Description The critical incident took place on a surgical ward whilst I was on placement. It was a negative experience which caused me to pause and reflect on ensuring that everything I do in practice is in the best interest of the patient (NMC 2008). It also made me consider the possible negative implications for patients due to poor practice and behaviour of healthcare professionals (Alphonso 2007). After spending some time in critical care following an appendicectomy, a 72 year old male patient who will be known as Mr. Smith was escorted by a nurse, to the surgical ward at approximately 1700 hours. My mentor asked if I would take handover from the nurse, who I will call nurse A, take Mr Smith’s observations and admit him to the ward.
The family placed Adult D in a residential home which was nearby so that they could visit regularly. Adult D’s general condition soon deteriorated. She was admitted to hospital and then discharged back to the residential home. During this time, she developed pressure ulcers. Following further deterioration, Adult D died in hospital in February 2007.
Discharge planning is a process done to assist and guide patients in managing their care after discharged. “The purpose of discharge planning is to form a plan for patients’ continuing care after being discharged from hospital”(Petersson, Springett, & Blomqvist, 2009, p. 548). In my current practice I have had the opportunity to work with Mr. John Patrick, a 65 year old man who was diagnosed with Congestive Heart Failure Exacerbation. In this paper, I will give the detailed complex of health challenges facing Mr. Patrick, and develop a detailed discharge plan. The discharge plan will include a discussion of the relevant topics from the course; I will make a reference to services available in the community to meet the complex needs of the client, and incorporate evidence from literature to support my discharge plan.
Bioethics in Nursing: Understanding Ethical Practice Bioethics is the study of ethical questions regarding controversial medical practices that healthcare professionals face on a daily basis. In the scenario provided an unconscious patient was brought to the emergency room suspected for heroin overdose. After being intubated and placed under artificial ventilations, the patient was stabilized and moved to the intensive care unit. Within an hour his heart stop beating, he was resuscitated, stabilized but still without the ability to breathe. His heart stopped, and he was resuscitated two more times in the span of three hours.
This assignment will describe my client’s lived experience pertaining to stigma due to a life threatening disease. The purpose of this paper is to explore my client’s phenomena to understand why individuals get stigmatized by society. In writing this paper I will follow LEARN framework (College of Nurses of Ontario, 1996), which will assist me in critical reflection of the chosen concept of stigma. I will synthesize the definition of stigma from three articles, elaborate on attributes, antecedents and consequences of stigma; discuss risk factors that may prevent successful adaptation of my client and finally identify nursing interventions. My client is a 55- year old male; I will call him Mr. A., to protect his confidentiality.
The focus of this assignment will be placed on the authors’ assessment by eliciting information of the patient’s presenting condition. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council Code of Professional Conduct, (NMC, 2008) confidentiality will be maintained. To do this a pseudonym will be used and the patient would be known as Mr Alba. Mr Alba was a 27 year old man who presented to the medical centre complaining of abdominal pain in the right iliac fossa (RIF), with nausea and vomiting for the past 24 hours. On arrival to the medical centre the author introduced himself while observing Mr Alba posture for clues about aetiology.
Euthanasia & Socioeconomic Status Final Research Project 05/26/2013 The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Terminally Ill Patients, Their Families and HealthCare Professionals’ Attitudes towards Euthanasia I. Introduction My topic of interest that I started researching at the beginning of this semester was terminally ill patients, their families and healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards euthanasia and the different things that may affect terminally ill patients, their families and healthcare professionals’ attitudes towards euthanasia. I decided that if I were to undertake my own research study I would focus on The Effects of Socioeconomic Status on Terminally Ill Patients, Their Families and HealthCare Professionals’
Mr Lusk is a seventy eight year old male who has been admitted to hospital because of wandering, Mr Lusk’ wife has reported progressive memory loss and an inability for him to perform daily tasks like shopping. Mr Lusk was given a mental status exam which did show problems with memory, insight, orientation, judgement and language skills which may help in the diagnosis of Dementia. This essay will define what Dementia is and also investigate the signs and symptoms that Mr Lusk has presented with and ways in which health organisations would be able to help Mr Lusk and his family deal with his illness. 1. Discuss the deficits Mr Lusk has presented with.
When a nurse witnesses another health care provider “acting in a way that could endanger the health or safety of a patiet, they should make a report of what they witnessed.” (Austin, Brooke, & Glenn, 2004, p. 363 ) The concept of moral agency should guide the nurse when reporting witnessed or suspected malpractice. The nurse has to determine if whistle-blowing is the appropriate decision at this time. The nurse needs to gather the facts, state the problem, determine the reason
“Make sure appropriate hand hygiene is used. Meticulous infection prevention precautions are required to prevent infections, with particular attention to hand hygiene and standard precautions” (Ackley & Ladwig, 2011, pg. 492). The nurse should also teach the patient what the signs and symptoms of infection are. “Teach the patient and family the symptoms of infection that should be promptly reported to a primary medical caregiver” (Ackley & Ladwig, 2011, pg.