Reflective Account On Family Nursing

To overcome this obstacle, nurses should be persuaded to understand how important it is to ensure that diabetics are safe and receive consistent diabetes management wherever they are. There is a nursing shortage in all areas of healthcare and especially in most school systems, nurses are not always present, and diabetes is becoming more prevalent, so having other personnel who can be trained to deliver routine care and emergency care can ensure that someone knowledgeable is always present. Wood (2013) reported that with the shortage of nurses, diabetic students are not getting appropriate care throughout the day and families are facing hardship trying to ensure that timely and appropriate care is being

Critical reflection is vital to develop evidence based practice for safe and quality approaches to professional nursing practice. Nursing professionals should critically reflect on events to identify what health professionals might do to improve their practice and reduce the risk of a similar error. Reflective practice can help to learn from their mistakes, be empowered and most importantly to deliver best possible care to patient as nurses must work closely with their patients to develop a therapeutic relationship. Critical reflection is a valuable skill to ensure patient centred care. This practice promotes personal development by enhancing students’ self-awareness, their sense of community, and their sense of their own capacities for

I never saw any leaflets at the time of my appendectomy but I discovered a patient information leaflet for the Gloucestershire Health Community regarding coughing after surgery. It states that it is important that you can cough post-operatively so that you can clear any phlegm that has accumulated whilst being intubated during surgery. It gives you guidance on how to get rid

Reflection is a process of exploring and examining ourselves, our perspectives, attributes, experiences and actions / interactions. It helps us gain insight and see how to move forward (Nursing Times 2018). I believe reflection is particularly important when it comes to Nursing, as medicine is constantly changing/ improving and us ourselves medical professionals must adapt with the changes in medicine. I find that reflection is extremely useful in doing this as we can look over procedures or experiences that we have had, how that made us feel, whether we would change anything, then in the future we can see the changes that may have been made, whether this has changed our feelings and opinions on medical practice.

Skin integrity is an important concept that’s nurses assess on their patients. A key skill in nursing practice is to frequently assess the skin for possible breakdown or decreased skin integrity. Skin assessments should be conducted thoroughly once a shift and frequently reassessed for any signs of change. Skin discrepancies may be the first sign of an underlying issue. Early detection of any breakdown can help to implement interventions sooner. Unfortunately, unless there is a major skin discrepancy, skin issues can easily get overlooked, specifically in documentation and report. The focus of this paper is to research new skin integrity assessments to improve documentation effect and accuracy, resulting in decreased prevalence of skin breakdown in hospitalized patients. Topics discussed include reviewing current practices and new skin assessment techniques that decrease the prevalence of skin breakdown and pressure ulcers.

Family as context is the first approach that focuses on the patient while the family is in background. The family

Mr. R J is a 70-year-old Mexican American male with a history of type 2 diabetes and hypertension. He came to the emergency room with a left lower extremities blanching, erythema, mild swelling and warmth from dorsum of his foot to lateral calf. He is 5’5’’ tall, and his body mass index (BMI) is 36.6. After he had been admitted to the Medical/Surgical Unit, I walked into his room and introduced myself to him. I let him know that I would be his student nurse for the shift, and I would like to talk about his current medical problem, diabetes.

Think back to when you were a child and you became ill. All you wanted was the protection and guidance of your mother to take care of you. If you had older siblings, maybe they were the ones that helped make you feel better. Even as we grow older, we rely on our family for support when we are not well. When a family member is ill, it is not just that one person that suffers. When an illness strikes a family member, it oftentimes includes the whole family to deal with the illness also. There are different approaches that a nurse can utilize when dealing with family nursing. Approaches include family as context, as a client, system and a component of society. In this paper, I will discuss where and how these approaches are utilized.

When the most precious thing of the parents, their children have a condition such as type 1 diabetes, life is changed and their first reaction is anger, denial and doubt, and ask each other why my son? It is very important that parents understand that their child's condition is manageable and with good habits it can be controlled. The availability of evidence-based practice is a tool we can use to demonstrate parents that what we have told them has scientific evidence and it has been proven that with a medical follow up, monitoring and proper diet their child can have a normal lifestyle and a good quality of life. Having in mind the recommendations and guidelines that are provided to the feelings of grief, anger, denial and frustration will

In order to gain insight on the most frequently seen healthcare problem, I chose to interview a registered nurse from Georgia Regents Medical Center, Mrs. Denead Buoy RN, MSN. I chose this medical provider because she has had experience in her field for 17 years. During the interview, I gained valuable information about a disease that she stated she sees commonly in her in patient unit. The disease she noted was diabetes mellitus. During the interview she gave me information about the disease in terms of its causes, its frequency, and the reason she decided to identity these disease.

In order to gain insight on the most frequently seen healthcare problem, I chose to interview a registered nurse from Georgia Regents Medical Center, Mrs. Denead Buoy RN, MSN. I chose this medical provider because she has had experience in her field for seventeen years. During the interview, I gained valuable information about a disease that she mentioned she sees commonly in her in-patient unit. The disease she noted was diabetes mellitus. During the interview, she gave me information about the disease in terms of its causes, its frequency, and the reason she decided to identity this disease.

In this case study I will use Gibbs (1988) model of reflection to write a personal account of an abdominal examination carried out in general practice under the supervision of my mentor, utilising the skills taught during the module thus far.

Family is playing an important part in helping to ensure that patients are fit and following the advice of health care professionals. This is because the family is a foundation of support for everyone. At the same time, members can learn about what is impacting their loved one and what kind of procedures need to be followed. When this happens, there will be higher amounts of compliance as they will ensure that the patient continues to stick with their treatment protocol. (Saleeba, 2009)

The teaching focuses on diabetes. The teaching plan also lay out the signs and symptoms to watch out for. The three main types of diabetes and who is at risk for each one. The church members were given materials to learn more about the disease. We explore some of the most common myth about diabetes. The group were given the opportunity to decide if the statement was a myth or a fact. Furthermore, the community were made aware of the importance of reading food labels. Many food labels contain high amount of sugar with can add up to the calories needed per day. Additionally, the group understand that not everyone can prevent diabetes. Some people can minimize their risks by staying active and eat a healthy well-balanced diet every day. There

The following reflection demonstrates my awareness for my own cultural influences. Through the cultural lenses of a student nurse and a tennis member. They have impacted the way I view others and is a guidance to my bicultural professional health care relationship.