LOOKING BACK
Looking back at the first half of the semester, one event in particular stood out to me the most is when one of my patients gladly offered me her dinner as a “thank you” for my assistance. The day started out pretty normal, I took my patient’s vital signs, assessed for her LOC and performed a hair, skin and nails assessment. After performing all those assessment, I asked if she needed anything else, and she said “Yes I would like to go the bathroom. Would you help me up?”. I asked one of my colleagues to help me transfer her, as she is a 2x person assisted and we helped her get to the washroom. After transferring her back to the bed, the patient asked me if to turn on her television for her, and so I did. After doing a couple errands such as: getting her water, tidied up around her room, collected new bath towels and grabbing her telephone, I told my patient that I will be back later because …show more content…
Nurses are responsible for their actions as well as the effects to their action. What was important from the situation is that I maintained professional boundaries in the clinical setting. It is important to adhere to the CNO Practice Standards, as it is there to accompany or assists the nurses how to handle situations. In addition, it is also important to have the knowledge of the CNO Practice Standards. By maintaining the boundaries and limits, it strengthens the nurse-client relationship and shows professionalism in the nurse’s part. Continued practice and knowledge of any CNO documentation and guidelines will surely help and assist nurses when challenged by a difficult situation.
NEW PERSPECTIVE
In conclusion, I believed that by having knowledge of CNO documentations and guidelines will surely help me or anyone in general, on how to approach any given situation. I will also continue my studies and apply them in the clinical setting as much as I can to garner
Looking back at the first half of the semester, one event in particular stood out to me the most is when one of my patients gladly offered me her dinner as a “thank you” for my assistance. The day started out pretty normal, I took my patient’s vital signs, assessed for her LOC and performed a hair, skin and nails assessment. After performing all those assessment, I asked if she needed anything else, and she said “Yes I would like to go the bathroom. Would you help me up?”. I asked one of my colleagues to help me transfer her, as she is a 2x person assisted and we helped her get to the washroom. After transferring her back to the bed, the patient asked me if to turn on her television for her, and so I did. After doing a couple errands such as: getting her water, tidied up around her room, collected new bath towels and grabbing her telephone, I told my patient that I will be back later because …show more content…
Nurses are responsible for their actions as well as the effects to their action. What was important from the situation is that I maintained professional boundaries in the clinical setting. It is important to adhere to the CNO Practice Standards, as it is there to accompany or assists the nurses how to handle situations. In addition, it is also important to have the knowledge of the CNO Practice Standards. By maintaining the boundaries and limits, it strengthens the nurse-client relationship and shows professionalism in the nurse’s part. Continued practice and knowledge of any CNO documentation and guidelines will surely help and assist nurses when challenged by a difficult situation.
NEW PERSPECTIVE
In conclusion, I believed that by having knowledge of CNO documentations and guidelines will surely help me or anyone in general, on how to approach any given situation. I will also continue my studies and apply them in the clinical setting as much as I can to garner