The goal is to keep her pain under control if not completely relieved. Other medications (stool softeners) may be added to her drug regiment to counter act some of the side effects of Vicodin. Controlling pain will enable her to remain mobile for as long as possible, therefore promoting independence. Social isolation secondary to lack of personal involvement of sons, friends and few female family members is another concern. The nurse and the patient working in unison will develop a care plan to slowly increase the involvement of others.
Skills in how to communicate effectively with both the pediatric patient and their parents are important for a nurse to foster to maintain good therapeutic relationships. Person centred care becomes family centred care when babies and children are the patients. The dependent nature of the patient increases the need for parental responsibility and advocacy for the child. It is important for all members of the family to be taken into account when nursing a pediatric patient, especially the primary caregivers and siblings. Chochinov, 2007 (cited in Cornwell & Goodrich, 2009), states simply that compassion is ‘a deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.’ Pediatric patients and their families are highly sensitive to the compassionate nature of health care professionals and a successful therapeutic relationship with them depends on the sensitive, compassionate care offered by the nurse.
ACT Task 1 As in every job, a RN is responsible for providing adequate care to all patients despite their prior background. A nurse must be versatile and understand that it is acceptable to be different and learn how to adapt to different cultural, age, gender and religious preferences in order to make the patient feel secure about the treatment that he/she will be receiving. It is our job to answer any questions that the patient may or may not have during their consult with the nurse and/or doctor. In this case, we will examine a 24 year-old Vietnamese woman who is studying in the United States and due to cultural beliefs she may not be receiving adequate care for the symptoms she is experiencing. Jane Vuong is a Vietnamese 24 year-old
Aix Describe two strategies that you could use to clarify misunderstandings. Ax A social care worker wants to enable more effective communication with individuals using the service. Explain how they could access extra support or services that may be helpful. Task B Case study You are a social care worker and a service user, Hannah, tells you that she is unhappy taking her new medication as she thinks she does not need it and so she is throwing it away. You know from her care plan that Hannah does need to take the medication regularly and gets confused.
We will let her know that there is an open line of communication so if she ever feels uncomfortable or needs assistance on something that she does not feel knowledgeable or confident about then she can always go to a supervisor’s office. She will also be offered personal therapy to make her feel more comfortable and confident in her own sessions. Personal therapy should help benefit her in her personal and professional life (Oteiza 2010). Her personal therapy sessions should help her become more comfortable working with families instead of just children. Janice is a great part of this agency and after she completes some personal therapy and the policies are reviewed and enforced that records must be submitted in a
Another difference between them is that the professional nursing organizations are run by its members (fellow nurses). Nursing Code Examples As a neonatal nurse and a member of the National Association of Neonatal Nurses, I not only follow the code ethics produced by the American Nurses Association, but the code of ethics by NANN as well. One example from the NANN website includes: “Neonatal nurses will respect family autonomy and strive to insure families have accurate, complete and understandable information in order to make informed decisions” (NANN, 2014). This is very important in the way that I practice because it is essential for the families of our tiny patients to understand what is going on with their child’s plan of care and current status. This allows them to feel involved in their child’s care, which in many ways is out of their control.
This will let the newborn to flourish and helps the mother to get the important care she may need to conquer postpartum depression (Berger, K. S. (2010). The last step for a mother with postpartum depression is to avoid loneliness. The mother needs to not cut off any interaction with their love ones or friends such as their feelings and thoughts. Always ask for help to assistance and guidance from an expert at postpartum
The contribution of the whole team will improve the quality and continuity of the care and provide the best outcomes for the patient. Delegation and Teamwork It is obvious that Ms. W is concerned about Ms. R so the nursing supervisor should approach her with that in mind. She should speak to her privately and find out the reasons why she is not delegating some of the tasks to the team. There are many barriers to delegation such as thee person feels they can do the task themselves, inadequate training in delegation, and reluctance to depend on others. The nursing supervisor should explain the importance of delegation in improving workflow and influencing positive patient outcomes.
It is essential that patients know you care and want to help them. This is shown by making good use of the time spent with them, your tone, speed and volume of voice and listening carefully. Patients may divulge more information to nurses they trust due to the rapport that has been built, therefore it is vital to attempt to create as much of a close professional relationship as possible despite any barriers that may be in place. This essay will analyse part of the BBC TV programme “Someone To Watch Over Me” (2004) and how Jo, a social worker promotes health through communicating with Adam and Kim, the parents of Kim’s fourth child after her first three have previously been taken into care. 1a.
How the ANA Code of Nursing Ethics would influence a final decision in each case study. With the patient with the hemorrhagic stroke, it is our responsibility to discuss with the patient’s family possible options in which they would feel comfortable taking. According to the Code of Nursing Ethics, “the nurse’s primary commitment is to the patient, whether an individual, family, group, or community” (ANA Code of Nursing Ethics). With the patient having no advanced directives, the decision is much harder to take. Ethics committees can be useful in this situation, because they can help explain the patient’s situation and provide possible answers to those hard questions.