Chochinov, 2007 (cited in Cornwell & Goodrich, 2009), states simply that compassion is ‘a deep awareness of the suffering of another coupled with the wish to relieve it.’ Pediatric patients and their families are highly sensitive to the compassionate nature of health care professionals and a successful therapeutic relationship with them depends on the sensitive, compassionate care offered by the nurse. This paper will discuss why communication, family centred care and compassion are necessary and important qualities for a nurse to possess when working with pediatric patients and specify some of the challenges a nurse may meet in providing these. Communicating with Babies and Children Nursing children and babies requires a highly skilled and sensitive approach to communication. The developmental age of the pediatric patient needs to be considered when determining the best ways to
Living with Alzheimer’s With the baby booming age rapidly growing older and people living longer lives there is a need to preserve health; specifically, a healthy mental capacity. Dementia related diseases such as Alzheimer’s has started to affect this group and cause an outpour of research being done to assist with the plagues of this disease. Alzheimer’s disease is defined as an illness that makes it hard for people to remember, think and use language. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most rapidly growing age-associated illnesses to plague the elderly community. Although Alzheimer’s most commonly affects people in the age range of 65-85, it is said that Alzheimer’s begins in the brain years or even decades before sufficient damage
It’s important to observe mental status changes and functional status changes, this can determine how well the patient can take care of themselves and deal with their health promotion on their own. Altered cognition is not a normal part of aging and the nurse may need to pay close attention to the possibilities of the onset of dementia. Activities of daily living include everything we do during our normal day to properly take care of ourselves and as we get older these tasks may become more difficult. Nurses need to assess how well a patient can see or hear, vision and hearing loss can be quite debilitating to performing ADL’s and it’s the nurses job to make sure our patient is in a safe environment and that they have proper vision/hearing care with proper strength prescriptions for their glasses or hearing assessments. It is very important to remember that hearing and vision loss is normal with aging and that when we perform our assessments we should talk slowly and annunciate clearly so the patient can understand any direction or education that is given (GCU, 2012).
It is important for the nurse to be familiar with end-of-life care options and opportunities in order to educate the patient and support them with whatever decision they choose. Many elderly patients wish to receive their end-of-life care in their own homes. Palliative care and hospice programs were created in order to help the elderly patients achieve their desires; however, there are numerous limitations that can make end-of-life care at home difficult to achieve. It is believed that end-of-life care at home isn’t as evident as individuals thought it would be due to the fact there are difficulties with having the appropriate technology needed to provide care and the inability of the medical staff to appropriately deal with and educate families (Silva, Poles, & Baliza, 2013). As stated in the research, “it appears that this is a stressful experience for professionals, mainly due to their inability to deal with the families and the lack of availability of technological resources” (Silva, Poles, & Baliza, 2013).
So although I may have individual ways of communicating they have to be reassessed every shift to ensure they are still relevant. As a link senior carer I have to purvey these methods of communication with junior staff members to ensure the client’s needs are met. The main barrier to effective communication in my workplace is dementia and the unpredictable nature of the illness, dementia is a well researched illness but as yet is generally untreatable medically, but is managed to ensure the client is able to have the richest and fulfilled life possible. Although my main communication during a
The importance goes further to the core of the problem focusing on the nurse and evaluating what is needed to be done in order to educate this patient group. The research problem involves nurses who are not comfortable discussing end-of-life issues with their patients and is identified in the first few paragraphs of the article. This is a significant problem nurses and doctors can educate, manage and monitor for these chronic patients. The purpose is not clearly stated in the study, but is inferred within the abstract of the article as well. Patients and families dealing with potential end-of-life issues is a very common problem in health care today.
Within this program, where the expertise of various professionals will be required, people suffering from early onset Alzheimer’s disease will be followed up regularly and according to their needs. First and foremost, the institution carrying out the program will educate and raise awareness of home care providers like nurses, social workers, psychologists and recreational therapists about the unique challenges faced by these families. Occasional and primary care givers as well as patients will also be educated and supported through the challenges of early onset dementia because “EOD caregivers experience high levels of burden and suffer from depressive symptoms. In addition, they appear to experience a considerable number of psychosocial problems, including relational difficulties, family conflict, employment and financial issues, and negative experiences regarding the diagnostic process.”(Vliet, D. et al 2010, 1097) Since the
a care home manager observing an individual resident may identify that they may need more assistance with personal care and discuss this with individual. Making decisions about treatment or care to meet the individual’s needs. It is important and necessary to carry out a specific study, or research project, to investigate the benefits to others, there are many organisations often charities, which are dedicated to improving the care of individuals with specific disease and disorders through research. highlighting gaps in provision: the health or social care needs of communities change over time with the rise and fall of local employment; and young adult s moving on, leaving old adults in the family home. The services needed for a new housing estate with lots of young children, are usually different from those needed a well-established estate with a greater proportion of older adult residents.
Because the overall objective of Restorative justice is to involve all stakeholders, it requires the assumption that crimes or violations are committed against real individuals, rather than against the state. It serves as an advocate’s restitution to the victim by the offender rather than retribution by the state against the offender. Instead of continuing and escalating the cycle of violence, it tries to restore relationships and stop the violence. Victims’ respond to this as a need because it helps them feel what they want to feel most and that’s safe. Some of the most important components a victim needs and desires are to feel safe, to have support and most importantly to have a voice.
Integration of Mediation and Advocacy on a National Level Within The Human Service Agency of Planned Parenthood Carla Nelson BSHS/442-Advocacy and Mediation Elizabeth Thompson November 17, 2011 Integration of Mediation and Advocacy on a National Level 1 Human Service agencies are an important factor in areas of conflict; these agencies are often caught between the fundamental needs of mediation and advocacy. In the aspect of advocacy, they are expected to be supportive and stand up for the well-intentioned causes for human rights and the protection for those that are considered vulnerable groups. When looking at the mediation aspect the need arises to arbitrate between two groups that are looking to find a common ground within their issues between them. The mediator is responsible for providing a calm environment to support the outcome of a positive resolution. The role of mediation needs to be open-minded, unbiased and the mediator needs to be an honest individual with good ethics, so that the parties involved will be treated fairly and with respect.