Relationship In Health And Social Care

Within health and social care there are many types of professionals who work to increase service users health and well – being. The different types of professionals working with a service user may vary depending on the illness. Professionals who work along side the health and social services include GP, Nurse, CPN, Health visitor, Physiatrist, Occupational Therapists etc.

Including the client as an expert member of the team creates an enhanced quality of care (Coad, Patel & Murray, 2014). In pediatrics, parents are often at the center of the child’s care. When asked to define what made the client care experience positive, parents stated that sensitivity, empathy and honesty were key factors (Coad, Patel & Murray, 2014). Working in healthcare, nurses can become desensitized to difficult experiences because they deal with them daily. Integrating the client and family as part of the healthcare team, allows the nurse to see the patient and family as a people first. By avoiding using illness as context, and instead using person as context, care will be more holistic (Coad, Patel & Murray, 2014). A family-focused approach helps to ensure that the whole family feels a part of the experience and is valued. In the case of bereavement, family centered care is particularly important. If the family is not included in the care from the start, it can provide barriers for grieving and impact how the family deals with loss (Jones, Contro & Koch, 2014). Nurses have an opportunity to help support the family through the grief process (Jones, Contro & Koch, 2014). Families have a significant impact on how the client heals, so by caring for the family’s needs, the nurse is indirectly caring for the patient. It is in the client’s best interest for the care to be holistic for the patient as well as the family (Jones, Contro & Koch, 2014). All

In the case of my family interaction, the OQQ helps me as a student nurse to communicate with the parents about their son. Family is the constant in the adolescent’s life, hence; I must work with the family to develop the best plan of care for the adolescent. The family is also the adolescent’s main source of support providing stability in what can be an otherwise traumatic period in the adolescent’s life. The most important task of the nurse is to provide support to the family. Nurses should not only establish rapport with the patient but also with the family. This allows for optimal collaboration and collaborating with the family maximizes each child’s growth and well- being. Working together parents and health care workers can make more personal and informed decisions regarding what the best treatment is for the child. (Neal et al., 2007)

With working relationships you have clear boundaries and policies and procedures in place that you must follow. You must follow the code of conduct. You are involved with the certain people for a reason and you cannot choose these relationships.

Another big role in a pediatric nurse’s job is telling the parents disturbing news when it is necessary. Telling the family any bad news is more of a process than anyone might think. The pediatric nurse responsible for this task must first think ahead, plan for the worse, and plan for the reaction of the family. The pediatric nurse must set time apart from their busy day to be able to spend it with the family of the patient. One is never sure how the family will react or how long it will take to explain all the details and answer all the family’s questions. , According to Crawford in his journal “It is also helpful in many cases to have a witness to what was actually said as sometimes, despite all the care and attention to detail, mixed messages can be conveyed” (Crawford 3). In the article, it also states that the pediatric nurse should give open and honest information to the family. The nurse should start the conversation off letting the family know that they are here to support and encourage. The nurse should be straight forward from there on out and should refrain from using elaborate or confusing words with the child’s family. The nurse should avoid not only confusing the family but also excuses, jargon, elaborate reasoning, and the temptation to speed through the bad news without making 100 percent positive the family understands what they are being told. When the nurse has properly told the family the bad news, he or she must

A. As we (as nursery nurses) are the ones that spend time with the children and look after them, we are the first contact for not only the children but for their parents too. So it’s very important that we are seen as professional and competent people at all times. I, as an individual, work alongside a small team of professional childcare workers to support, inspire, care for and look after all the children within my care. I will maintain a safe environment for the children to explore, learn and play in. I am polite to other staff, children and parents and communicate well with everyone.

-A succinct philosophy of family nursing is seen in The Association for the Care of Children’s Health standards stating the expectation for healthcare providers to facilitate family/professional collaboration at all levels of care, and to recognizing family as the constant in the patient’s life whereas the healthcare providers will fluctuate (p.40, 2003).

When creating care plans for children it is so important to include the child’s family in their care as it will benefit in this case both James and his family in helping to meet his milestonesIt is especially important when creating care plans for children to include where possible the philosophy of children’s and young person’s nursing which is family centred care. (Glasper and McEwing, 2010). Family centred care does not mean that parents have to remain with their child at all-times in hospital.it Care planning is all about prioritising what is best for the patient and putting the patient first (in this scenario James) but also incorporating family centred care in the patients plan. As discussed in care plan 3, we saw how James experienced anxiety as a result of hospitalisation for the first time and how his mother also suffered from anxiety as a result of not being able to stay with James all the time. In spite of this, James’ individualised care plan alleviated this problem by assigning him a nurse that he built a trusting relationship with and by creating a home environment for him by bringing in some family photos and comforts like his blanket and favourite toys.

You need certain skills and attributes to develop relationships with other individuals, this will then allow you to care for and meet their needs. A skill is having the ability to carry out a certain task out well or being an expert in something, an example of this could be carrying on a convocation or giving an injection to an individual. Personal attributes are qualities or characteristics you have which make you who you are, an example of this could be if you are a happy and caring individual. The way that professionals work within each health and social care sector is supported by a set of basic values which influence working practices

Insurance as defined, is a means of financial protection from loss due to any certain incidence that could occur. The person buying the insurance, which is the policyholder, makes payment for such compensation in the event of a loss. This payment can be paid monthly or yearly and is known as the premium. The insured person receives a contract which details the specific conditions and circumstances in which the insured will be financially compensated in the event of a loss or accident. If something happens where the insurance needs to be contacted then the insured needs to file a claim, and then wait to be contacted by a claims adjuster. This person will contact the insured to see what occurred and will send someone out to check the damage and

Primary care is the first point of contact Canadians have with the health care system. This point of contact can either be through a physician, a nursing practitioner, a nurse, other health professional. Whereas Primary health care deals with effectors beyond traditional health care that effect the health of an individual. These roles include income, housing, education, and environment.

Paediatric and child health nurses (registered nurse) have an advanced level of knowledge, training and skills that enable them to work in close coordination with children and families (Competencies for the Specialist Paediatric and Child Health Nurse 2006, p. 7). Child health nurses provide community based care and support to families (All about community health child nurses 2014). In contrast, a paediatric nurse may provide more specialised care, for example in an emergency department or neonatal intensive care unit. Registered nurses have a similar philosophy in the way they provide care and perform their work (Australian Confederation of Paediatric & Child Health Nurses 2006, p.7). For the purpose of this essay I will consider the two as

Throughout a person’s life milestones, there are expected physical, psychosocial and cognitive developments in relation to health aspects within certain age groups. For an instance, a school aged boy would respond to their diagnosis and treatment very differently to a fully grown man. At the age of 8, a child often experiences a shift from the pre-operational thought when they were pre-schoolers to concrete operational thought. Mark who is 8 years old was undergoes an appendectomy and been diagnosed with a gangrenous perforated appendix with peritonitis. This essay will be describing the pathophysiology of Mark’s presenting compliant and also evaluating on the nursing role to deliver developmentally appropriate nursing care with the focus on Mark’s growth and developmental stage, his family centred care and the effects of hospitalization on mark and his family.

Allows for identification of concerns and demonstrates to the family that the nurse also cares about them, not just the child.

This study had a decent size sample and a consistent survey for all parents to take. There was a look at communication between hospital staff regarding patients. As well as, a comparison between doctors and nurses. This gave this study some unique factors not seen in other studies.