new information and clinical studies (S. Alarie, personal communication, November 23, 2016). If she finds one of these emails relevant to her organization, she makes sure to share the findings with her staff at their weekly clinical meetings (S. Alarie, personal communication, November 23, 2016). She also encourages her staff to bring up any new evidence they have found during these clinical meetings to encourage teamwork and continuity of care (S. Alarie, personal communication, November 23, 2016)
Individual Reflective Essay Nursing is a caring profession that is encompasses collaborative and autonomous care to individuals of different backgrounds who is sick or well (Olsson & Gullberg, 1991). Communication and autonomy are the core values of nursing that a professional nurse should integrate in their clinical practices. Communication is the exchange of feelings, information and thoughts between different stakeholders with the equivalent aim of delivering a coordinated patient care (Smith
Effective communication is imperative to the workplace in order for the professional to gain key information, build relationships with clients, and to further develop their ability to communication with others. (Quote). To demonstrate the importance of communication, an interview was conducted with a health professional that utilises their communication skills in a professional setting. This reflective essay will discuss and analyse the interview while recognizing the key points of communication that
However it is suggested that nurse-patient communication is slightly different; nurse-patient communication also involves the transfer of feelings, recognizing these feelings and letting the patient know that their feelings have be recognized (Sheppard 1993). Communication- both verbal and non-verbal- can have an effect on clients and the relationship which they form with their nurse. Communication can either facilitate the development of a relationship or
TITLE : COMMUNICATION LEADS TO SUCCESFUL NURSING PRACTICE ( REFLECTIVE ESSAY ) In this assignment, I will reflect an incident happened during my clinical placement to develop my communication skills not just theoretically but in practical facing real life environment. There is a lot of factors that may influence nursing practice. In this essay, I will discuss the importance of communication in developing nurse-patient relationship. Communication in nursing as stated by Sheldon (2004) was, "Many
right culture in clinical setting. Not only will effective leadership reduce preventable harms and errors but also it accelerates the speed of achieving a satisfying health environment for both patients and health care workers. This essay will highlight the importance of effective leadership in clinical setting by starting with a clear definition of patient safety and patient safety culture, then it will explain the relationship in between patient safety and leadership. This essay will also introduce
many aspects of communication and professionalism that exist in a patient care environment and interactively engaged us as a means to improve our understanding and development. It provided me with an in-depth insight into the integral elements of communication and professionalism, allowing me to identify attributes I never considered before. This presented me with the opportunity to identify my weaknesses and strengths and facilitated my ability to develop throughout. This essay will specifically
Leadership in a healthcare setting requires a great breath of knowledge specific to healthcare and but it also requires soft skills that can be translated to many other professional endeavors. This essay will examine the leadership style of a specific healthcare professional, the strategies and skills that she uses to motivate their staff members and the results or impacts of the application of the skills and knowledge of leadership. The interview of this leader allowed an insight into the inner
are expected to perform a wide range of clinical skills for saving patients’ lives and this requires student nurses to have solid foundation in their learnings. The problem-based learning is defined as the learning that develops from the process of working towards the solution of a given problem (as cited in Ling, Bo, Ying, Shao & Hui, 2014) and its learning approach has been the focus in the nursing education for student nurses’ academic curriculum. This essay argues that problem-based learning and
The aim of this essay is to explore an aspect of care that a client group receives whilst in the community setting. The chosen aspect of care will be palliative care delivered to those patients who have been told they have a non-curative illness but are not yet at the end of life. The stage of the illness of the client group chosen is one where the patient is managed at home because there as there is nothing anyone can do to make things better (Calman-Hine Report 1998). The essay will also briefly