Nursing indicators such as education on unnecessary use of restraints and not repositioning the patient every two hours, are failures to deliver quality care. The staff increased the chances of Mr. J to develop pressure ulcers. Also the use of restraints increased the chances of Mr. J to develop a deep vein thrombosis or pneumonia from lack of mobility. All members of the healthcare team are responsible to provide the best care possible and be an advocate for the people they care for. (American Nurses Association, 2015).
Or even by body language / sign language. Communications can be used to bring out changes in attitudes, motivate people and to create and maintain relationships. Communication is vital for providing and seeking information, and it is also crucial for developing positive relationships with people. Communication is important to understand and be understood 1.2 Explain how affective communication affects all aspects of own work Effective communication is important as it ensures that information is clear, accurate, non-judgemental and informative. This helps to reduce the possibility of mistakes being made.
By fully supporting service users with specific communication needs you are able to support their rights. 3. It is difficult and frustrating to communicate effectively when there is background noise, therefore arranging the environment to aid communication is very important step to achieving effective communication with service users. As a carer you should arrange the individual’s environment to facilitate effective communication and
M2- Self awareness is the ability to know myself, my abilities, limitation and what is my personality is like. Self awareness is a very important tool to have as it helps me to be conscious of my limits and areas for further development. It is hard to do this with a friend because we may not want the friend to know who we really are. Before we can professionally help others as counsellors, we need to be self aware. This is because of the nature of the role of counsellors.
Charters promote anti-discriminatory practice as they describe the important of treating everyone equally, regardless of their values, religious beliefs and cultures. If the charter is broken, there would be consequences for the individual who is disobeying them. Codes of Conduct are highly beneficial within health and social care as they help those providing the services by understanding what expectations service users have while recieiving care and support including rights, roles and responsibilities. One code of conduct is The General Social Care Council. This organisation helps those working in health and social care setting by teaching them the rules of training and conduct which are vital to apply to their job roles.
If we accept that spiritual care is a legitimate goal of nursing then we as nurses are able to care for the “whole” person and not just their physical ailments. Spiritual needs and psychosocial needs are often abstract, complex and more difficult to measure. These needs have often been given a lower priority than the much more obvious and easily measureable needs. So, if we are able to identify spiritual needs then we can provide spiritual care, but first we must have some sort of understanding of the nature of spirituality and how it can be expressed by different individuals. Simsen defines spirituality by saying, “The Spirit is that part of man which is concerned with the ultimate meaning of things and with a person’s relationship to that which transcends the material.” We need to be aware that spirituality may not always be expressed within a religious framework so we need to make a distinction between spirituality and religion.
Through the hospital and Ms. Martinez’s eyes Kevin neglected the patient; leaving the patient in the gurney for an unacceptable duration of time for another staff member to move. However, According to Nurse Kevin the reason behind not moving the patient from the gurney to the bed is due to Nurse Kevin’s on-going back issues that have been in existence since he began working for the hospital. The patient that was to be moved was also extremely large and heavy. As we all know typical duties of a nurse on a unit in most hospitals may sometime require physical exertion of one’s body. With that being said, Nurse Kevin seemed to be able to perform most other physical duties excluding moving a patient from a gurney to a bed.
The obstacles to effective delegation can be summarized as belonging to one of three general groups: communication, interpersonal relationships, and knowledge. Ineffective communication impedes effective delegation since delegation relies on sharing findings and knowledge (Finkelman, 2012, p. 412). Weak interpersonal relationships foster a lack of trust and confidence, fear of disapproval or of losing control, or feeling that that no one can perform a task as well as you (Finkelman, 2012, p. 412-413). I witnessed a nursing tech who has been employed by my hospital for 30 years, telling a young new nurse “the
I spoke to the patients associate staff nurse, as I felt these visits seemed almost pointless and I wasn’t even sure if Sally was religious, but could not decline the chaplain due to her lack of capacity. The staff nurse explained that when Sally first came to the ward, before her dementia had rapidly deteriorated, she used to request and enjoy the company of the hospital chaplain. These visits had been present for a few years now, and although Sally’s mental state has declined, the staff nurse said she felt it important that she carried on her wishes as this helped maintain their identity and individuality. I was pleasantly surprised to learn this, as although Sally did not show much happiness from the visits from the hospital chaplain, knowing she used to, helped me to why they carried it on. This experience has shown me the importance of the service the hospital chaplain’s provide to some patient’s life, not just for their cultural and spiritual needs but their social needs as well.
When this first started we argued with the doctors about the seizures. They claimed she wasn’t having them and denied her treatment. Until they finally done a sleep study and realized we was correct. Her side of the conversation, they was just going