Introduction
Nursing is a profession that include autonomous and all rounded care of individuals regardless of age, ethnicity, sick or well (International Council of Nurses, 2014). Nursing includes the health promotion, prevention measures of illness, taking care of ill, disabled and dying people (International Council of Nurses, 2014).
The concepts of professionalization in nursing is essential to be comprehend, hence the author has to define professionalization, profession and professional to explain the concepts.
Professionalization is the process whereby an occupation attains its professional status (Current, 2010). Profession is defined as a salaried occupation, requiring prolonged training and formal qualification (Oxford University …show more content…
His Morse score is 85. Judie, a newly graduated staff, was working night shift on the particular day. She was busy handling difficult patients and was giving 12 midnight IV antibiotic. As she was walking back to the nurses’ station, she found Mr Tan lying on the floor with the cot side down. She immediately closed the curtain and asked her colleague to help Mr Tan back on bed. However, this incident was not reported as Judie was afraid that she may be reprimanded by her nurse manager for her negligence and she does not wish that this incident will affect her performance review during her probation period. In addition, no medication was given to Mr Tan despite his repeated complaints on having pain on his hip area. In the following late afternoon, Senior Staff Nurse (SSN) Sandy discovered a big bruise of 5cmx 5cm over Mr Tan’s right hip while changing his diapers and she inform the medical officer to review the patient. X-ray was done and it shows that patient was suffering from a right hip fracture. Mr Tan’s family was furious and was adamant on filing a complaint to the hospital and the …show more content…
According to the Singapore Nursing Board (Singapore Nursing Board, 2011, p. 2), professional and competent practice is defined as “applying professional knowledge, skills and judgment competently within their defined scope of practice” (Singapore Nursing Board, 2011, p. 3).In the case scenario, Mr Tan have been complaining about his right hip area .Even though patient is dementia, it is important for nurses to promote comfort to their patient. In this case, offering medication for pain, tropical gel or patch are some methods that should be done in helping Mr Tan to relieve his pain. Nurses should also inform doctor and ask them to order Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) if he does not have any painkiller in his medication list. In additional, to rule out the possibility of fracture at the hip area, X-ray should be
Nursing is a profession that include autonomous and all rounded care of individuals regardless of age, ethnicity, sick or well (International Council of Nurses, 2014). Nursing includes the health promotion, prevention measures of illness, taking care of ill, disabled and dying people (International Council of Nurses, 2014).
The concepts of professionalization in nursing is essential to be comprehend, hence the author has to define professionalization, profession and professional to explain the concepts.
Professionalization is the process whereby an occupation attains its professional status (Current, 2010). Profession is defined as a salaried occupation, requiring prolonged training and formal qualification (Oxford University …show more content…
His Morse score is 85. Judie, a newly graduated staff, was working night shift on the particular day. She was busy handling difficult patients and was giving 12 midnight IV antibiotic. As she was walking back to the nurses’ station, she found Mr Tan lying on the floor with the cot side down. She immediately closed the curtain and asked her colleague to help Mr Tan back on bed. However, this incident was not reported as Judie was afraid that she may be reprimanded by her nurse manager for her negligence and she does not wish that this incident will affect her performance review during her probation period. In addition, no medication was given to Mr Tan despite his repeated complaints on having pain on his hip area. In the following late afternoon, Senior Staff Nurse (SSN) Sandy discovered a big bruise of 5cmx 5cm over Mr Tan’s right hip while changing his diapers and she inform the medical officer to review the patient. X-ray was done and it shows that patient was suffering from a right hip fracture. Mr Tan’s family was furious and was adamant on filing a complaint to the hospital and the …show more content…
According to the Singapore Nursing Board (Singapore Nursing Board, 2011, p. 2), professional and competent practice is defined as “applying professional knowledge, skills and judgment competently within their defined scope of practice” (Singapore Nursing Board, 2011, p. 3).In the case scenario, Mr Tan have been complaining about his right hip area .Even though patient is dementia, it is important for nurses to promote comfort to their patient. In this case, offering medication for pain, tropical gel or patch are some methods that should be done in helping Mr Tan to relieve his pain. Nurses should also inform doctor and ask them to order Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) if he does not have any painkiller in his medication list. In additional, to rule out the possibility of fracture at the hip area, X-ray should be