Some regard care only in a pathological sense. However, in nursing, emotional, transpersonal, and a true connectedness with the patients will advance their health. Since the concept of caring is difficult…
The role of a nurse in providing professional, compassionate care. Introduction This assignment will discuss the role of the nurse in providing care in relation to the 6C’s of nursing practice which include care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment. (NHS England, 2012). These principles form the benchmark of the NHS culture of compassionate care and underpins everything it does.…
The six stages of ASPIRE involve a problem solving approach that helps nurses to identify patient’s problems and nursing diagnosis. Yura and Walsh (1967) present the nursing process that comprise the four stages which are assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation (APIE). The nursing process was presented as is a systematic method of planning and delivering care to patient. (McCormack and McCance, 2010). It also a process by which nurses obtain information, then record the information in order to evaluate whether the care implemented is proving successful (Barrett, Wilson and Woollands, 2012).…
Additionally, neither a nursing home nor hospice would accept him in his present condition. The case is especially interesting because of the symbolic value of food and the plight of the patient who has no alternative to hospitalization. The hospital staff experienced considerable stress at having to care for him. They were uncertain whether their obligation was to respect his autonomy and continue to provide food or to protect his health by avoiding aspiration, pneumonia, and possible death by denying him food.…
In case study 1, one of the key professionals that could be involved in planning support for David is a nurse. The nurse has played a huge role in not only planning support for David but also helped to maintain his quality of life. The nurse has played an important aspect in writing his care plans. The nurse has helped in administering and checking his medications and made sure that he has taken it on time. The nurse have carefully observed and recorded if David was having any health as well as emotional problems.…
A Duty to Care: The Role of a Nurse in Circumstances of Patient Nonadherence Health care professionals are all too often aware of the lifestyle choices that have led the patient to seek treatment in their care. However, the implications of these lifestyle choices and issues that can arise from nonadherence are often downplayed or simply disregarded by the patients despite the urgency of the matter being expressed by the health care professionals. In other words, sometimes, the patients refuse to alter their lifestyle for the preservation of their own health. This can be frustrating, to say the very least, but it does not, under any circumstances, dismiss the health care professionals from their duty of care (Laken, 1983).…
In the field of nursing being compassionate is one of the several important things he or she needs to have in order to be successful. By a nurse showing compassion towards her patient helps he or she relax, and be confident in the nurse because she is showing them that she cares and that she wants to help him or her as much as possible. Showing compassion also helps the nurse stay focus because of her willpower to get her patient well and feeling better. Compassion also shows nurses sympathy towards their patients’ trouble because it is showing the patient that the nurse has a heart and cares about the patients’ pain or…
Nurse’s role is to care for the patients, support and recovery them from disease or any medical condition they came with and improving their quality of lives and get them back to community to function as normal. But not always things go smoothly as planed. Nurses work with other multi-disciplinary team to achieve the goal. Nurses encounter loads of ups and downs therefore Nurses have an immense responsibility to recognizing and rescuing the deteriorating patients. It’s a challenging work, which comes with plenty of clinical experiences and great deal of knowledge.…
Today’s healthcare system is an ever changing and evolving system that incorporates various fascists. Some of these fascists include patients, providers, community outreach and facilities just to name a few. Due to this ever changing climate, the healthcare system is often looked upon as a convoluted and often extremely confusing place for the not only the people who operate in it on a daily basis (nurses, doctors, etc.), but even more so for the patients that utilize it. One idea does remain constant no matter what the healthcare facility or what kind of care you are providing, the patient must always be put first. In order to promote a healthy healing environment for the patient, nurses need to recognize each patient’s uniqueness, critically…
P, 2013). This statement shows the importance of compassion, dignity and respect when caring for a patient, as it could either have a lasting positive or negative effect on their health and well-being. Royal College of nursing states that ‘Person-centred care is ensuring that the person or patient is an equal partner in their health care and they follow their eight principles that include dignity, compassion and empowerment as a guideline of what staff should provide and promote to patients,’ (RCN,…
Communication skills in Nursing i. Induction and demographic background of the interaction. ii. The communication skills organised within the Three Phase Model and Person centred Approach iii. The action plan of the development of the personal communication skills iv. Conclusion…
As a nursing student, I feel it is important to familiarize myself with various nursing literature to enhance my knowledge on nursing practice and to shape the type of nurse I want to become. The way I want to structure my future career is centered around the concept of empathy, which is what I will be discussing in this paper. The purpose of this paper is to become aware of my views, attitudes, and how my experiences will affect my nursing practice. I will first examine how an effective therapeutic nurse-client relationship can be developed from the use of empathy and how the patient is positively affected by this skill.…
I have focused this reflection assignment on an issue I was faced with during my third year placement in an acute hospital on a surgical ward. I felt very uneasy and awkward throughout the entire experience. I have focused on one issue that stood out the most for me and discussed this in detail. The issue was that my communication skills were ineffective due inexperience. I had not dealt with a patient experiencing a miscarriage until this placement which made me feel unprepared.…
After reviewing many nursing theorist before writing this paper, I have concluded that my practice of nursing encompasses all fourteen points of her theory. The patient must be seen as a whole and not as a sum of the parts. If one is to view the patient as parts, part of the clinical picture may be missed. I view my care as assisting the patient in activities that they would normally do for themselves if they were able. I foster my patients to gain their independence as quickly and safely as possible.…
My Personal Philosophy of Wellbeing and Communication The wellbeing of patients and communication are the two most important aspects guiding my nursing career. The combination of these tenets will challenge me most throughout my career but will also change and impact my life the most significantly. The wellbeing of the patients I see each day is the number one priority in this job and great communication will lead me there. To achieve my goal of tending to the wellbeing of my patients, I will use my confidence, knowledge, and compassion to make patients comfortable and to gain the experience I need and desire to be a high-quality nurse.…