Caring For Patients

What do you think you will do when you encounter a patient care situation in which decisions are made that go against your values and beliefs?

“ The Glass Escalator” discusses the intertwining of race and gender combine to shape experiences for minority men in the culturally feminized field of nursing and discovers that upward advancements that may be offered to women may not be offered to a man in a dominated woman’s work field. “The perception that men are not really suited to do women’s work also contributes to the glass escalator effect.” It is interesting that there are specific ideals in the work field on what a man and a woman can handle. Doctors are

It was crucial as a black nurse struggling for a place in a profession dominated by whites, to cooperate with her superiors. Similarly, by forging relations with her white colleagues, she improved her status as a black professional working in the world of white medicine. Clearly, hard times, economic austerity and upward mobility were influential factors, and as stated by James Jones, race, professional hierarchies, class, and gender all played distinct and

Jenny is an patient advocate" "Always verifies medication orders" "Always performs double checks and is conscious" "Never afraid to speak up, does what is right for the patients needs, attentive to her patients" "Repeats verbal orders, always verifies med dosages, asks improtant questions" "Alerts MD, CN and team leader of critical patients, always supporting new hires as well as nursing students by answering questions" "Anticipates patients and family needs" "helpful to peers" "always leadning a hand" "constiently checking on patients Qhr/VS, Throuogh documation" "Curteous to patient and family" "always addresing patients needs" "Actively checks on patients" "Always addressing patients concerns" "Answering any questions thoroughly" "Gives accurate/detailed report" "Asks patients if they needs anything before leaving patients rooms" "Patience" "Great bedside manner" "Jenny uses theraputic communication" ' Actively listens and addressess patients concerns" "Jenny is always paying attn to detail, she always thinking and acting in ways of safety (for patients and staff)."

The professional relationship between doctors and nurses, has often been influenced by power, social status and gender making effective collaboration difficult to achieve. Historically, nursing was regarded as an inferior, arduous occupation, practiced by morally questionable women. McKay and Narasimhan

When arrive to room patient was agitated, refusing services from Sitter Jorge Reyes. Patient stated that days ago Reyes refused to give him a white blanket. Reyes explained that was only white and blue blankets available at that time on the floor, that unfortunately on the last couple of days we had limited resources on regard to linen. Patient stated that he was the patient and Reyes was the server and he had to provide whatever he wanted, Reyes answered that he will provide him with whatever he needed, that he had to understand that this was a community hospital, that the linen department works limited hours and was not like a hotel where he was able to request

Within this case study I am going to use two of the Chapelhow et al. (2005) enablers to discuss and reflect on the care of a patient I have been involved with on placement over a period of 5 weeks. ‘Enablers are the essential and underpinning skills that come together to provide expert professional practice’ (Chapelhow, C et al. 2005, p.2). These include; assessment, communication, documentation, risk, professional decision making and managing uncertainty. The enablers work together to provide a holistic approach to the care of patients in health care settings. I am going to focus on and discuss two of the enablers, linking them both together, which will be assessment and communication as I believe these two enablers can be related most to my patient.

Women who worked in skilled level positions such as practicing physicians were non-existent in the 19th century. This lack of female presence in those higher levels served as the catalyst of what was arguably one of the most reprehensible misdiagnosis for women in modern times. Without an objective balance in the male dominated field, irrational theories were readily accepted as fact. While there were an abundance of nurses, woman were not encouraged to take their interest in this crucial field to a professional level.

In the 1966 film, Fantastic Voyage, world famous scientist Jan Benes suffers a stroke after being attacked on his way to the United State Combined Miniature Deterrent Forces (CMDF) lab. He possesses vital information that the US needs in order to defeat the Soviet Union, so they put Benes into a coma to prevent his brain from hurting itself further. Dr. Peter Duval, the lead surgeon, informs Mr. Benes’s Secret Service handler that the injured part of Benes’s brain is located in an area that they cannot operate on without fatally injuring the man. Their only option is to shrink an expert team of four engineers and scientists, along with Mr. Benes’s Secret Service handler, down to microscopic size and inject them through Jan Benes’s carotid artery

Females started their journey into the medical field centuries ago. During these times, inequality of the sexes was a major factor in how society was established and what policies were put in place. Because these norms were put into place during a major time in Economic development, it made it even more difficult for women to gain equal opportunity. Women began their journey with a lack of education and an inferior status. However, as time passed, they increased their abilities and knowledge and began receiving more equal opportunity than previously found in history. The reasons for female’s ability to take on the medical field were not simple, there was a great deal of man power and work that went into getting these equal chances. Specifically, women viewed as the pioneers of medicine made huge strides to the equality of education, soon after education systems fell to the female pursuit, jobs

Every patient that gets a healthcare service expects for the doctor to be honest with them; Patients expect this regardless of whether they are at a clinic or hospital setting. In addition, patients also expect to be informed about all of their health conditions and all of the treatments that are available them. A patient age ,race, gender, or social class should not be the reason why that patient is not informed about their health condition; Moreover, if a patient is an illegal immigrant that is the police job to arrest them but as a doctor it would be your job to still care for them in the emergency room. Caring for a patient as a healthcare provider also means keeping the patient aware at all times of his or her health condition. In addition,

During a hospital stay, a patient can have a myriad of nurses taking care of them. It is interesting to see which nurses have had the same patient before and which are new to the nurse. It seems that the nurses are being rotated between patients almost randomly. A nurse that takes care of the same patient will assumedly have a better opportunity to get to know the patient, grow in the relationship, and understand the baseline, leading to better care for that patient. Although each facility has their own policy on how they assign patients to nurses, it would be a fair assumption that having a patient that a nurse has already taken care of would be better for the patient and the nurse since they both are already acquainted with each other. This is not the case in most work places since nurses are often rotated between patients. This paper will delve into three literature sources about the importance of knowing a patient. More specifically, they will help answer the research question of does treating the same patient throughout their stay at a facility enable nurses to know the patient better? Analysis of these sources will lead to a better understanding of what is already known about nurse and patient relationships and whether a change in how nurses are assigned patients is recommended.

One statistical study shows that “since 1970, women have grown from 9.7 percent of physicians to 32.4 percent in 2010”(Strasser, Annie). Similarly, “The new study, Men in Nursing Occupations, shows the proportion of male registered nurses has more than tripled since 1970, from 2.7 percent to 9.6 percent”(MacPhail, J. (1996). As the growth of women becoming doctors tripled, women were admired for their dedication and hard work. Yet as more men became nurses they weren’t praised, they were made fun of. But why is that? It’s because see nursing as a step down from being a doctor. It’s the “female role” which means it’s

Being patient means that you are understanding and tolerant. A patient person experiences difficulties without complaining. Patience as they say is a virtue and only those who practice it are at inner peace. I have experienced patience and have seen it,

Pediatric patients in hospital settings are unquestionably in a defenseless position and are highly reliant on nurses to provide for their individual needs. In the poem above, not only was the pediatric patient’s needs met, but also the nurse showed caring qualities that made the patient feel comforted. As a pediatric nurse, caring is a quality that is imperative to include along with nursing interventions to provide holistic care for a patient. Caring holds significant value to us professionally. We believe caring is an essential characteristic in nursing. Without this characteristic, one will not be able to care for a patient effectively. Patients we work with deal with many different issues, may it be extensive health or social issues.