Introduction
The reflection notion aids academic nurses to practice their profession. The patients’ medical history aids the nurse to prosper. The case study decreases explicit difficulty and complications subsequent to physical examination. It discloses evidence focused conventional medical assessment. The study helps numerous and multifaceted desires of an individual. This study augments both multidisciplinary growth and interdisciplinary growth.
Nursing interventions are deeds assumed via a nurse to advance the patient’s treatment course. In numerous countries, specialized nursing establishments have fashioned multifaceted grouping schemes for nursing interventions, generating a consistent system, which can be utilized d by all nurses to offer an elevated level of care. The aim of nursing interventions is to better the health and wellbeing of the patient.
This reflective case study revolves around a 72-year-old man who was admitted for dyspnea in a hospital in which I had my placement. It was established that the patient had been coughing for a week prior to his admission and was complemented sputum emancipation. The patient’s medical history comprised chronic bronchitis and emphysema. The patient was a smoker previously before he quitted due to economic as well as medical reasons since it was bad for his asthma. Psychologically, the patient reported he was depressed in addition to being atrocious regarding the future. The patient’s medical history exposed that he had emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Following these conditions as well as his old age nature, the patients was not capable of taking care of himself. Therefore, as a nurse I had to take of him. However, for the purpose of this study, I will focus on feeding the patient for it was this that made me experience the most from my placement.
This reflection was selected to highpoint the requirement for nurses to possess therapeutic skills, to offer all-inclusive care for individuals identified with dyspnea in addition to the opportunity of learning chances it has offered to better practice in this field. All names in this text were omitted, to respect the discretion of the client as well as other healthcare specialists (ANMC, 2006).
Reflection, in this example, is a technique of examining historical occurrences to encourage education and augment welfare, in the distribution of health care in practice. Due to his old age and frail nature, having suffered from chronic diseases previously, the patient in question dependent on health care givers for all usual activities essential for daily living was counselled to have a mashed diet, and coagulated fluids.
My supervisor requested me to note her nourishing the patient. He had organized the lesson within the prior week by offering literature on the theme of nourishing aging patients and information on safe preparation for nourishing patients suffering from dyspnea.
I was unprepared and distressed for the physical appearance of this patient. He was coughing vociferously and strenuously as a profuse, green watercourse of mucus was projecting from the mouth. I witnessed him being nourished and observed he was coughing above the norm during taking his meal; nonetheless, I was cognizant that this was moderately usual for him. I was then asked to nourish him the following day. As soon as I disclosed the meal to him, he began coughing in the same manner that I had perceived previously; however, this time he dodged all eye interaction. At this time, I was feeling tremendously apprehensive, however continued feed him. The coughing augmented in concentration escorted by speedy eye blinking, whirling which I could only define as troubled vocal rumbling.
This encounter made me feel extremely uncomfortable and insufficient in performing my role. I attempted to comprehend why he responded that distressingly via emphasizing through putting myself in his position. Owing to this, I was angry and exasperated, however more outstandingly the sensation of vulnerability. The inability to say my repugnance to the meal presented aggravated by the resolution of hunger or thirst.
Even though this familiarity was appropriately terrifying (for me) and exasperating (for the patient), it has emphasised the necessity for me to progress the communication abilities. ANMC (2006), shapes that we need not increase additional pressure or distress to a patient through the actions and we ought to employ the professional abilities to establish patient’s preferences concerning goals and care of the healing relationship.
It has been quite problematic for me to acknowledge my inadequacies; however, Burns (2004) elucidates that an individual ought to identify their faintness as an initiative for being self-aware. Merely with recognition of one’s self, can an individual start to recognize another person’s individuality and build upon this to offer all-inclusive care.
I acknowledge the information have obtained via my experience reflection will not continuously guarantee that I will indulge patients with unqualified positive esteem, basically owing to the multiplicity in the our nature as individual human beings and the setting around us. I have obtained a novel viewpoint on my practice, which is to set my individual aims in expediting effective interaction between the client and I, should the condition present itself once more.
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