Caregiver Patient Experience Essay
• What is your current experience in the healthcare setting with regard to how caregivers are (or are not) considered/included in the patient's management?
At my place of employment, caregivers of our patients are involved as we are Patient and Family Care Center. Since I work at the surgical intensive care unit/trauma center, during admission to our unit, caregivers are the only people that we can get the information needed regarding our patients. At the same time, they are counted as a part of the interdisciplinary team that takes care of the patient. Unfortunately, we sometimes have AKA (unknown individuals found on the street, in the park, etc.) patients for a couple days, and that causes extremely hard situation as these patients do …show more content…
It is not easy to dedicate your energy, time, and everything that you have to help another person in need. My mother was ill for four years with breast cancer (I was in high school) and I was her caregiver, as my father was working long hours. At any given time, when she needed me, I was there. I know that her life was not easy while she was battling this horrible disease, and it was definitely better for her to leave this world, but sometimes, I still want her around and I would do the same, even more for her. Once she passed away, I felt that I lost the purpose of my life. It took me a lot of time to somehow move on with my life. Learning about the caregiver strain during my schooling makes me think that I was the one who needed help, while I was taking care of my mother somewhere else (in my home country, Bosnia and Herzegovina), where there is no resources available. Basically, I was on my own along with my father and my brother. Caregiving for patients with cancer often requires multidimensional support that extends across psychical, psychological, spiritual, and emotional domains (Honea, Brintnall, Given, Sherwood, Colao, Sommers, & Northouse, 2008) Caregiver strain is very sensitive subject for me, and I really like to learn as much as I can, so I can assist my patients with the help that they
At my place of employment, caregivers of our patients are involved as we are Patient and Family Care Center. Since I work at the surgical intensive care unit/trauma center, during admission to our unit, caregivers are the only people that we can get the information needed regarding our patients. At the same time, they are counted as a part of the interdisciplinary team that takes care of the patient. Unfortunately, we sometimes have AKA (unknown individuals found on the street, in the park, etc.) patients for a couple days, and that causes extremely hard situation as these patients do …show more content…
It is not easy to dedicate your energy, time, and everything that you have to help another person in need. My mother was ill for four years with breast cancer (I was in high school) and I was her caregiver, as my father was working long hours. At any given time, when she needed me, I was there. I know that her life was not easy while she was battling this horrible disease, and it was definitely better for her to leave this world, but sometimes, I still want her around and I would do the same, even more for her. Once she passed away, I felt that I lost the purpose of my life. It took me a lot of time to somehow move on with my life. Learning about the caregiver strain during my schooling makes me think that I was the one who needed help, while I was taking care of my mother somewhere else (in my home country, Bosnia and Herzegovina), where there is no resources available. Basically, I was on my own along with my father and my brother. Caregiving for patients with cancer often requires multidimensional support that extends across psychical, psychological, spiritual, and emotional domains (Honea, Brintnall, Given, Sherwood, Colao, Sommers, & Northouse, 2008) Caregiver strain is very sensitive subject for me, and I really like to learn as much as I can, so I can assist my patients with the help that they