Nurse Reflective Report

They each are liable for nursing negligence in a civil court. Because they breached the standards of care by failing to render the degree of care, skill, and judgment exercised by a prudent nurse under the same circumstances (Westrick, 2014). Jeffery Chambers, RN had an established duty to care for Yolanda Pinnelas and breached the standard of care as he was the primary nurse assigned to the patient. Diana Smith, RN mentioned to Jeffery Chambers, RN that Yolanda Pinnelas IV infusion was beeping. However, he did not take the time to check the nature of the problem.

Name That Liability The name of the responsibility is negligence due to falls of patients in intensive care unit. The liability may occur due to the medical staff that forget to put the brakes on the beds, put in a low position, the call light within reach and personnel items easily reach to every patient. These falls can bring a lot of injuries to patients and fractures (loss of continuity of bone tissue. It ranges from a small crack to total bone fracture displacement of the two ends of the bone fracture), trauma to the skull and face (injuries to the skull and face are especially important, since the intensity of the shock can affect the central nervous system (CNS), located within the cranial cavity), trauma to the extremities (as a result

Hence, this is a sentimental event because this unanticipated event resulted in death to a patient, not related to the natural source of the patient's illness. Therefore, the threat and error management model should be used to determine both training needs and organizational strategies to improve the management of threats to safety. What defenses in the system failed in this case? Can you construct a Swiss cheese analysis of the system defenses and what occurred?

The idea of shift work is a common one, but for nurses this is not a simple changing of staff during a certain time, change of shift signifies a time of purposeful communication between nurses and patients, in order to promote patient safety and best practices (Caruso, 2007). During this time, there is the possibility for this critical opportunity to relay important information to become disorganized by extraneous information, rather than concentrating on the needs of the patient (Sullivan, 2010). Often the patient is left out of the conversation, and is not a part of the process. Patients and families can play an important role in making sure these transitions in care are safe and effective (AHRQ, 2013).

Case study of Mrs. A thought her admission to a acute ward, demonstrated the skills that are needed to care for her. 21312829 This assignment is a case study looking at a patient who has been admitted to an acute hospital following a fall. It will look at why the patient has been admitted and what skills are needed to deliver appropriate care.

You did a great job. You are acting as an advocate for the patient for their interest. We must support the rights of patients who are unable to advocate for themselves .We are facing lot of ethical problems in our workplace. Nurses must take a decision in Ethical dilemmas. These decisions affected by so many factors, including principles learned in school and nurses personal beliefs, and values.

Monday October 26th: Today at Moses Cone hospital, I was in the role of student nurse. I had two patients; one a returning patient, and the other a new patient. The nurse I was working with is someone I have never worked with before or even seen on the floor, but she seemed to be familiar with the unit. It was about 3-5-45 minutes into the shift before we received hand off report. After about 8 minutes of waiting to get report on the rest of her patients, my nurse went ahead and started to see patients.

Proper Delegation: The Nurse’s Responsibility Every field of occupation requires each position to operate under a variety of different tasks and responsibilities. Depending on the work that is to be completed, sometimes, delegating certain tasks to those who are well-trained and competent to finish it plays a major role ensuring what needs to get done is completed. In the nursing field, registered nurses are tasked with many responsibilities that need to be finished in order to guarantee that patients are getting the quality care they need and are healing effectively. Part of the responsibilities of a nurse is to delegate tasks to unlicensed assistive personnel (UAPs) and licensed practical nurses (LPNs). In order to properly delegate tasks to these workers, the registered nurse needs to follow the five rights of delegation provided by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing (NCSBN) (n.d.): (a) right task, (b) right circumstance, (c) right person, (d)

For the bedside to be effective both incoming and outgoing nurses need to be involved in this report. The charge nurse would be a critical component too, as she would be evaluating the effectiveness of the changes. Finally, another critical component to be involved in this change is the patient. With the patient output the bedside shift report can be done correctly and a difference in patient satisfaction would be

I was on my rehabilitation clinical placements at the Bundoora Extended Care. Mr John, 84 year old man, was admitted to the clinic 2 days past to my day of work. He had been experiencing retention of urine and was in extensive pain. My buddy nurse and I were educated amid handover that we would be taking care of John on this specific movement and might we be able to change the dressing on his right leg as he had an ulcerated leg because of affliction from a condition known as Peripheral Vascular Disease. My buddy nurse requested me to get him washed and changed.

According to my perception, my Manager made the compromising sort of conflict administration methodology with the patient to spare the staff and healing facility notoriety. He oversaw both sides extremely well by guaranteeing them. He made patient calm , cheerful by offering him the markdown and giving staff directions to keep away from any such episode in future. He needs to deal with the present circumstance. He takes care of the issue on the present premise yet not permanently.

Introduction As we approach graduation many BScN students are prepping their resumes and settling into the mindset of “I’ll apply to anything, just hire me!” We thought it was important to ensure that our future graduate think ahead to all the many different nursing careers that are out there, what role they think they would be happiest in, what training might be needed for that role and how to be successful in the interview. This reflection will examine my experience working as a group to complete a facilitation in the Nursing 4Q03 class. Facilitation Experience (planning, conducting, evaluating)

This can end up in a lawsuit, which shoots down a nurse’s self-esteem and confidence. How do we prevent ourselves from these traumatizing incidents? Follow protocol, maintain clear communication, document EVERYTHING you do (because if it wasn’t charted, then it wasn’t done), check on and monitor your patient, delegate correctly, and so on. (American Nurses 2018) Doing your job correctly is what is going to protect you from a law suit.

As all know, the incidence of patient falls will be the big thing in every health care centre. I also worry if Madam Y experienced any complications, I might not be able to forgive myself. This critical incident made me feel sad and disappointed in myself. After this incident, I started to blame myself for the fall and this affected my nursing practice until the end of my shift. I still being uncomfortable and not confident on that day while performing my nursing skills and felt sad throughout the day.

Mr. Cole seems to favor autonomy, which is the right to make his own decision. I as his nurse must exercise my right of nonmalificence (duty to do no harm) especially if I feel that the patient is unstable. I feel that it is my duty to be honest with Mr. Cole (veracity) and let him aware of what can happen if he chooses to go home even though he is still coughing up blood. At the end of the day I am held accountable for the outcomes, whether they are good, bad or poor, so I must do my best to cover all bases not just for myself but more importantly for the patient. (Whitehead 2007)