Managing Influence In Health And Social Care

One is to help the bereaved to develop their own ways of coping and the other is to ensure that their own difficulties, needs and attitudes relating to death and dying of their patients do not compromise their psychological well-being. It was noted by the same author that the psychological impact and after events prevalent in a critical care nurses’ working environment remains relatively unexplored. Michell (2010) also felt that repetitive exposure to resuscitative measures, end-of-life care needs, prolonging life by pharmacological and mechanical means and the continuous adjustment of these critical care nurses to this hostile environment, results in psychological disorders such as post-traumatic stress

Even after school is completed, I will continue to pursue learning opportunities to grow with the profession in the changing healthcare world because I believe it is essential so that patients will have the best opportunity to succeed when working with me.

In the future, I would approach this situation a little differently. I believe that after experiencing this event I now have the confidence and experience to maintain a patient’s dignity as best as I can during and after death. As I have now experienced a death and have participated in the performance of last offices, If I was to see a dead individual again I would not be as scared as I was this time and would be able to take charge of the last offices instead of shying away and leaving someone else to take the patient through the steps by communicating with the dead body.

This was a very intestine department because I became proficient in very sick patients and interpreting telemetry strips. I develop more interest in advancing my nursing career and helping people get medical help. I realized that my nursing profession is not just a job but also a passion for helping people make an impact in their lives. To better help people, advancing my knowledge will give me an opportunity to understand sick patients, their need, and a better way to assist them with their health problems.

P3 - Describe the different ways in which care workers can empower individuals using relevant examples from health and social care.

My second clinical day at Mercy Defiance Hospital, progressive care unit, was overwhelming but rewarding and very educational. Through the 8 hours I was there, I learned a lot. I engaged myself in many self-directing learning practices to futher promote my professional growth. My first time interaccting with my patient,I was joined with my clinical instructor. While in the room, I got to listen to to my patients heart, lungs, and bowel sounds. I was able to see and examine the patients ostomy bag, as well as help them to the bathroom. There were ways that I can improve my professional growth, suchas,having the confidence to not second guess my self about things to do in assessments. For example, I know how to assess the lungs, I should not second guess where to listen for the sounds. One of my goals for next week dealing with professional growth would be to have the confidence to know what I have learned and use it. My second one being to go into the room with a confident attitude and believe in myself.

exercising my intelligence, creativity, and social skills. I was able to see first-hand this side of the field

Giving end of life care to my terminally ill mother has ignited a passion in me to read Medicine and make a real difference to people's lives. Caring for her whilst she was bedridden gave me an invaluable insight into the care of the critically ill. Dealing with death is a crucial part of a doctor's job and I feel that the past year has made me much more aware, sensitive and prepared me to deal with this aspect of the job. I am undergoing an induction for my job as Clinical Support Worker. This will allow me to gain familiarity within the clinical environment. Through work experience which I organised at a GP Surgery and Bedford Hospital, I have gained an insight into life as a doctor; I saw the importance of the surgeon having a high leg excision of a

With the achievements I have accomplished related to health care, I now have learned so much information that I can apply to help others in desperate needs. The first step I had to immediately take was to enroll in health science courses. By taking these courses I was more familiar with the human body and its abilities.

It is important to remember that care of the patient does not end when the patient dies. After the death there is still work to be done in the form of comforting the bereaved family members. It has been reported that some

As time went on, so did my knowledge about obstetrics and gynecology. I was able to quickly pick up important keys into the development of the first stages of life. To add on, I identified I was strong in the area of patient care due to my recent experience as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). As holding a position as a CNA, I was ahead of the game in many aspects and it really helped me to understand the basic knowledge of OB

Another new skill learnt was documenting. I did know the background of it but never before had done. The health aide taught me how to record vitals in

Thank you for the sharing of your personal experience. If I knew, the patient was dying, I would like to contact the patient’s loved one and allow them to have time say goodbye. Death is a process of life. We cannot avoid or run away from it. Therefore, ones need to learn the harmony of life. Grief is unavoidable during the death process. However, if we deal with it well, we can learn and obtain valuable experience on it. Life is sharing and love.

degree of knowledge in patient care (Black, 2014). I definitely have progressed thru the stages

The structure of a healthcare organization can have a huge impact on how effective governance will be (Johnson, J. A. (2009). Policies makers must remember when outlining external motivations, like money, will decrease the value of internal motivations. The ability of policies makers to introduce positive self-interested behavior when needed without crowding out internal cooperative motivations is a sign of a well structure governance system (Dowton, S.B. (2011).