The English Patient

I felt a Care Coordinator could have been helpful in my experience because my wait time was stressful plus I felt neglected. Wait time can be such a headache, either in Urgent Care or seeing your Primary Provider for all patients. Sometimes I notice for patients who have languages barriers the process is not as smooth as it should be. For someone like myself who feels they can navigate through the system I still felt this wait time and feeling neglected was unacceptable. This has always…

Descriptions I have written a reflective account details my experiences in teaching a new patient in dialysis to care for his dialysis access (AVF), maintaining her potassium and phosphate diet to an acceptable range for chronic kidney disease patient. The patient is young, working, well educated and speak English very well. He is very interested to learn, to care of his dialysis access (AVF). Furthermore, I completed my teaching using observation and also checking his lab work every month. At…

person know but how looks. Well dress employee convey higher knowledge and professionalism. How nurse present herself or himself at first contact with patient can be helpful to build up trusting relationship between them. Patients can think if she or he take care themselves, they will take good care of me. Another important part of contact with patient is communication. According Black (20014) to be professional, nurse has to communicate clearly and understand another people. According to…

How Does Communication Facilitate Safe and Quality Patient Care The way people communicate is a unique trait everyone carries. Individuals communicate using different mechanisms: either by using body languages, facial expressions, and gestures or writing what needs to be expressed. In addition to these mechanisms, verbal communication can either be done over the phone or face to face. Majority of today’s generations like to communicate through social networks and texting. Communication is an…

ethics, it is important that the nurse is the primary of contact between the patient and the doctor. The meaning of advocacy is recognized as a task of the professional nurse and as a basic aspect of good care (Ezeonwu, 2015). First, the goal of the advocate is to inform, enhance independence, and respect the decision of the patient. In addition, advocates are the middleman between the healthcare system and the patient. Next, advocacy is guided by the nurse’s code of ethics. These codes…

also have my strengths that are going to help me achieve my goals. Being bilingual is one of them. I speak Spanish and English. “Language barriers significantly compromise the quality of healthcare for limited English proficient patients. Studies have shown that Spanish-speaking patients have disease, mortality, and pain burdens at least twice as high as English-speaking patients” said, Dr. Anne Stachura, professor at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley (syllabus). It made me realize that…

study conducted by Jacobs, Leos, Rathouz, & Fu (2011) addresses the problem of language barriers in the United States and how the health care of those with limited English proficiency (LEP) is affected. The study, titled Shared Networks Of Interpreter Services, At Relatively Low Cost, Can Help Providers Serve Patients With Limited English Skills, aims to shut down the misconception that providing interpreter services is costly. The population studied was a group of California public hospitals,…

Informatics Nurse Specialist Kaori Nakagaki English 10 Accelerated Period 6 What does it take to be an Informatics Nurse Specialist? Job Description to use nursing and informatics skills to help design, develop, and change digitalized health care systems teaches faculty on how to problem solve and the application of health care need to solve problems quickly and understand the health care information of patients Salary/Hourly Wage · Salary:$82,710 · Hourly:$39.76 ·…

report, from the previous registered nurse, and was told that she did not speak any English and comprehended only simple English. During report, I couldn’t help but keep looking at this woman’s face, she was scared, confused, and frustrated. I asked if there were any family members involved, and who brought her to the emergency department. It was stated that family brought her to the emergency department and spoke English, but they…

U2 AC 1.3 - Explain why it is important to provide opportunities for learners to develop their English, mathematics, ICT and wider skills. English, mathematics and ICT are core subjects and have recently been deemed as essential to sustain a career or progress in daily life here in the UK. Following a government investigation into the education of the populace and provided education to the populace it was decided that a huge gap existed to what is and what should be. In recent years the core…