Patience

The most educational and insightful experience I have gained while developing my repertoire of knowledge of the sciences as well as the healthcare field was when I job-shadowed the physiotherapists at the St. Joseph’s Hospital Charlton Campus in Hamilton, Ontario. I observed the physiotherapists at work for a total of 16 hours in a variety of departments which included respiratory, musculoskeletal and acute medicine. It was an excellent opportunity to appreciate the teamwork involved across…

eing part of a health care team, it is important to understand and realize the virtue of care in ‘caring’ for our patients and their families. “The virtue of care is fundamental to relationships, practices and actions in health care.” (Beauchamp, Childress) Your responsibilities and the work that you will be performing is important. It is essential to be aware of and do your best in not only what you do, but also how you do it. Your patients will be able to ‘tell ' a difference if something you…

Problem Identification The problem that will be discussed in this paper is prenatal education and how patients receive this information. When a newly pregnant woman is beginning care with our practice, she will have her first appointment with a nurse. At this visit the patients’ history is reviewed. Patients are given a large packet that contains educational materials, pamphlets, as well as a 200-page book for her to take home. This information is not reviewed with the patient prior to leaving…

A Change in Ward Policy In the novel, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” by Ken Kesey, the protagonist, Randall Patrick McMurphy, demonstrates a quest of redemptive sacrifice in order to protect the patient 's in the psych ward from the antagonist, Nurse Ratched. Through McMurphy’s heroic endeavors such as attempting to change ward policy, he is able to establish his own identity and fulfill his destiny. McMurphy is the essence of what a leader should be. From the beginning the reader is made…

Process mapping the patient pathway Introduction and principle of process mapping Patient pathway has been described as a useful audit which looks at the patient journey in healthcare to identify problems faced by patients and therefore suggestions for improvements. ( BMJ 1 2 ). In essence it involves dividing the patient journey into small simple steps to assess and finds out what actually happens to the patient in this journey. It is a simple exercise which looks at what actually happens to…

Euthanasia is intentionally ending a life to relieve pain and suffering of a person who is beyond the point of recovery (Quill 8). A form of euthanasia, known as Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is when a physician provides information and or medication to help the patient end their own life (Lachman 1). A patient should have the right to control the circumstances of their own death and determine how much pain and suffering is enough (Quill 7). In the Bill of Rights of patients, it is a…

HOW TO ASSESS AND CARE FOR TRAUMA PATIENTS Introduction: Trauma nursing can be very scary, if you don’t know what you are doing, with this set of instructions I will allow you to gain confidence in your emergency nursing practice which enable you to be better prepared in a trauma situation. For documentation of these steps please follow your facilities guide lines, but there is an example of a trauma documentation flow sheet on the final page of these instructions. This is basic information and…

and I will be discussing communication in the dental field. Communication is how we interact with patients or how we exchange information. Communication is very important in our industry because ,as a dental assistant we always communicate with our patients and coworkers for example, we provide our patients with instructions to keep their teeth healthy. The most common type of communication that we will be mentioning are non-verbal, electronic, and communication during the hiring process.…

Introduction Periodically, there will be always a time when a patient is late for an appointment. Hence, it’s important for health care facilities to create an appointment scheduling system and apply policies for the organization. The purpose of appointment scheduling is to offer patients with multiple time-slots that fits to their time and allows them to visit the provider only during that time frame. Without this system, the volume of patients waiting would be simply chaotic and unorganized.…

The theory of humanbecoming The theory of Parse focuses on viewing the human body as a whole not just body parts. It teaches a healthcare worker to view patients as important human beings that have a variety of necessities not just physical, but spiritual and emotional. The nurses and doctors in the GI lab have such an amazing way of interacting with every patient. They assess their emotional and spiritual well-being before starting the procedure. They demonstrate a passion for making sure the…