Empathy and Values Paper
There are personal concerns, physical, social, emotional, social, and family areas that will be affected because of the car accident. As a patient, I want the night nurse to effectively communicate with me by asking me questions by paraphrasing to show understanding of my concerns. My main concern as a student is regaining my ability to walk again so therefore I would want the night nurse to show empathy during my hospital stay.
Personal, Biopsychosocial, and Family Areas of Concern After a major car accident, I am thinking about how this can affect my life. A personal concern is having the ability to do basic activities of daily living as bathing, standing, personal care, lifting, walking. Another concern is relying on other people to help me move around. My last personal concern is not being able to drive and have fears of being behind the wheel. This personal concern can affect an emotional area of my life. I can develop emotional problems such as depression and anxiety because of injuries that has pronounced long term effects. Another emotional area that will affect me is having bipolar and mood swings. I will feel good some days then when I have a thought of not having the function of my right leg I can go in my quiet state where I will not want to interact with anyone. A physical area that will be affected is not being able to do daily activities such as walking, running, joggling, playing sports. Another physical area of my life that will