In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2008), confidentiality shall be maintained throughout. A conclusion to the essay will examine my reflective skills through the theory and knowledge that I have gained through completing this essay. A clinical placement was undertaken involving an aggressive service user towards myself, other service users and staff. This experience interested me, being confronted by an angry individual was powerful as well as emotional, and I learnt a great deal from this intervention and often reflect on it. Andrew (pseudonym) was a 35 year old man who been admitted to hospital for several health conditions including type 2 diabetes.
eWinterbourne View was a hospital in Bristol that treated people with leaning difficulties and autism. Terry Bryan , a 35 year experienced nurse turned to the BBC Panorama programme after his complaints to the management and The CQC were ignored. An undercover reporter took a job there as a support worker, first he had training to show him how to reduce the chance of them getting violent and posing a risk to themselves. The message was all other options should be explored before resorting to holding someone down. During the reporters first days there he found that some of the staff ,as a first resort restrained the patients.
Laskowski-Jones described an accident that her mother died at the scene and critically injured her father. Her father being brought to the hospital where she was employed, Laskowski-Jones was given the opportunity to see her father in the operating room just before being put under anesthesia. He was awake; Laskowski-Jones was able to express how much she loved him and not to worry. These would be that last words they spoke. Laskowski-Jones (2007) stated “I’m sure both my position in the hospital and my education as a trauma nurse allowed me a rare privilege that isn’t typically offered to families” (p. 47).
Treatment plan “Approximately 28%–58% of individuals with heart failure (HF) suffer from cognitive impairment, commonly identified as difficulty with concentration and/or memory” (Bauer, Johnson, & Pozehl, 2011 p. 577). Mr. P needs a treatment plan that he will be able to adhere, considering his cognitive decline. His wife should be included in his treatment plan and will have to become a leader from now on. When Mr. P admitted to the emergency department, nurses provide basic care in order to sustain life. Nurses should be recording vital signs, order appropriate laboratory work ups, put Mr. P on oxygen via cannula, put him on I&O, administer prescribed medications, and strict daily weights.
Reality orientation is one of the most widely used management strategies for dealing with people with dementia (Holden and Woods, 1995). It aims to help people with memory loss and disorientation by reminding them of facts about themselves and their environment. As I said earlier Trudy would have lucid periods where she knew she was in hospital. At these times I could say “Trudy you are staying in hospital for the moment Paddy is not well enough to take care of you at the moment”. Trudy would accept this and understand that I was a nurse and I was there to help.
Medical Professional Issues Death and Dying As a health care provider it is important to recognize the five different stages of grief in the death and dying process in order to provide help and support to patients and their families. The five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. Each person facing the death and dying process may not experience every stage, the stages may come and go in any order and often many stages happen simultaneously. The first stage of grief is usally denial that one is facing death. As a health care provider we must remind ourselves that denial is a normal defense mechanism and that over time patients and family members eventually come around to acceptance.
I could see the catheter bag hanging from the bed which was filling up with blood instead of urine. I thought I was going to bleed to death as I can not accept blood transfusions, due to my religious beliefs. After a week in the hospital, the fluid in the catheter bag started gradually turning yellow. On day seven, the doctor came to my room and gave me the best news that I have heard in a long time. He said “Kerry you can go home but will need to follow-up with your doctor”.
Losing it all The Reality of Alzheimer's Disease - Documentary Video Health 200 project – Movie Critique Prepared by: Firas Haddad PN 0910 February 4th 2011 Losing it all – Documentary - The Reality of Alzheimer's Disease Proper understanding of Alzheimer’s disease is a very important tool for nurses so they can develop therapeutic communications techniques with those clients, it is also important for the caregivers to know how to deal with their diseased family member. This documentary offers a personal glimpse into the lives of five victims of Alzheimer disease and their loving families, among which lots of grief and frustration were built up over the years. The families who are the caregivers in most of these cases talks
Of course, this is a strange pursuit because it requires searching for a propensity while at the same time it has always being inside me. One evening, when I returned from school I found out that my Aunt had gone through Uterine artery embolization. She was lying in bed with severe pain, prescribed with a couple of narcotics to control it. Despite being warned by the doctor of the pain she will go through if she lives the hospital after the procedure, she was forced to leave for the fear of how much it will cost her to stay overnight. I tended to the needs of my ill aunt and during this period of time, the idea of playing nurse never crossed my mind; rather, care giving was a way of life.
All of us agreed that we liked the Pier Aquarium the most and that is how we chose our project. I would say that our project was effective in achieving the desired result- we managed to design brochures that the people at the Aquarium really liked. Our group was really pleased with that accomplishment. However, as it can be expected in a