Clinical Reflection: Clinical Analysis

Clinical Reflection: Barriers in Providing Care

Nurses are constantly challenged to critically think to ascertain that patients received the absolute possible care, overcoming every sort of barriers in doing so. During this clinical rotation, the patient assigned to me was an eleven year old hispanic boy with Asperger’s syndrome. He was admitted to the hospital for an abscess on his cheek due to an infection. My patient, during the assessment, seemed to be at par with the developmental goals for his age. Indeed, he was as though normal in every developmental aspect especially for a child his age; he understood logical reasoning, aware of facts, as well as other matters concerning concerning his current medical condition. And, to me, …show more content…
Hence, this is the stage where children becomes more competitive. They would normally want to do things that other children of the same age can do. Perhaps, this is where my patient’s developmental disorder showed its flaw. His interest in play is centered only on things that elicits his most discriminating fascination. The exploits, activities, and undertakings that other children of his age find amusingly hard to resist, evoked little to no attention. However, he does made the effort to perform the task I presented him and tried very hard to succeed. His self-confidence was clearly demonstrated. Each challenge I pose, elicits a proper response. Therefore, it was definitely an interesting experience providing care to my patient. Observing his interactions and functioning compared to the level that is appropriate to his developmental stage only showed slight variance. His developmental condition, in particular, proved to be not as consequential as the language and cultural difference in the rendition of care. Moreover, my patient to seemed to be well within his developmental maturity, not basing it on the various developmental theories, but rather solely with his interaction with me. At this stage of industry versus inferiority, my patient seemed to exhibit great competency. However, it could be the label attached to his developmental disability …show more content…
I need to be cognizant of their developmental maturity, and also impervious to the dictates of the various theories. Thus, I would render care solely based on the assessments I made and each individual patient’s needs. Regardless of how the book illustrates a person with a developmental disorder, each individual is distinct not only in the manifestation of their condition, but also in their functional commission as a person with the affliction. Therefore, I will make sure that I recognize the need to overcome every barrier in providing care. So, I have to learn to discern between theories and actualities, and base the provision of patient care on individual basis. Furthermore, I am now fully aware that by putting the patient and their interest first in the rendition of care, eliminates the stigma and preconception that are attached to their condition. Regardless of the patient’s diagnosed developmental disorder, nurses should focus on assessing each patient, valuing individuality, even in determining developmental maturity. Moreover, it is important for us, future nurse, to recognize and overcome barriers in providing care whether condition limiting or self-imposed. Besides, the biggest barrier in the provision of care are only the ones that we