Patient safety always has and will continue to be one of, if not the most important thing to consider when taking care of any patient or resident. Some things I do to increase the safety of the resident is motivating the use of assistive devices, as well as the proper clothing and shoes to assure that the resident will not fall down as they are moving about the facility. Another way I enforce safety is using gloves when dealing with a patient to ensure that there will be no infection spread between me and the resident or between resident and resident. I also make sure to wash my hands or use hand sanitizer before and after an interaction with residents. This also works against preventing the spread of anything between people and residents.
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I always strive to create a conversation with the residents about anything other than their health, to show that I truly want to engage in their life and past experiences. I also participate in communication between my fellow students in post-clinical conference with the IPASS that we have been doing, along with communicating with some of the nurses around the facility. Docucare also plays an important in the development of my communication skills in nursing. Working on the nursing note helps establish nursing communication skills and puts them to practical …show more content…
For me it is important to not talk about my day outside of clinical with excruciating detail. Of course I go home and tell my mom that I got to apply a dressing on a resident, but I never disclose who the patient was or what they needed the intervention for. When using Docucare, in our nursing care plans and nursing diagnosis take into consideration the interventions that would need to be done in order to maintain optimal health for a resident. When taking care of a resident I try to encourage the resident to do all that they can while still maintaining a high level of comfort. I use assistive devices when it is necessary and make sure that there is a reason for using the device, not that I just wanted to use a Hoyer to get someone out of bed. I have been able to do interventions that a registered nurse or a wound nurse would do, such as full dressing changes and medication
I always strive to create a conversation with the residents about anything other than their health, to show that I truly want to engage in their life and past experiences. I also participate in communication between my fellow students in post-clinical conference with the IPASS that we have been doing, along with communicating with some of the nurses around the facility. Docucare also plays an important in the development of my communication skills in nursing. Working on the nursing note helps establish nursing communication skills and puts them to practical …show more content…
For me it is important to not talk about my day outside of clinical with excruciating detail. Of course I go home and tell my mom that I got to apply a dressing on a resident, but I never disclose who the patient was or what they needed the intervention for. When using Docucare, in our nursing care plans and nursing diagnosis take into consideration the interventions that would need to be done in order to maintain optimal health for a resident. When taking care of a resident I try to encourage the resident to do all that they can while still maintaining a high level of comfort. I use assistive devices when it is necessary and make sure that there is a reason for using the device, not that I just wanted to use a Hoyer to get someone out of bed. I have been able to do interventions that a registered nurse or a wound nurse would do, such as full dressing changes and medication