SMART Goal: Managing Patient-Centered Care SMART Goal: Managing Patient-Centered Care Historically‚ a career in Nursing has not always been one that was respected as a noble and honorable job. Once frowned upon by the elite classes‚ nursing was a job expected of the lower class. In 1853 however‚ a young woman belonging to an elite British family‚ named Florence Nightingale‚ would change that. From a young age‚ she believed that her divine purpose in life was to care for the ill and wounded. After
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developed by Graham Gibbs (1988) in order to structure the events surrounding my interview and subsequent reflection. When the university offered me a chance to attend the selection day for the mental health nursing course I was filled with a sense of curiosity as to how being interviewed in a group format would differ to my previous experiences. Prior to the interview I considered the nursing knowledge I had acquired and wanting to develop to achieve the best academic qualifications‚ through research
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What? Model of Structured Reflection’ (Driscoll 2007) to analyse the experience of using a group designed assessment tool to assess my peers and the experience of being peer assessed. Additionally‚ experience of completing a group presentation would be reflected upon. A personal action plan which identifies areas for personal development and the designed assessment tool is attached as appendix 1 and 2 respectively. Reflection entails reviewing experience from practice so that it may be described
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been different definitions of reflection in relation to reflective practice (Dewey‚ 1938; Kolb‚ 1984; Schön‚ 1981; Pollard 2008; Moon 1999). From this it could be argued that reflective practice in its simplest terms is looking back on a situation either at the time or a later date to critically analyse that event in terms of what went well‚ what can be improved and the overall outcome of that situation. Teachers have become comfortable with the idea of reflective practice through Donald Schon’s (1983)
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Collaborative Nursing Practice Collaborative Care In order to improve the quality of patient care and ensure that the goals of care are being achieved‚ many settings are using the collaborative care delivery model. The collaborative “approach involves teams of health professionals working together to provide more coordinated and comprehensive care to clients‚” (Kearney 2008). An interprofessional team can consist of nurses‚ physicians‚ care technologists nutritionists‚ counselors
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Guidance Tutor Julie Derbyshire Marker Allison Machin Module AAO603 Developing Managerial and Leadership Skills in Nursing Practice MEDICAL SCENARIO BSc (Hons) Nursing Studies (Adult) September 2011 Cohort Word Count: 3290 Submission Date 4th July‚ 2014 The purpose of this assignment is to provide an in-depth examination of the challenges associated with leading and managing nursing care delivery‚ from the perspective of a newly qualified nurse. This will involve the appraisal of a scenario from
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Reflective Practice Reflection: Reflecting on the experience of a person who is incontinent. Time and date: May 5th 2012 Pat is a patient where I am doing my work experience in a nursing home. I introduced myself as one of his carers sat down beside him I made sure he was comfortable I introduced myself and asked was it ok to sit down beside him maintaining good eye contact and speaking in a low friendly tone of voice. Thinking and feeling: I felt that I was able to talk to Pat and I made
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Running Head: Alabama Nursing Practice Act Jessica Mcinnis Mrs. Volovecky December 26‚ 2014 (Alabama Nursing Practice Act‚ 1993) Itt-tech Nursing Role The Alabama Board of Nursing is the Standards of Nursing Practice The Nursing Practice Act is a profession within the health care sector focused on the care of individuals‚ families and communities so they may attain‚ maintain or recover optimal health and quality. The scope practice includes‚ but is not limited to care and
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Reflection of Values in Practice Introduction Nursing always attracted me as a profession because of the need for caring and helping each other. To me nursing is a profession that allows a person to develop strong ethical and moral values. It also instills a sense of responsibility and accountability for an individual as they provide effective delivery of health care services (Donovan 55‚ 1983). Personal Values Being a mental health nurse‚ I have my own personal values which have included respect
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of providing optimum help for a service user (Hornby and Atkins‚ 2000). Goodman and Clemow (2010) explain that collaborative practice is actually based around two ideas. The first is that nurses need to be able to work with other professionals‚ and the second is that they need to be able to work with ‘people’. They go on to explain that the concept of collaborative practice is based on the idea that excellent patient care relies on the expertise of a number of care providers. Day (2006) points out
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