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. This paper will discuss why communication, family centred care and compassion are necessary and important qualities for a nurse to possess when working with pediatric patients and specify some of the challenges a nurse may meet in providing these. Communicating with Babies and Children Nursing children and babies requires a highly skilled and sensitive approach to communication. The developmental age of the pediatric patient needs to be considered when determining the best ways to
Vivian reflects on her actions with students and reassesses her life through flashbacks. Through Bearing’s encounters, the reader understands her journey as a cancer patient. There are many stages and aspects of cancer. One being the patient’s journey through it and physiological standpoints. Diraimondo, a registered nurse writes her own story of diagnoses vividly.
There is a general consensus among all the articles that I read regarding the need for more studies, tools to assess and programs at hospitals for nurses. “An increased awareness of the emotional demands facing today’s nursing workforce is of utmost importance” (Erickson & Grove, 2007). Nursing involves empathic relationships with patients, the empathic level of caring leaves us vulnerable for compassion fatigue. Compassion fatigue can affect nurses across the spectrum, from students to experienced nurses. The number of students it affects has yet to be studied, but as read in the Nursing Standard, “Nursing students in the US are being taught about compassion fatigue to help them cope with stress”("Compassion Fatigue Hits," 2011, p. 7).
Being compassionate is one of the most important traits a CENA must have. In the work place, a CENA may work in many saddening settings which may include working with the terminally ill and the elderly. In order for the aide to give the most effective care to the resident or patient, he or she must want to help. They would treat the patient as if it was their own family in this kind of predicament. They must have the passion to help others to get back to their everyday lives or for some, help them learn to live with their illness.
Nurses are the ones who spend most of the time with patients. Nurses are the ones who encourage them, embrace them when sad and join in laughter when they are happy. They are a major role in today’s healthcare setting. Would the care provided for the patient is different if the nurse has an Associate Degree in nursing (ADN) or a Baccalaureate Degree in Nursing (BSN)? This document will focus on
The nurse is caring for a client with the diagnosis of colon cancer with metastasis to the liver. Which statement made by the client indicates an understanding of the diagnosis? “My cancer has now spread to my liver.” While completing an admission assessment, the client reports a family history of ovarian cancer among a maternal grandmother, aunt, and sister. The nurse knows that these cancers are most likely associated with what etiology? Inherited gene mutation The physician recommends that you have your daughter vaccinated with HPV vaccine.
Delegation Task Three Tawana Lundin WGU Professional Nursing Roles and Values NVT2 Marisha Grimley July 20, 2012 Promoting Interdisciplinary Care One of the primary responsibilities of the nurse as a caregiver is ensuring continuity of care. She must collaborate with each members of the healthcare team in meeting the physical, psychological, sociocultural, and spiritual needs of the patient and family. The nurse should hold a meeting with all the healthcare professionals that will be involved with the patient to coordinate her care. In this case study the health providers should include: the physician, the nurse practitioner, the nurse, an interpreter, a case manager, dieticians, a social worker to help with care arrangements during
The average patient is in hospice 59 days. Hospice is for those who are terminally ill, who can no longer take care of themselves and their families are unable to help, and it is also for the cancer patients when chemotherapy and other drugs are at its end and are enable to fight the disease. The decision of hospice is decided by the patient, family and physician. Hospice services are provided by a group of professionals who works as a team to develop the best care plan for the patients as well as their families; those professionals include: Nursing services, physician participation, medical social services, counseling, Pastoral or spiritual bereavement counseling (for family up to one year after patients death), dietary, home health aide services, medications, medical equipment, other medical supplies, laboratory and other diagnostic studies related to terminal illness. Therapy (physical, speech,
Contents Introduction……………………………………………… Page 2 & 3 Principles of Palliative Care……………………………… Page 3 & 4 Pain Management………………………………………… Page 4, 5 & 6 Nausea and Vomiting……………………………………. Page 6 & 7 The Bereavement Process……………………………….. Page 7 & 8 Conclusion……………………………………………… Page 8 References……………………………………………… Page 9 & 10 Nurses, by profession, are carers. Providing care for the dying patient and their family can present a unique set of challenges for the registered nurse. Patients in their final days require careful symptom management and both the patient and their family need support as death approaches.
Neonatal Intensive Care Nurse When you hear the word “nurse,” what pops into your head? Do you see them as a caregiver, a person with a caring heart of gold, an empathetic person, a hard-worker? Nurses are all of those; they are always going to be when you need them to take the pain away, they will always be there when you need a helping hand, and they will be there to support you throughout your stay at the hospital. There are so many different type of nurses out there but, one interesting specialty is the neonatal intensive nurse. “Working tirelessly to get him comfortable and stable.