This essay will use the Gibbs Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1998) and will look at a specific event that happened during my placement and the role of NHS Education for Scotland (NES, 2012) 10 Essential Shared Capabilities (ESC 's) and how Module 3, Involving People relates to the event which occurred.
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The 10 ESC 's (NES, 2012) is a resource that was created to ensure high quality care is provided to all, that the care is non-discriminatory and that it is person centred. It should be used as a tool by nurses to help improve their own care. During placement with the health visitors, I met with a situation which is covered by the 10 ESC 's Involving People module, which centres around involving people with their care (NES, 2012). I met …show more content…
Having gained the fathers consent to work with him and his child, I was able to establish a trusting relationship between us through my use of good communcation, such as open body language (NMC, 2010). Which is essentially when working with patients (NICE, 2012). I understood how important social interaction was for not just the son 's development but also the fathers health. The PIESS model of healthcare (Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social and Spiritual) includes a section on Social as it is recognised that interaction with others helps to improve all other aspects of a persons health for example their mental health and in the son 's case his Intellectual health (Tilmouth and Pavard, 2013). By stating to the father that play is important for his son and by having a Play Worker come and visit him to help the father engage more with his son which is important for his development (Reading, …show more content…
By performing a SOG 's test, which uses simple play items such as crayons to test a child 's cognitive ability by asking them to draw to whatever their ability is and comparing it with a national average, I was then able to establish how behind the son was developmentally and use this to prove to the father that help was necessary and would be beneficial as it would provide a means of charting his child 's growth and development. The SOG 's test would also allow a good starting point for the professionals to work with the child and bring his communication up to an age appropriate level. (GL Assessment, 2011). By doing all this I was able to develop a trusting relationship with the father which helped to involve him with his son 's care more and understand what was necessary as next steps to his own son 's development (NES,
Description
The 10 ESC 's (NES, 2012) is a resource that was created to ensure high quality care is provided to all, that the care is non-discriminatory and that it is person centred. It should be used as a tool by nurses to help improve their own care. During placement with the health visitors, I met with a situation which is covered by the 10 ESC 's Involving People module, which centres around involving people with their care (NES, 2012). I met …show more content…
Having gained the fathers consent to work with him and his child, I was able to establish a trusting relationship between us through my use of good communcation, such as open body language (NMC, 2010). Which is essentially when working with patients (NICE, 2012). I understood how important social interaction was for not just the son 's development but also the fathers health. The PIESS model of healthcare (Physical, Intellectual, Emotional, Social and Spiritual) includes a section on Social as it is recognised that interaction with others helps to improve all other aspects of a persons health for example their mental health and in the son 's case his Intellectual health (Tilmouth and Pavard, 2013). By stating to the father that play is important for his son and by having a Play Worker come and visit him to help the father engage more with his son which is important for his development (Reading, …show more content…
By performing a SOG 's test, which uses simple play items such as crayons to test a child 's cognitive ability by asking them to draw to whatever their ability is and comparing it with a national average, I was then able to establish how behind the son was developmentally and use this to prove to the father that help was necessary and would be beneficial as it would provide a means of charting his child 's growth and development. The SOG 's test would also allow a good starting point for the professionals to work with the child and bring his communication up to an age appropriate level. (GL Assessment, 2011). By doing all this I was able to develop a trusting relationship with the father which helped to involve him with his son 's care more and understand what was necessary as next steps to his own son 's development (NES,