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

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.

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

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

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

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

Client was observed coloring only one sheet and started moving around the office. Client switched chairs several times. He sat on the chair with wheels and started swirling it around for a period of time. He then sit backward with his knees on the seat while hold the back of the chair with his two hands and started rocking the chair back and forth for a period of time. He rocked the chair to the point that the chair's two wheels came off the floor. He moved the chair closer to the clinician's desk and picked up a pen and started throwing the pen on the table. He picked up the pen and threw it on the table about 6 times. Clinician eventually came to the client and asked him to sit on a chair without wheels. Client then crawled under his chair.

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.

Patient safety is a critical component of the care nurses deliver as we strive to prevent harm to our patients. Nurses work hard every day to provide safe and competent care in the setting in which they work. Gregory et al (2015) defines patient safety as, “the reduction and mitigation of unsafe acts within the health–care system, as well as through the use of best practices, shown to lead to optimal outcomes” (Gregory et al, 2015, p. 233) (also referenced as Davies, Hebert, & Hoffman, 2003, p. 12). Maintaining patient safety is very important to nursing care and health-care. The mother of nursing, Florence Nightingale, once stated, “It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the

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,

Since my learners will primarily young adults, they will need to fine tune their hygiene skills and patient etiquette. Assuming desired behaviors can be learned, I would show my learner a video on hygiene skills including washing your hands, sneezing or coughing into your elbow, and avoiding touching your eyes, nose or mouth. I would discuss why it is important these techniques are effective at reducing illnesses and improving overall health. After, I would have my learners simulate and practice these skills so they’re proactive and conscious of their actions. Moreover, I would teach my learners patient etiquette by illustrating the traffic within a hospital and physician’s office setting. This allows the learners to be conscious and aware

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.

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.