Community Health Nursing Reflection Maria Jelyn Engelhardt-Parales NUR/405 August 27‚ 2012 Amy Weaver Community Health Nursing Reflection Community health nursing practice aims to improve community health by promoting a healthier group of people‚ individuals‚ families‚ and residents within the community. The goal is to maintain‚ preserve‚ and promote health by providing information‚ education‚ teachings‚ and health care services to the population. The focus is on the collective good of
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talking about the nursing theory that I choose and it is my job to explain to the audience how my theory applies to my change project and what expected changes we can expects if it is applied to the change project. Fundamental Concepts The nursing theory that I will be using is the Health Promotion Model‚ the health promotion model was created by Nola J. Pender. This model basically defines health as a positive dynamic state rather than simply the absence of disease. The model is directed towards
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patients to other services within the renal unit and in the community from which they may benefit. REVIEW OF ACTIVITIES AT WORK PLACE. This essay will give a reflective account of my personal activities in my area of practice using the Gibbs’ model (1988). Reflection according to (Grant and Greene 2000;Revans 1998 involves critically evaluating events that have occurred in the past which aims at valuing your strengths and developing different and more effective ways of acting in the future‚ additionally
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all aspects of their care” (Nursing and Midwifery Council (2015a)) Prior to beginning this placement‚ I had no knowledge of patient observations‚ such as 1:1 eyesight‚ other than ‘suicide watch’. This reflection explores an observation of a care support worker who was observing a patient who was at high risk of absconsion‚ discussing my feelings of the situation and how I aim to improve my own practice based on this observation. In this reflection‚ I shall be using Gibbs reflective cycle (1988‚ as
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Personal Philosophy of Mental Health Nursing Bonnie K. Wright University of Charleston Each individual has their own personal philosophy of mental health nursing. Throughout this paper there will be facts‚ and my personal thoughts. This is including the following topics; mental health‚ mental illness‚ continuum of mental health/mental illness‚ defense mechanisms‚ therapeutic tools‚ and self-awareness in the nurse. The words mental health placed together creates a definition
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I am reflecting on medication administration using different stages of Gibbs Reflective Cycle such as description‚ feelings‚ evaluation‚ analysis‚ conclusion and action plan (Gibbs‚ 1988). Medication administration is a key element for nursing practice. During my CPU class‚ my tutor demonstrated how to administered medications to patient using five rights which were right patient‚ right drug‚ right time‚ right dose and right route (Bullock & Manias‚ 2013)‚ to follow the OSCA criteria step by step
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In the context of professional practices reflection is defined as the examination of personal thoughts and actions (David‚ 2004). In this essay I am reflecting on an incident that happened in my earlier years of working as a professional nurse. The incident I am sharing and the subsequent learning I have gained by reflecting it helped me in the later years of my nursing career. During my career as a professional nurse I have worked in several hospitals also attended several cases and those provided
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Care Plan 2 Psychiatric/Mental Health PATIENT CARE PLAN Client Initials: H.C. Admission Date: 01/14/13 Unit: 4 South Age: 28 Sex: Female Race/Culture: Caucasian ASSESSMENT Presenting Problem: This is a 28 year-old Caucasian female who was admitted to Doctors Hospital Psychiatric Unit 4 South due to an overdose on multiple medications. The patient was found by the police on January 13th picking through garbage near
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What are the implications of a recovery model for mental health services and for service users/survivors? In discussing the implications of a recovery model on service users/survivors and mental health services‚ it is essential to define recovery. In illustrating the controversial nature of this concept it is pragmatic to discuss service users and workers in mental health because implications of the recovery model affect both‚ but in different ways. It is important to realize there is a division
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Accountability Analysis of a dilemma in practice “Sally and the Health Visitor” Dip HE Mental Health Nursing Word count: 1‚957. Contents page Introduction | 1 | Autonomy | 1 | Beneficence | 3 | Nonmaleficence | 4 | Justice | 4 | Conclusion | 5 | Bibliography | 6 | Introduction This discussion paper will look at the ethical issues surrounding decision making as nurses‚ in a given scenario (Sally and the health visitor). Ethics is defined by Johnstone (2008) as “A way to think
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