This paper will provide a thorough concept analysis of CF by outlining various definitions, detailing how it influences nursing practice, discussing attributes of CF and providing case scenarios to elaborate on this concept within nursing. Compassion Fatigue in Nursing Practice When people think about nurses, compassion and caring are two adjectives used to describe them. These words are the reason why many nurses come into the profession. They want to help and care for patients helping them get back to their normal lives. Eventually, having compassion and showing concern for others without appreciation leads to CF.
They may find it difficult to carry out physical tasks due to sensory loss. A person is unique and may have had different life experiences which means the way dementia affects them is personal to them. They have different likes/ dislikes and needs so we must try to meet these the best we can. 1.3 A person with dementia may feel excluded from society because the way they are treated by other's. They may not be given the opportunity to be involved just because other's haven't got the time of day for them.
Furthermore, she also tried to establish trust and build a connection with the patients and their families (Blackburn, 2004). For instance, once a patient was admitted in the hospital, her main responsibility was to care for them by ensuring that they took their medicine on time, had enough rest and had something to eat. Additionally, she kept the patient’s family updated on the condition of their patient and allowed them to see the patient. As a Registered Nurse, Ms. Jones worked with an array of patients ranging from pediatric to geriatric. Immediately after joining the hospital, she mostly worked with children admitted in the hospital.
During my placement time, I seconded health care assistances and nurses supporting patients with personal care, my mentor was pleased with my work and she started allocating me to help patients who needed minimal help with their personal care. I was allocated to support Mrs Smith to attend to her personal care. During handover the nursing team mentioned that Mrs Smith was previously using a zimma frame to mobilise, but due to her been unwell she has increasingly become shaky, anxious and unable to transfer using a frame, but she could transfer for example, from bed to commode placed next to her bed with very minimal support holding on bars around. When I went around to help Mrs Smith, I found her sitting on the toilet and she informed me that a nurse had helped her to walk to the toilet, she seemed unhappy about being on the toilet as she preferred a commode, she was encouraged to use the toilet and straight after she can have her personal care attended with minimal movements of transfers. Mrs Smith agreed to the plan and she was happy to have her personal care, I supported her in all body wash and dressing up.
You can use reflective practice to improve the quality of the service you provide by thinking about a task you previously completed and asking yourself: What could have been done better? & How will I do that task next time? How standards can be used to help a social care worker reflect on their practice Standards are guidelines put in place to follow when completing a task or action, these standards are there to ensure the job in hand is completed to the required standard or above. If you are not meeting the required standards then you can identify these areas when reflecting on the task, areas that have to be improved to meet the requirements. Aii) Notes a) It’s important to receive feedback on your performance as a social care work so people can tell you what you do well and what areas you could make improvements.
Watson concentrated on the “caring moments” of the nurse and the patient interaction. She believed that through nurse’s attitude and competence a patient’s world could become larger or smaller, brighter or drab, rich of dull, threatening or secure. With these interactions she believes that a bond is created. Working in the emergency department, Jean Watson’s “caring moments” might be one of the last things that I would do in an acute care situation. But now that I think about, her theory is used more often than none.
Meeting the Continuing Needs of Adults 3739 Words The following essay aims to cover issues of Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) working with regards to an individual patient who requires continuing care in a community setting as a result of cerebrovascular accident (CVA). The main focus of the essay will be that based upon a care framework, using a care framework model. The care framework was designed as a tool for exploring the needs of an individual and his/her family when they are faced with a disease process or illness (Mawson and Noctor, 2000). A brief description of the patient’s condition, history and present circumstances will be discussed leading to a focus on the two main areas of the framework which are Partnership Working and Community Care. These areas have been chosen because of the patient’s present situation as she is being cared for in her own home environment.
Introduction I will discuss a personal experience, which identifies the nurse/patient relationships and whether it was successful or detrimental. In addition, I will look at the module content, experiencing mental illness, and how relevant the module content was to inform my practice. I was working on a elderly dementia ward, specifically clients with challenging behaviours alongside the dementia. I aim to explore the clinical experience and explore my feelings about how the clinical situation transpired, and describe what I would do differently if I was in the same situation again. I will be using the Atkin’s and Murphy’s (1994) framework for reflection.
While utilizing hospice care, patients are under the care of one nurse, a nurse who will be with the patient from the time care is initiated until they die. In some cases, this nurse will be the listening ear for the patient’s fears of dying that the patient may not be able to share with their loved ones. Hospice care provides a support group for the patient to rely on from admission. Once the patient is admitted into the hospice program, patients join a support group that is there for them until the very end. This support group includes a social worker, a chaplain, and the patient’s nurse who assists with the patient’s everyday care.
Definition of burnout: A popular term for a mental, and or physical energy depletion after a period of chronic, unrelieved job-related stress characterized sometimes by physical illness. The person suffering from burnout may lose concern or respect for other people and often has cynical, dehumanized perceptions of people, labeling them in a derogatory manner. Causes of burnout peculiar to the nursing profession often include stressful, even dangerous, work environments; lack of support; lack of respectful relationships within the health care team; low pay scales compared with physicians' salaries; shift changes and long work hours; understaffing of hospitals; pressure from the responsibility of providing continuous high levels of care over long periods; and frustration and disillusionment resulting from the difference between job realities and job expectations. (Mosby's Medical Dictionary, 8th edition. © 2009,Elsevier.)