Reflection On Dementia

This experience took place in the early hours of a beautiful sunny day in the dementia unit. It was my first day of placement and I was reviewing some daily routines with my preceptor in her busy locked Unit. We were interrupted by a RPN who looked worried and stressed. She told us that a resident was getting agitated and attempted to hit the bathroom mirror. Later she described that, this resident was thinking that her daughter is “trapped inside” the mirror and she was attempting to get her daughter out. To address the emergency of the situation, my immediate thought was how can I make this situation safe for the patient physically and emotionally. Dementia is not a normal part of the aging process, rather it is a group of degenerative neurological …show more content…
I made myself available to Before client’s first interaction, I made myself aware of the “caritas”: (1) practice loving-kindness and equanimity within a context of caring consciousness; (2) be authentically present, and enable and sustain my belief system and subjective life world of self and the person being cared for; and (3) creating healing environment at all levels (physical as well as non-physical), subtle environment of energy and consciousness, whereby wholeness, beauty, comfort, dignity, and peace are potentiated. “The core of human caring theory is about human caring relationships and the deeply human experiences of life itself, not just health-illness phenomena, as traditionally defined within medicine” (Fawcett, 2002). When I visited the client her agitation and stress were evident and dominated over her frail physical presence. I empathize with the client’s experience of emotional stress and use every opportunity to bring authentic, intentional caring presence into …show more content…
“Because nursing is an activity carried out by persons with other persons, no nursing theory can give an account of itself without giving something of an account of what it means to be a person” (Green, 2009, p. 265). Using Watson’s holistic treatment approach—one that includes treating the mind, soul, and spirit as well as the body, something Watson calls “caring moments”, Promote health through knowledge and intervention. Nursing process contains the same steps as the scientific research process. They both try to solve a problem. Both provide a framework for decision making. I looked into her eyes and asked her gently if something is bothering her. She touched her shoulder and stated she has a “ball in there” I gently asked her if I can feel that and she nodded her head in agreement. She has a visible lump size of a walnut on her right shoulder, it was soft and very tender to touch as she almost jumped when I pressed it