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
Those who lack education will be ignorant to the ramifcations related to prenatal care. Majority of the time minority women have less formal education as compared to their white counterparts. The lack in education results in a domino like effect in relation to prenatal care. They will be inexperienced about pregnany as a whole including prenatal care and will lack good parenting techniques. The lack in education and experice results in lower levels of trust in medical care.
Some ideas and theories in science meet with resistance. One of the examples when an idea is meeting with the resistance is immunization. More often children immunization meets with public resistance. As the vaccination of children is parents' decision many decides not to do it. Data published by NHS show that there is high number of measles reported due to 1-16 years old children who missed the vaccinations between 1990s and 2000s.
Ex: Lack of oxygen during birth will affect the development of the baby. Health problems - If a child suffers from health issues such as asthma, it may make them unable to take part in activities which will affect the over roll development. A child with Learning difficulties, physical disabilities or sensory deficiencies (blindness and deafness)will make it unable for them to socialize and work with other children which is a major part in helping their development, also they could be withdrawn and make them feel like they don’t belong. Explain how children and young people’s development is influenced by a range of external factors External factors also effect a child’s development Poverty and deprivation This directly affects the development of a child since poverty and deprivation means lack of proper accommodation and food. The exposure to unhealthy environment and food increase the chance of children coming in to contact with infectious diseases.
Within the studies researched there were possibly skewed results due to a small number of participants, some of the studies had a short duration, and dosing protocols were different. But the studies did discover that patients showed improved hemoglobins with short intervals of receiving vitamin C post dialysis treatment and also showed that the need for large doses of Epogen changed with addition of vitamin c to their regimen. Nephrology nurses can use this knowledge when monitoring lab values, as they may see increased Hgb levels when Vitamin C is introduced and will need to adjust the patients epogen doses. Lastly nurses need to be apprised to side effects related to vitamin C use and monitor and assess their patients for signs of hyperoxalemia such as noted crystals in the tissue of the body, cardiovascular changes and symptoms and vascular changes. Summary In summary, this research found that there was some benefit of using Vitamin C for improving hemoglobins in patients with ESRD receiving hemodialysis.
*Parents avoidance of health care related to cost, or poor understanding by parents. *Parental misconception that preventive care is unneeded. *Poor health maintenance practiced established such as not brushing teeth regularly. *Falling behind in developmental milestones. *Elective non-compliance by the patient to the treatment regimen.
The clinical outcome in this situation was clearly that Mr. B was over-sedated leading to a very dangerous situation. Hypoxia during sedation is a common side affect, which is treated by giving the patient O2 or reversing the sedation. However in this situation the staff was not aware that he was hypoxic, and why weren’t they? The answer a nurse had silenced the alarm but had not done an assessment nor alerted anyone else of the situation. Why did the nurse choose to silence the alarm with no further action?
RTT1 - Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Western Governors University RN-BSN Pre-Licensure Program The situation with patient Mr. J is quite frightening to say the least. There are multiple issues at hand here that put the patient’s health in jeopardy. As nurses, we have an obligatory responsibility to protect our patients and to practice the principle of beneficence. Having an understanding of nursing-sensitive indicators is crucial in preventing the development of hospital-associated injury and increased mortality/morbidity. These are principles instilled in us throughout nursing school, and guide nurses in our practice.
This assignment will identify a vulnerable adult from my recent clinical experience. It will reflect on the physical, social, environmental and psychological factors that contributed to her vulnerability and discuss how they were addressed in practice. To maintain confidentiality, in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council’s code of professional conduct (2008), the name of the person, hospital and the trust have been changed. The Lord Chancellors department (1997) defines a vulnerable adult as “a person over the age of 18 years, who is, or may be in need of community care services, for reasons of mental health, disability, age or illness and is, or may be unable to take care of, or protect themselves from harm or exploitation.” Vulnerable groups are often described as being those at risk of poor, physical psychological and social health, therefore we are all at risk of becoming vulnerable at some point in our lives. Groups that have a higher risk of becoming vulnerable include, children, people with learning and physical disabilities, people suffering with mental health problems, chronically ill people and the elderly.
Robert Findling says it best with his question ‘‘Why would you want to let a child suffer unnecessarily?’’ ( qtd. In Hawthorn 1). People whom do not know the extremities of the symptoms of ADHD are often quick to be adverse of using medication on children with ADHD. For children with ADHD sitting still and focusing on a task whither it be a teacher’s instructions or group activities are near impossible to complete on their own. “No one disagrees that people struggle – some profoundly, others less so – with inattention, restlessness, poor social skills, and academic or vocational frustration, poor self-esteem, substance abuse, accidents and injuries, and other problems correlated with ADHD” (Reznek 17).