Look back: On my second week of clinical at Credit Valley Hospital‚ I experienced an event that I will not forget. One of my nurses patient was being vicious‚ acting inappropriately and violent towards the nurses there‚ causing an uncomfortable environment and putting his safety and other 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
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I was able to manage my assignments effectively. I prioritized each patient that I should be taking care by their needs. I always started by listening to shift report and looked for a patient that has impairment with Airway‚ breathing and circulation. I took care of those patients who are unstable right away. For example‚ I took all my patients vital signs and reported the valued to the nurse. I informed her that one of my patient blood pressure was elevated and we gave him blood pressure medications
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NVQ-3 In Health and Social Care By Reflective Account Mandatory Unit (Unit HSC33 A & B) Reflect on and develop your practice Sometime I also come across patients with challenging behaviour. Once I had a patient admitted on my ward named Mr F with challenging behaviour and communication was a problem. Understanding his request I found it very difficult‚ because the communication skills were very limited by the patient. One occasion
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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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Some of my strengths in this domain would be staying inside my boundaries as a student nurse and analyzing my own nursing practice. On one of my practice days I had a patient who needed gravel prn as she was experiencing nausea and vomiting. I read on her MAR that she could have in IV. Since she was already throwing up and was visibly upset I asked her if she would like this route because it would be faster acting and I didn’t want her throwing up the oral tablet. She agreed and I found her primary
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I will start by carrying out a full and detailed medical history so as to establish safe practice. As long as this is clear I will then move on to checking the hand to make sure there is no swelling‚ discolouration‚ abrasions or thickening of the skin. I will also check the health of the nails and whether any areas of the hand itself are painful to touch. I shall make sure the recipient is comfortable and if all is well I shall proceed‚ starting with the right hand I will work each area for 30 seconds
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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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I work in a mix residential home for the elderly‚ some of the clients ‚Dementia range from mild to severe. The clients are raised in a very different way to how I was raised and it is important that I must remember this and respect their this as we all have personal beliefs and preferences based on our background and upbringing. I have been brought as a Muslim where religious education was compulsory‚ however we still studied various other religions and were taught to respect all people and there
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As a requirement of my role as Support Worker for Options Of Independence. I must support my service users with administering medication‚ in order for me to administer medication safely under the Royal Pharmaceutical Society guidelines‚ Handling Of Medication in social care 2007‚ and under Dundee City Council guidelines‚ I must check that the medicines are correct by checking the medication pack and label on the box must be by the pharmacist or dispensing gp‚ and identify the service user correctly
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Introduction My placement with the Nursing home and Residential care home was to help me understand the concept of growing old in this country and what different family values have when it came to caring for their elderly‚ in comparing with what happens in southern Africa. My home fulfils my needs and holds some of our family memories and reflects my priorities and taste. The placement gave an insight into the necessities of the existence of care homes‚ as to balance a full life cycle of some
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