expectancy ‚ more education and health awareness. Lung cancer/smoking staistics over last 100 years North and south differences men and women differences Scotland/England/worldwide? Lung cancer through the years Changes in nursing over last 100 years – patient choice‚ nursing role‚ etc
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errors. Patient safety is the core value of the nursing profession‚ while nursing is being embraced in its caring attitude toward the patient‚ patient safety should be our number one priority. This article is very important to the nursing profession in part because it addresses one of the most significant issues of the profession‚ which is patient safety. According to the Nurse’s Practice environment article Flynn‚ Liang‚ Dickson‚ Xie‚ & Suh (2012) RNs are well positioned to serve as patient safety
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information being kept private by the nurse caring for him (Burns‚ 2015). This implies that the nurse has a responsibility to maintain Sam’s confidentiality‚ because they have legal requirements to do so (Aldworth‚ 2009). This is supported by the nursing and midwifery council (2015) which states that within all care settings nurses should always make sure they are respecting their patient’s right to privacy. This implies that the nurse should keep personal information about Sam confidential and only
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Lastly‚ this class has impacted my nursing career by allowing me to understand how important patient teaching is for the patient. One of our assignments was to complete a patient teaching session and discuss the basics of how it went and what in the session could be improved. Upon review of the syllabus before conducting the teaching session‚ I figured there was a limited amount of research and preparation which needed to be done. I assumed that once I had met the patient I would understand on my own observation
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Self-Reflection on personal practice While on placement‚ I completed three tasks directly linked with the care of the patients. During the task I was observed by the nurse Amy who supervised me in doing the task. The three tasks involved where; • To assist a patient with eating a snack / meal • To transfer a patient from bad to wheelchair and transfer him to his Physio • To assist a patient with washing their hands before a snack or a meal. During some of these tasks I felt really anxious
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presumed that taking medical history and performing physical assessment on standardized patients during simulation would be easy tasks to complete. I have been exposed to a similar simulation before and have first-hand experience and knowledge about history and physical assessment. I learned a great deal about my interaction with the standardized patients‚ which could reflect my connection with my real patients at work. After watching all the simulation videos‚ I was surprisingly impressed
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Interview Video Reflection Assignment According to Fruth (2014)‚ “the initial patient interview‚ also known as the health history or the subjective history‚ is undeniably the most important component of the patient examination” (p.12). This initial interview acts as a base on which the therapist can perform physical examination and subsequently plan the intervention (Fruth‚ 2014‚ p.12). Being a novice‚ it is important to perform a self-appraisal after completing patient interview
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• I have thoroughly enjoyed reading personal experiences with “difficult “ patients that my colleagues have encountered‚ as well as great ideas on approaching such patients. • I’d like to share with you a “difficult” patient with borderline personality disorder‚ whose care I was involved with during my mental health rotation. • X was a lady in her mid twenties‚ who presented to ED after slashing both her wrists following an altercation with her partner. During the interview she was quite angry with
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Patient independence The level of Independence varies for different patient because everybody has got their different experiences at some point. Everyone will require care at some points during which one loses the independence due to inability to do things that one would otherwise be able to do. In 2006‚ the Government White Paper which was issued emphasises the importance of independence – It was called Our Health‚ Our Care‚ Our Say – it explains what they should expect from healthcare professionals
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REFLECTION on Nursing Handover I have decided to reflect upon the first time I did a nursing handover. In accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Council (2004) Code of professional conduct‚ confidentiality shall be maintained and the patient’s name is changed to protect indentity. Reflective writing is considered a key component of portfolio assessment because it provides evidence of skills development and increasing clinical competence (Smith 2005). What is reflection? Reflection is defined
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