CBSL Reflection
CBSL Reflection for Old Irving Park Community Clinic (OIPCC)
My community partner site, Old Irving Park Community Clinic (OIPCC) is a small but generous clinic which provides free and quality care to the medically uninsured (Old Irving Park Community Clinic, 2017). Most of our patients are in low social economic status and suffering from chronic illnesses. About 30 to 40% of them speak solely Spanish. One of the major functions for nurses is being a change agent. In nursing, change agents maintain high quality care, provide support to staff and limit the adverse effects of new developments (Colorado Mesa University, 2017). Nurses must be vocal about the changes that are working or not and what still needs to improve.
Reflection #1
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A change agent does not have to be a nurse manager (Reynolds, 1980). In fact, any nurse or even a nursing student can have a significant impact on needed change within nursing. If one sees a change that could occur, discuss it with someone who can help with his/her idea and get it implemented. Since OIPCC has a such diverse community, I am interested in developing comprehensive and culturally tailored interventions. Community-oriented health care delivery in marginalized communities and neighborhoods would greatly benefit public health as well. I am also interested in making changes to increase access, equity, and health protection for vulnerable population especially in primary care settings. To achieve this, development of standardized tools to measure socioeconomic health disparities is recommended as well as development of educational program to reduce socioeconomic health disparities. Transcultural care focuses on providing nursing care services to people according to their cultural values and beliefs. Cultural knowledge plays a very important role for nurses on how to deal with patients. It helps nurses to be aware of patient’s culture to provide appropriate resources. It aids nurses to understand patients’ experiences and perspective on illness, suffering, and even death. Nurses should be always respectful of the diversity of patients. It helps to strengthen a nurse’s commitment. Transcultural nursing emphasizes the importance of viewing patient as a whole person rather than as a set of symptoms or an illness. Finally, using cultural knowledge to treat a patient also helps a nurse to be open minded to suggesting treatment otherwise can be considered
My community partner site, Old Irving Park Community Clinic (OIPCC) is a small but generous clinic which provides free and quality care to the medically uninsured (Old Irving Park Community Clinic, 2017). Most of our patients are in low social economic status and suffering from chronic illnesses. About 30 to 40% of them speak solely Spanish. One of the major functions for nurses is being a change agent. In nursing, change agents maintain high quality care, provide support to staff and limit the adverse effects of new developments (Colorado Mesa University, 2017). Nurses must be vocal about the changes that are working or not and what still needs to improve.
Reflection #1
As a nursing …show more content…
A change agent does not have to be a nurse manager (Reynolds, 1980). In fact, any nurse or even a nursing student can have a significant impact on needed change within nursing. If one sees a change that could occur, discuss it with someone who can help with his/her idea and get it implemented. Since OIPCC has a such diverse community, I am interested in developing comprehensive and culturally tailored interventions. Community-oriented health care delivery in marginalized communities and neighborhoods would greatly benefit public health as well. I am also interested in making changes to increase access, equity, and health protection for vulnerable population especially in primary care settings. To achieve this, development of standardized tools to measure socioeconomic health disparities is recommended as well as development of educational program to reduce socioeconomic health disparities. Transcultural care focuses on providing nursing care services to people according to their cultural values and beliefs. Cultural knowledge plays a very important role for nurses on how to deal with patients. It helps nurses to be aware of patient’s culture to provide appropriate resources. It aids nurses to understand patients’ experiences and perspective on illness, suffering, and even death. Nurses should be always respectful of the diversity of patients. It helps to strengthen a nurse’s commitment. Transcultural nursing emphasizes the importance of viewing patient as a whole person rather than as a set of symptoms or an illness. Finally, using cultural knowledge to treat a patient also helps a nurse to be open minded to suggesting treatment otherwise can be considered