge of the treatment that they are to receive and how to refine their self-care and management for the future. This can potentially improve the day-to-day lives of both the patient and medical staff. As the well-known Chinese proverb states: “Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you feed him for a
Background: Describe a nursing situation you encountered this week. Today we attended clinical for second time. Our main focus was patient with COPD or any gas exchange difficulty. We assessed the patients with gas exchange problems.
Reflection of clinical experience The FCC core concepts were applied throughout my day, I was open and honest with the mother and father regarding any information I provided to her about the infant or herself. I encouraged participation with care of the infant, only if they felt comfortable. No judgements were placed on the knowledge they already had, as I respected the skills they had and built on those skills in hopes the parents would feel more confident in their parenting approach.
According to Julia Wood (2004), “communication is a systemic process in which individuals interact with and through symbols to create and interpret meanings. However, Sheppard (1993) suggests that, in the nurse–patient relationship, communication involves more than the transmission of information; it also involves transmitting feelings, recognizing these feelings and letting the patient know that their feelings have been recognized (M, 1993)”. It is a two way process. The patient conveys their fears and concerns to their nurse and helps them make a correct nursing diagnosis.
I had the pleasure of visiting with Mrs. Cooke’s fifth grade class during my clinical experiences. Mrs. Cooke has a great rapport with her students and has very little difficult actively engaging students in learning. One of the “takeaways” from my visit references the students’ and teachers’ commitment to the principles of “The Leader in Me”. From a school-wide perspective, East Elementary School does not practice the traditional positive behavior interventions. Instead, the administration has adopted the ideals and principles behind “The Leader in Me”.
How exciting that I am officially in week two. When I think about why I am excited, I reflect to how much I have accomplished this past year at school, work, and placement. Not only I am increasing my clinical skills as a MSW Intern, but I am also growing as an individual in a personal level. In this instance, I am more patient with my own self when it comes to not being perfect and accepting that is ok to allow myself to enjoy the learning process in school and internship.
As part of a requirement to enroll into the social work program at Winston Salem State University, I participated in twenty hours of volunteer service with a professional social worker. The learning and observational experience that I had being involved in the practice of school social work has been truly rewarding. This paper will tie in the concepts learned from my volunteer experience, along with how these concepts can be connected with the information provided from the Introduction to Social Work course. In addition, I will explain in great detail about my observations, thoughts, and feelings towards volunteering at Northwest Middle School. Northwest Middle School is a Title I school that pulls in children from all different backgrounds
Introduction This essay is a reflective piece of writing about the critical indecent of a medication error that occurred during my placement. It is a very concise piece of writing due to limited word count of 1500 words. Duke and Appleton (2000) did a literature review and devised a framework of critical reflection, which illustrates eight stages as compare to Gibbs’s (1998) reflective model that consist of six stages. I chose Gibbs reflective model not only it is easy to comprehend but also to illustrate a critical incident.
My experience taught me to assimilate medical knowledge into a practical and evidence based
This clinical experience has really helped me to sharpen my communication skills and realize just how important it is to understand mental health. We are told multiple times in class that mental health issues can be seen on any floor and that is the truth. I’ve seen patients in my older adult clinical on the pulmonary floor suffer from issues that range from anxiety to bipolar disorder and depression. Being able to understand how to approach people that suffer from these types of illnesses, allows us, the nurses, to give the patient the best care that we can. It helps to build a trusting relationship and get to know them on a personal level.
It gives your patients confidence in you and the procedure you must do one
a. One situation that I was able to utilize developmentally-appropriate techniques to deliver quality care was when I was performing my assessment. I made sure to tell the patient what I was doing, as well as bent down during the assessment so that I wasn’t towering over him. I also pressed buttons on his toy to interact with him. Even though I did those things, I was nervous for this assessment, so I feel like I could have done more with using different techniques. 2.
