How Reflection Affects Nursing Practice in the Clinical Setting Dakota Melland The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences Abstract The purpose of this paper is to explain how the skill of reflection affects nursing students in the clinical setting. Different reflection examples and how they affect nursing practice will be discussed. A nursing reflective study from 2007 will also be explained to give a better understanding of how reflection enhances nursing student’s educations during clinical
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Current Health Needs Mrs. MH is a 72 year old woman who has a primary diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus Type II. Her secondary diagnosis and the reason why she was referred to Hackensack home health agency was a non-healing wound on the second toe of her right foot. Upon assessment of the patient‚ current health needs which were identified pertain to wound care‚ nutrition‚ and proper management of Diabetes through compliance with insulin treatment‚ and knowledge on prevention of hypoglycemic and hyperglycemic
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“At the heart of being a good health care practitioner‚ lies professionalism‚ setting the standard of what a patient should expect “(Dhai p 174). This statement quoted from Professor A. Dhai’s “Understanding Professionalism in Health Care in the Twenty First Century” details a perspective on the role of a modern day health professional. In her article‚ Dhai stresses the notion of an ideal health professional being both technically skilled and ethically adept. Using the quote as a baseline of the
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residents? Is the staff properly trained to handle a medical condition in an emergency? How do you really know if the person is a good fit to work as a caregiver in this organization? Assistant living communities give the residents more freedom to do things verses being enclosed in one room as some nursing homes. I chose this organization because I had many relatives who were residing in assisted living facilities. Some of them were treated with respect and dignity and some were not. One family member
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My educational goal while attending St. Louis Community COllege is to obtain my Associate degree in Arts. During my time of doing this there are many roadblocks that can occurs that could affect my goal. In the past I’ve had extreme panic attacks that have cause me to miss consecutive days of school. This will further increase my time frame of completing my goal in the anticipated time frame I intend too. Stress and not taking care of myself mentally but also physically can increase my chances of
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Reflection plays an important role in the Nursing profession for achieving continuous lifelong learning. I will be using Rolfe et al.’s (2001) model of reflection to reflect on my perception on quality nursing care (QNC). (Schon‚ 1983) “Professionals can surface‚ criticize‚ restructure‚ and embody the understanding in further action through reflection on action” Reflection during practice will increase my development in this profession and help gain confidence in my knowledge. By reflecting on experiences
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essay will aim to discuss from the perspective of mental health nurse the assessment skill needed to be carried out to enable effective care planning for Lisa. This assessment will be in partnership with Lisa which will take into consideration her physical‚ emotional‚ psychological‚ social and environmental developments in order to provide appropriate care plan. This discussion will be around dual diagnosis‚ prevalence‚ assessments‚ health promotion and recovery concepts. From the case scenario
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In many of the developing countries Community Health Care units (CHC) are considered to be the referral units to primary health care. The location of CHC facilities plays a vital role in making them more accessible especially in rural areas. Location of these health care units affects the spatial accessibility and influences the ease of availing services. Maximum Covering Location Problems (MCLP) were used in planning the location of these facilities without taking into account the population distribution
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Health Care Marketing Reflection Essay "Markets change‚ tastes change‚ so the companies and the individuals who choose to compete in those markets must change."( Wang‚ n.d. as cited by Morrison‚ p. 113). In modern medicine‚ disease treatment is more importance than disease prevention‚ as doctors focus more on treatment of symptoms of rather than determining its root cause. This is mirrored in the media by the large numbers of direct-consumer advertisements aimed at persuading patients themself to
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Community Health Information Network Analysis D.Metoye Dr. G. Hanney May 30‚ 2010 MHA616 In today’s challenging environment of lowered reimbursements and narrowing margins‚ many independent health care organizations find it beneficial to align themselves with Community Health Information Network. Community Health Information Network or CHIN is a combination of telecommunication and network capabilities that links healthcare stakeholders throughout a community. (Tan & Payton 2010)
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