Managing Continence: Reflective Account Client M is a wheelchair user who has been assessed as requiring assistance to manage continence as she is unable to weight bear‚ and therefore cannot self transfer. This assistance is through use of a passive hoist and sling system as outlined in her Moving and Handling Plan. This type of manoeuvre involves two trained staff. Client M has her own personal toileting sling which is kept in a secure cupboard within the group for infection control purposes
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Reflective Account for Assignment 001 Teaching can be challenging and rewarding if you enjoy what you are doing‚ if you don’t enjoy what you teach then it can become boring‚ it soon rubs off on your learners and gives the impression of “If the tutor isn’t interested‚ then why should I be?” It can also be boring‚ but this is where the challenge begins to make it fun so that the learner understands what is being taught without loosing interest quickly. It is your responsibility as a teacher/tutor
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Description I was asked by a nursing assistant to assist a resident to eat. Her food consisted of pureed fruit and thickened cordial. The elderly resident was unable to communicate and appeared to be unaware of her surroundings and she also fell asleep several times. I was unsure of how much food to offer in each spoonful and may have given her too much as she occasionally coughed. When assisting her to eat I was instructed to sit her up but did not sit her far enough forward as I found out later
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My time in Evangel Student Care Centre ( Canberra ) has been an extraordinary taste of a unique experience for myself. My job scope is the role of a teacher/mentor for the children in the care centre. During the first day after making first contact with Ms Xiao‚ I gained knowledge of the basic routine of the centre and the general job scope of my volunteer work. I was then instructed to perform a counselling task for one of the children isolated in the counselling room due to his rebellious nature
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safety on the line. I have always heard of patient abuse‚ patient neglect‚ patients being sexually abuse‚ etc.… but I have hardly ever heard about staff mistreatment from patients‚ patient’s family members‚ and other staff. In my first semester of nursing‚ I was taught to treat patients with courtesy‚ respect‚ and care and most importantly‚ their safety. But we were only taught once on ways to protect ourselves from patient abuse. This incident has taught me that as a nurse I must protect my patients
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Throughout my nursing career‚ I have experienced several effective educational activities as a learner. My most recent learning experience as a learner was how to operate and administer insulin via External Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Pump (ECSIP). Several patients are hospitalized with Self Administered ECSIPs. The primary nurse for that patient is expected to understand how to operate and care for this particular pump. I was very unfamiliar with this device because I was not exposed to it during
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I work in a Jewish care home on EMI dementia nursing unit for the elderly. My clients suffer from dementia. They are in different stages of that illness‚ from mild to severe. Some of them are in end of live care. My clients come from different backgrounds then me and where raised in a very different way to how I was raised. It is important that I will remember this and respect their beliefs‚ as we all have personal beliefs and preferences based on our background and upbringing. I have been brought
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Reflective practice enables us to develop our reflective skills which can be used during the learning process‚ enabling health and social care professionals to improve the quality of care they deliver to patients (Baillie‚ L.‚ Black‚ S. and Dr‚ 2014). According to Dewey (1929)‚ the Educational theorist‚ he argued that “we do not learn by doing but by doing and realising what came out of what we did“(Baillie et al‚ 2014. P.264). In addition‚ (Howartson‚ J.‚ 2010) emphasises that when one reflects
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L- In clinical I practiced how to safely assist a patient that is laying down in bed into a wheelchair then back into bed. E- Following the skill being demonstrated as a large group‚ we separated into pairs to complete the task as a whole. I began the process by rotating Chelsea onto her side then sitting her up. Furthermore‚ I used the belt to assist Chelsea to stand. I found this to be the most difficult portion of the procedure because I was unsure where my feet should be placed. Chelsea gave
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patient with COPD: a reflective account Barnett M (2005) Caring for a patient with COPD: a reflective account. Nursing Standard. 19‚ 36‚ 41-46. Date of acceptance: October 15 2004. Summary Reflective practice has been a familiar topic in nursing journals and the term is regularly used in professional nursing practice. However‚ it was not until I used Johns’ (1994) model to analyse and explore my feelings and actions in daily practice that I fully understood the concept of reflective practice and discovered
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