During the second term my focus has been on developing my skills to become a more valuable member of the health visiting team. My previous career within emergency nursing means I find the drop in clinic setting to be the area I am most comfortable within and this unscheduled method of contact a familiar one. I have been assisting the health visitor (HV) or child health advisor (CHA) each week with at least one clinic to improve my skills within this setting. This enables me to see a wide range of more common concerns and queries on a high volume basis but within a setting that affords me the opportunity to ask a colleague for advice if I am unsure. I feel I am learning a diverse range of subjects that will better equip me to answer questions
Assignment 2: Conceptual/critical thinking exercise – The concept of trust and the nurse-patient relationship The concept of trust and nurse-patient relationship The bulk of the nursing literature tends to agree that trust underpins good nursing practice and is a vital component of the therapeutic nurse-patient relationship (Hem, Heggen & Ruyter, 2008; Johns, 1996; Belcher, 2009). However, there is much ambiguity in the literature about what this abstract concept actually means. The purpose of this essay is to define and develop the concept of trust as it relates to the nurse-patient relationship. This essay will also highlight the importance of trust in the nurse-patient relationship and some of the good points and bad points about this concept. In addition to this, the role of nursing theory and research in concept development will briefly be discussed.
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She asserts that palliative care nurses, who spend longer periods of time at the patient's bedside, are more likely to express this love than nurses in other specialties. Caring for a patient goes beyond tasks and procedures and involves the nurse’s desire to provide physical, emotional, and compassionate comfort to a patient based on a feeling of love towards another human being. Nurses are coached during their schooling to maintain a professional distance from their patients, and it is this distance that prevents nurses from experiencing the professional love which enhances the quality of care given to the patients. Palliative nursing is an emotionally intense time, but nurses tend not to discuss their feelings of love towards their dying patients for fear of being accused of crossing professional boundaries. Rollings maintains that nurses who express professional love towards their patients are more fulfilled in their practice and provide a more comforting
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.
In long-term care facilities primary duties would generally be a floor nurse, and any aspects that go along with it. Including some leadership skills, as some assistive personnel will need the skills and leadership provided by the licensed practical nurse. The roles and duties of the licensed practical nurse are very similar no matter whether working in the acute care hospital setting, are the long term care facility such as a nursing home. There are possibilities of licensed practical nurses to develop leadership roles and perform them in the hospital setting. In these cases such a role would be greatly defendant on the work environment in specific settings.
3). Though documentation does not meet every aspect of Watson’s theory, caring is a vital part of what nursing is all about and no matter what realm of nursing needs revised nurses should care enough to better themselves to care better for their patients. Not only will the nurses benefit from the nursing theory applied to the learning session but there is also a theory based instructional
She further describes nursing as “a human science of persons and human health, illnesses, experiences that are mediated by professional, personal, scientific, esthetic and ethical human transactions” ( Watson,1999) Becoming a Nurse is not an easy and Nursing is not an effortless profession. Nursing profession entails wisdom and sacrifice, well-mannered behavior and knowledge of human factor. We develop and practice a nurturing relationship not only with our patient as our focus, but an integration of the whole inter-professional team’s collaboration. Our self-awareness, of being mindful of these aspects, projects us to better serve our community and create a healing hand and environment. Over the years, the key to high quality care is the integration of the multi-disciplinary approach.
Continued education is not without controversy, however. Nurses agree that advancing knowledge is necessary. Some RNs think that their facilities should make it mandatory while others think that it should be self-directed because mandatory continued education might not be as effective or important to the nurse (Timmins, 2008). Studies show that approximately 90% of nurses willingly receive supplementary instruction so that they will be able to provide optimal care (Timmins, 2008). Nurses in cardiology also believe that CE is imperative while caring for patients who have severe cardiac disease (Timmins, 2008).
Basic elements of effective communication construct patients and caregivers by sharing concerns and building trust. There is so much information available now that is making people build their self-confidence and part of effective communication distinguishing between helpful and harmful information. The basic rules of health care communication involve costs. Since there have been stricter review processes, referral systems, and reimbursement guidelines, many people worry about getting optimal care because they opt for managed care which saves them money (du Pre, 2005). Even Medicaid has accountability for quality.