A Reflective Essay Based on an Episode of Patient Care.
This essay is a reflective examination of a care episode in the domain of mental health nursing, in relation to the processes of nursing decision making, clinical reasoning, and processes associated with patient care planning and management.Another aspect of nursing care that helped was effective communication which is an essential prerequisite for effective nurse-patient relationship (Robinson 2002). By talking to patient in an open, honest way about their pain made them feel more relaxed and in control which help them to cope better.This essay will demonstrate the nursing process and how it was applied. A system of planning in nursing process is to deliver the nursing care such as implementation, evaluation, planning and assessment (Barnard and LIoyd, 2012). The essay is to reflect on my role as Member of Multi Disciplinary Team (MDT) during a role play case conference.
This essay aims to critically reflect on an encounter with a service user in a health care setting. The Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle will be used as this is a popular model of reflection. Reflection is associated with learning from experience. It is viewed as an important approach for professionals who embrace lifelong learning (Jasper, 2013).Extract: The purpose of this essay is to explore the health needs and services experienced by a patient during the writer’s pre-placement visit in the hospital. To respect patient’s right to privacy and confidentiality Nursing and Midwifery Council, (2018), the patient will be referred to as Mr Johnson (pseudonym) and Tonia as the nurse.
An array of recent health care reform proposals have called for the use of episodes of care as a basis for payment and performance measurement. 1, 2, 3 Episode-based approaches are viewed as a means to drive improvements in the quality and efficiency of health care delivery. Under an episode approach, some or all of the services related to the management of a patient’s chronic or acute.
