The hospital had a hard time retaining employees and one motive for the class was helping new nurses feel more comfortable and helping us have meaningful, fulfilling employment. In this class we learned about a lot of things but we learned about Julia Brenner’s theory and it has always since stayed with me. I now work in the recovery area of a much larger hospital and have worked in several departments. I have gained a lot of great experience and I have seen my growth described by Brenner’s model. Most importantly though, is probably the fact that I borrowed ideas from that class and from Brenner’s model and have instituted parts into the orientation of new staff-members within my current department.
One type is a long term care facility. I completed an interview with Donna Craighead who works in a long term facility. She informed me that many of the residents in long term care facilities want to be there. They either don’t want to be home alone or they don’t want to put the burden of their care on their family. Donna stated “Residents here enjoy the interaction with the staff and fellow residents, If they were not here they would probably be home alone with no social interaction”.
I have grown to appreciate their stories and treat them with the dignity that they deserve. It tears at my heart when I see one of them depressed or feeling anxious which seems like a fairly common occurrence with the clients that I see both in my everyday job or my internship. Of course the first step in the course of treatment would be to see the primary care physician and discuss the symptoms that the elder is having. As I stated earlier, most physicians are not trained to see depressive symptoms in the elderly. The elder needs to be their own advocate but if this does not take place then a family member or someone who works with them closely, such as myself, should make sure that someone, such as the agency I work for, or a family member or close friend is told about the elder’s feelings.
Task 1 1.A. As we all know that older people have a lot of medical problems and because of that the service delivered has to be professional and handled with respect, so I think the key principals are be considerate of older people's well-being and show respect and manner. Some older people want to stay home and unlike the elderly that are receiving health care services in elder homes, they are receiving health care at home, which is more expensive and harder to monitor, however they are surrounded by their families. 1.B. Ageing has a big impact on the entire world population and because of the modern medicine people live longer which means more elderly people.
In the nursing field there’s many task and responsibilities you are required to do. Nurses responsibility is to treating patients, educate patients, and give emotional support to patients and their family and many other tasks. Nurses can find employment at various places such as, hospitals, nursing homes, jail house, and schools. Caring, sympathetic, responsible, determine when consultation is required, and emotional stability to cope with patient suffering. The top aspect that interested me was that
(Hopson and Adams 1976, Open University) As an example, moving into a care/nursing/residential setting is a big transition that could happen in anyones life, yet with the help of social workers and nurses and doctors we are often able to assess these individuals to evaluate if this is the right transition for them. Older people often seek residential care in a state or environment of crisis, therefore there is not much time to prepare for this. (You'll and McCourt-Perring 1993, OU ) A transition is likely to occur when an individual is ill and becomes vulnerable. Many transitions happen because of health reasons, i.e, dementia making that person vulnerable in their own home, an illness that may require constant supervision and care, a change in relationships i.e, a death of a loved one/partner, or a family feud
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.
Leaders, as well as managers need to be organized, careful planners and effective communicator. They do posses the ability to relate to people and form relationships, but they need to be able express what needs to accomplish in a way that appeals individuals. Taking all this information into consideration I chose to interview, DM, who currently is the Assistant Nursing Director for a Medical Surgical Unit. She has been a nurse for 15 years and assumed the role in management 4years ago. Before this she used to work in the same unit as a staff nurse.
Sometimes the hospital depresses them. My great grandmother was in the hospital getting care and since she was in the hospital she nearly gave up on life, because the hospital is such a depressing place. My grandmother somehow got her to come home for the same treatment that she had in the hospital and my great grandmother was nursed back to good health in no
For the past two years, I was working with developmentally disabled and substance abuse population. Most of the time, I was delivering direct patient’s care and had limited time to review policies and procedures of the organization. I identified a few policies with which I did not agree. At that moment of reviewing those regulations I knew that a change must be made, however I was also aware that with my title there wasn’t much I could have done. The feeling of being unable to make a difference in people’s life encouraged me to continue my nursing education in order to influence life those in need.