During my clinical experience at UNE, I have encountered many different patients and each one has left an impact on me. One patient that I had taught me about appreciating the small things and how important it is to cherish every moment. This was an older woman who had experienced a stroke and was left unable to speak and could not move the right side of her body. All I knew about this woman was what I had read in…
Before reading and watching the provided resources, my thoughts about death with dignity was that it was a patient’s choice to end their life. This can be a patient’s choice when they feel that they have nothing else that will help improve their life. I feel like this gives the patient more control over the end of their life when they feel that they have lost all control in every other aspect. This allows the patient to live their last…
The topic that my team chose to do was unnecessary prolonged hospital stays. We chose this topic because the floor that we have our clinical on has some patients that have been there for over 100 days, which is clearly a problem. When first starting this project, I knew that prolonged patients stay could be caused by nursing staff shortage or because the hospital couldn’t find placement for the patient after discharge. Our group went on to find the physical…
My initial thoughts about electronic health records in nursing is that it is very useful to have. Having the patient’s records online allows to the nurse or the provider to see all the care and treatment that the patient has received. It can also show the nurse what care/ treatment has worked for patient and what hasn’t worked for the patient. I think that it is a useful tool because it can allow the nurse or provider to be informed…
Trauma can have quite an affect on a patient and the help they will try to seek or not seek at all. If a patient has experienced trauma in their life, it can leave a lasting psychological effect on them. The patient could develop PTSD from the trauma, which could lead to violent outbursts, insomnia, or substance abuse. A patient may also develop depression and anxiety from past or current trauma. A patient may not even know or want to…
There can be many obstacles for vulnerable individuals for them to get adequate healthcare. Individual obstacles that can impede proper health of vulnerable individuals could be if the person is at risk for a certain disease. If the patient comes in and they are obese they are more prone to having diabetes and hypertension. If the patient is not taking good care of their health, then that is individual factor that can already affect their health. Another individual factor could…
In order for my team to be able to accomplish this project and be successful we need to utilize the resources that are available to us. The first resource we have already used was our clinical instructor. She was able to provide our team with some conflicts/issues that are currently present on our floor. I think that our clinical instructor will be a great resource because she sees these issues firsthand and now as students on this floor, we will…
In this influence paper we looked at the effect that animal assisted therapy had on oncology patients. Most patients had an improved mood and a decrease in pain levels.
I think that I have learned a lot from that this group paper. I learned that collaboration is one of the most important aspects when working with a team. Every team member will bring something new to the group that can help further everyone’s learning. I think when it comes to collaboration and a healthcare it is critical that all team members participate in order to provide the best care for the patient. Another thing that I learned during this…
After completing the ethical assignments, I think that it really solidified the importance of a nurse’s role in ethics. I think that in order for nurses to provide the best and safest care it is important for nurses to understand ethics. It is important to understand history and past ethical dilemmas. If nurses are aware of these dilemmas, then we can know how to improve upon them and change certain practices that may cause an ethical dilemma. Ethical research has…
