People trust and depend on nurses, and I will have the ability to win their trust and become their healer. My main focus will be caring for people, I agree with Nightingale’s theory of nursing; she focused on caring and helping people coping with their environment and situation (Potter, Perry, Stockert, & Hall, 2011, p. 44). Also, I highly agree with Peplau’s theory, this theory emphasizes the importance of patient and nurse interpersonal relationship and determines its importance for caring patient (Potter et al., 2011, p. 44). These two theory guides me to achieve my values and belief towards nursing which are altruism which is a act of selfless care and developing strong bond between my patient and me helps my patients become dependable and make me accountable and responsible towards them. My definition of nursing has not changed; it is basically caring for people and being able to connect
Educational Assessment Portfolio Sharon Collins Dumont Technical Institute Practical Nursing Program NURS 243 The reason I have chosen the topic about “Nurse’s Attitudes towards Patients with a History of Illicit Drug Use”, is because we as nurses have an ethical right to become advocates for our clients. We cannot have bias opinions when it comes to helping a mentally ill client dealing with a substance abuse. It is our moral ethical duty to advocate for the client dealing with substance abuse, and not to judge them. Nurses have a moral human duty to promote health and well-being to everyone, no matter what their health issues may be. Discrimination is attached to the mentally ill and because of this they are denied the same equalities that others in society have.
A professional nurse is one who puts the needs and importance of patient care above all others. The professional should exert a positive public image considering the public is where services are directed to. A professional appearance is important for making first impressions on patients and other coworkers. The first impression is always of utmost importance and plays a major role in gaining a patient’s respect and trust. Once the nurse has began establishing a relationship with their patient, they must be careful to not pass or show any judgment on a patient’s decisions, beliefs, values, or culture.
Jean Watson is someone who cares for patients and believes that they should be treated with respect. Jean Watson created a philosophy for ten carative factors for patient care and how the role of being a nurse should be. Watson believes that it is the way to satisfy certain human needs. (http://currentnursing.com/nursing_theory/Watson.html) The ten carative factors deal with being fair and to respect yourself and others. She believes others should have hope and faith when modern medicine can do no more to help the patient.
If any changes need be made to better the care that patients receive it should done by enforcing more supervision. There should be more supervision to assure that proper care is being given by all nursing staff and not half done. We should, as healthcare professionals, at all times provide the best care as we possibly can. One way to stay atop of this is by envisioning the patient as our own grandmother, sister, cousin, aunt or any other family member. Total Care Nursing is or can be very stressful on the patient and their family members as well as the nurse.
They can ensure smooth handoffs as the patient transitions through the continuum. They often prevent medication errors, reduce infection rates and facilitate patient transitions from hospital to home. (Howell, 2013) Nurses at every level take a leadership role through knowledge and caring. Demonstrating understanding of the person, health and environment helps to drive nursing practice and patient care. (AONE, 2010) Leadership is not just managing but facilitating.
I believe that the focus of nursing is to provide the best quality of care and maintain safety within my scope of practice. Nursing care involves monitoring physical, emotional, social and psychosocial wellbeing of the patients; therefore most times the nurse is the life line of the patient. Patient care is individualized based on patient’s needs. It also involves safety. My vision for myself as a nurse is to continue to learn daily not just from books and journal but also from the work environment and the situation of things that happen around me.
Some medications must be given at specific time, so it imperative to provide the medication to the patient at the correct time. In conclusion, nurses are the first and last line of defense in reducing medication errors. When administering medication nurses should practice the five rights of medication which are the right patient, the right drug, the right dose, the right route, and the right time. (Choo et al., 2010) No matter how much experience a nurse has, they are still humans and may make mistakes, but medication errors are preventable. Taking simple steps such as following the “five
Knowledge is consider as one of the most important values towards this profession is to ensure that under different situations nurses can act in a right manner along with providing relevant measures. All three values, which includes personal, spiritual and cultural plays an important role towards my nursing practice. My values keep me motivated to achieve the positive results in the right manner (Armstrong, 2009). Values play an important role in nursing profession because values are beliefs that nurses have when attending a sick person. When attending a sick person, values helps to take care of the well being of the patient including any actions they require to achieve the best results.
What is the role of a Nurse in healthcare?. The Nurse's role in palliative care is about caring for the living and providing high-quality nursing care. Valuing the individual is the core element and relates to respecting the person and being non-judgemental. (Phil russel,p.295) It is difficult pin point the skills required to be a good nurse, but Saunders (1978) adds, its about 'being with' people when they are suffering.Most nurses are engaged in the use of counselling skills rather than in counselling, to avoid confusion the term 'therapeutic communication' will be used. (Burnard, 1995,p.346) The social behaviours and proffessional interactions have core qualities.