Clinical Placement

In nursing practice, communication is essential, and good communication skills are paramount in the development of a therapeutic nurse/patient relationship. This aim of this essay is to discuss the importance of communication in nursing, demonstrating how effective communication facilitates a therapeutic

My placement at Queen Elizabeth II Hospital – Ward 3A has been full of great opportunities for learning.

This self-reflective paper is focused on what I’ve learned about myself this semester regarding my strengths, and weaknesses. Concentrating on areas of my professional practice that need improvement and discussing two goals I have created for my self, and how I plan on achieving them. This semester I have discovered I have two key strengths those being a dedication to the practical nursing program, and seeking help in the program when I need it. This trait is hopefully carrying through as a strength in my nursing career. However, I have many weaknesses to work on as a student and future nurse. Along with my shortcomings, there are fears I have looking into the future, into CPE 1 and term 2. Those are the fears of not being good enough in

My practice in nursing has been influenced by various elements within my career. I have come to embrace that nursing is a learning process and one should expect constructive criticism. When I began as a “novice,” I found myself nervous in some clinical situations but I managed to remain focused on

Over the course of this semester, the clinical experience has provided nursing students with the hands-on opportunity to take what has been taught, and apply it to real-world experiences. Clinical rotations allow the student to have patient interactions, practice essential skills and discover different health conditions among diverse patients. The purpose of this paper is to build critical thinking skills by utilizing peer reviewed, professional, nursing literature and the nursing process to develop a plan of care individualized for an acutely ill patient encountered during this clinical rotation.

I felt different in this block of placement in many ways. That was because I had a plan for it as I knew my needed gaps (prioritizing care issues) to be strengthened so I could focus. Another reason made me impressed is that, most of the tutorials done were related to the placement I do, this could aid me to underpin the information given in a tutorial to a practical scene. For instance, we had an antibiotic’s tutorial which helped me relate it in respiratory ward and general surgery for cases needed antibiotics. Furthermore, I was lucky to have a new experience in my life which is primary care services for it is totally different from our primary care back home. Some of the places in this block were well organized, I liked it since they prepared a timetable of what we are going to do every day. On the other hand, some areas couldn 't achieve the objectives agreed for sick leaves ' reasons mainly and shortage of staffs sometimes. I like the idea of entry interview and excite

In this essay, I intend to reflect on a situation I encountered during my first community placement I had the opportunity to develop my communication skills not just theoretically but also practically, facing a real life environment. My placement made me aware of the importance of interpersonal and communication skills which are very important in the delivery of care. Throughout my nursing career, I will be encouraged to develop reflective practice skills and become a reflective practitioner. Reflection refers to a series of steps that you may take to question and explore an experience with the aim of learning from it. I will discuss the importance of communication in order to maintain a therapeutic relationship.

As first year nursing students, we have been introduced to concepts that are fundamental to our professional development as future nurses, such as interpersonal understanding, and interpersonal communication. In fact, understanding the importance of interpersonal communication during different stages of the therapeutic relationship between a nurse and a client is one of our main learning objectives. As a result, we have been assigned to perform a standardized patient scenario interview with an actor in order to demonstrate our communication skills through three different stages of the therapeutic relationship: the interaction phase, the working phase, and the resolution phase. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyze my own performance during the interview process, and identify my areas for growth and my areas of strength in the communication techniques.

Assessing the unit and understanding how its processes work, and eventually identifying its issues have been challenging, yet rewarding. It was not as easy as I initially thought. I have noticed several clinical gaps, but finding a microsystem issue that could lead in an improvement without adding new responsibilities to the staff was particularly demanding.

Arnold E (1999). Interpersonal Relationships: Professional Communication Skills for Nursing. 3rd Edition. Philadelphia: WB Saunders Company.

Comparing my clinical experiences from last semester to this semester, I would say that I have already experienced more this semester than I would have at this time last semester. Even though I am doing LNA work while incorporating RN aspects, I feel the work that we are doing this semester is more RN aspect based rather than LNA work. Clinical was my favorite part of last semester, and it is still my favorite part of the semester. Over the past couple of weeks at Riverside, I have had numerous new experiences, including following a nurse, following the wound care nurse, and going in on my day off to follow both the wound nurse and the nurse practitioner of the facility.

Today was my first day in the Hospital, and it was definitively a big difference compare to an outpatient clinical site. The feeling of the hospital is so much more chaotic, and other techs are definitively less patient and expect much more out of me. At Smil everyone seems to be more helpful, understanding and calm. I felt everything was unorganized at the hospital and the entire time I had a feeling of uncertainty and I was unsure who to follow, what to do and where to stand. The patients at the hospital are also in a different category, it is not easy going from having all ambulatory patients, to a non-responsive patient as well as the inebriated ones. Today I also realized how true it is what you have mentioned in your lectures, about

This self-reflective paper focuses on what I’ve learned about myself this semester regarding my strengths, and weaknesses. Concentrating on areas of my professional practice that need improvement and discussing two goals I have created for myself, and how I plan on achieving them. This semester I have discovered I have two key strengths those being a dedication to the Practical Nursing Program, and seeking help in the program when I need it. Both being potential strengths in my nursing career. I have some weaknesses to work on as a student and a future nurse.

Paul J. Meyer once said, “Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success.” As a future nurse, I believe that communication is the key to success in any occupational field. As a person who has struggled through my whole life with communicating with other people, the most difficult time in my life was telling my mother how I felt about her old boyfriend and what was going on that really bothered me. I love my mother and I want her to be happy, but when she was dating this guy, I was not happy at all and I could not talk to my mother about how I was feeling because I did not wanted her to be happy and not miserable

Barbara faces a bewildering array of obstacles to success in the General Surgery Unit (GSU) at Eastern Massachusetts University Hospital. Based on reputation alone, it was clear that her new unit had serious issues long before she took her position as Nurse Manager of its 33 member nursing staff. Having held an informal, off site meeting with her nurses, she has identified 9 of their chief complaints. These complaints can be mostly categorized under three of the most common stressors: incivility, work overload, and