REFLECTIVE JOURNAL As a second year nursing student I felt mixed emotions of excitement and anxiety when I was thinking about my upcoming clinical placement because even though I have been working as a patient care assistant at Royal Darwin Hospital for a year and had already undergone clinical teaching block for one week . The responsibility of being a nurse is big and much complex than my current job [1.2 Fulfils the duty of care] especially when handling assigned patients. Thus‚ need to have
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The nursing role is rapidly evolving as nurses are tasked with an even wider range of health care responsibilities. In hospitals‚ clinics‚ and care centers around the US‚ nurses are rising to meet these challenges. Today’s nurses are not just caring for the sick; they are changing our very notion of modern medicine and health care delivery. A nurse’s role is about being a more effective member of the health care team and navigating clinical systems. No matter the work environment‚ all nurses are
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Reflection of a Critical Incident I chose to write about this incident because I feel it emphasizes the risks to which the patients can be exposed while receiving care in a health care facility. It shows how policies and procedures can be neglected by the healthcare professionals‚ placing the patients at increased risk of getting hospital acquired infection. According to Statistics Canada one in nine patients admitted to Canadian hospitals acquire an infection as a result of their hospital stay
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Reflection The incident that I am going to reflect had happed during my nursing studies. I was posted in a busy emergency care (EC). My role was to observe and assist a RN. Ms. X came to EC with severe abdominal pain. After the initial assessment Doctor ordered a list of blood tests. I accompanied RN to observe blood sampling procedure. Ms. X was clearly not cooperating for the procedure and was screaming. I helped to position the patient with the help of family members so that the RN could carry
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patient care‚ by sitting in on team rounding and answering call lights for other nurses. She had her own list of tasks for the unit‚ such as keeping hallways and equipment rooms free of clutter and making sure crash carts were stocked. She used communication both up and down the chain of command to address and issue that occurred with a rapid response call that morning‚ while taking on the placement of new admissions and keeping track of the discharges on the unit. After my observation‚ I then had
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Foundations of Nursing Knowledge In this assignment there will be a definition of what communication is; a model of communication‚ the communication process‚ an introduction of what verbal and non verbal communication is‚ and what barriers there are and how they can be overcome and what skills are required. Communication is said to be shared equally by sending‚ giving or the exchanging of a person’s ideas and must always have a sender and a receiver in order for the process to be completed
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transitional nursing in the emergency department. As an ER nurse‚ I deal with transitions constantly‚ from the ER to the floor or ICU‚ and to and from nursing homes. The transition of a critically ill person with a complex medical history from a nursing home to and ER is a nightmare. It is like playing a terrible game of high stakes operator. The communication from nursing home - to EMS - to hospitals is something that should be explored further. Alas‚ I am having trouble finding nursing articles
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Communication is simply exchange of news or information between people; mode of bonding between people. It is a fundamental skill that plays an integral part in nursing practice (Arnold‚ E.‚ & Boggs‚ K.‚ U. (2003). The nurses use various techniques as to provide care and data to the patients. In nursing communication is extremely important as it helps the nurse to understand their client/patient better as it is important for the treatment. There are many forms of communications such as written‚
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level 4 nursing student. With being a nursing student it requires many communication skills verbal and non-verbal. Various classes in the communication curriculum would be very beneficial to my major. For example‚ COMM 1018 interpersonal communication would be very helpful because with this class I would learn communication skills such as; looking for detailed feelings and face-to-face non-verbal and verbal cues. Having the knowledge that I have now if I would have taking communication classes
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Introduction. Communication is a necessary skill to have in the nursing profession. We use communication to exchange information between patients‚ co-workers and all the people around us (Kozier et Erb 2004). No matter the form of communication we are constantly presenting and interpreting people ’s ideas and thoughts. Communication is a method we utilize to connect the gap between knowledge and comprehension (Kozier et Erb 2004).This paper will discuss an observation of the personal care home environment
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