How to Review a Surgical Day Care Patient’s Chart. • Take OR booking package, a pre-op checklist and a nursing telephone check list slip. • Fill out as much information as you can from the OR booking chart onto the pre -op checklist • If questions begin to formulate during the chart audit, write them on the telephone check list slip so when you speak to patient on the phone you do not forget to ask. (remember this is a nursing working copy and does not become part of the chart, if something is important it MUST be written on the pre op check list or a nurses notes sheet. • Remember to transcribe as much needed information as you can over to the pre op checklist, as OR needs the charts the day before to have an anaesthetic review the chart.
The following reflection is based on a patient who received bad news without any support. All names have been changed to respect confidentiality (Nursing and Midwifery Council 2008). During this reflection I will be using the Driscoll (2001) model of reflection. I have chosen to use this model as it has helped me to explore my experience and knowledge further. What?
Everything you do in the office is a reflection on the facility. It is important to take a patients vital signs in order to keep the patients history updated since the last time he/she has visited. Also, you need to establish the patients’ current health.
Communication has two main elements, verbal and non-verbal. Verbal communication is the use of languages, words, sounds and letters and non-verbal communication is that which is only seen, such as body language, gestures and other signs of the human body (Eunson 2008: 260). While in a hospital-like environment, all aspects of communication skills are needed because of the variety of people you need to communicate with. The use of rich vocabulary is important in educating and informing patients although the nurse needs to make sure the patient understands the information given (Dallas & Sully 2005: 50). Listening is also a very important communication skill needed in nursing.
Career Mapping In this essay I will briefly be describing the roles of a registered nurse, self evaluating myself by comparing personal transferable skills that I can bring into nursing. I will be looking at how to develop my skills that I am lacking in and discussing nursing career goals and opportunities I have learnt so far. The role of a nurse is very diverse, they have to be a care giver by assisting patients attending to their needs, communicator as they have to communicate with a range of people; patients and other healthcare professionals. Teacher by educating patients learn about their health and health care procedures they need to perform maintain or restore Health, Advocate to protect the patient and the human rights. Counsellor which is a process helping the patient recognise and cope with the problems.
One of these qualities is critical-thinking skill. Registered nurses must be able to asses changes in the health state of patients, including when to take corrective action and when to make referrals. It is common that a nurse will work with multiple patients at a time with various health needs so organization skills are critical to ensure the patient is given proper care. They also need to be caring and sympathetic and detailed oriented because they must make sure that their patients get the correct treatments and medicines at the right time. Last but not least, a registered nurse must be able to be emotional stable with human suffering, emergencies and other stresses.
In my nursing class, I learned that doctors cure the sickness and nurses cure the patient. This means that the nurse attends to the physical, mental, and psychosocial aspects in the care of patients. Some days can be demanding on the mind and body, but you can still go home and be grateful of what you have done for someone else. I believe that the core of nursing is love and passion for others. Without this love and passion, why is one in nursing.
Also when I was in the hospital I saw what the nurses did and I thought it was pretty interesting. After all this I decided this was something I knew I wanted to do. Nurses have many daily activities that they must follow in order to perform their duties. The activities or roles the registered nurse may change depending on the day or the patient. All nurses have a scope of practice they must follow but depending on the patient will tell them what procedures to perform.
Nursing practice can be best described as a person who is able to competently evaluate the patients conditions. They must be able to recognize not only verbal but non-verbal cues as well. Each patient is to be treated as an individual and on a case by case bases. The nurse must be qualified and have the compassion to properly analyze, assess, conduct a plan of care, and also provide intervention and evaluation. The nurse also has to treat the patient with dignity and aide in the healing process that is conducive to each individual.
What is the Definition of Nursing Practice? Nursing practice is defined as the act of providing care to the patients. In providing care to the patients, the nurses implement a nursing care plan which is based on initial condition of the patient. It is based on a specific nursing theory. Following nursing theory and nursing research side by side is a must for patient care and nursing practice.