Introduction
Above all, the key component of nursing is caring, even though everyone has a different conception of caring. Caring can make or break the communication between individuals or even result in the therapeutic relationship being absent. Not to mention, without a therapeutic relationship caring would not exist and result in a poor experience for that patient. If a patient does not feel cared for by the nurse, then the patient will not want to open and discuss their health concerns. Understanding the basics of caring and being aware of how to demonstrate it, will ensure that the patient's needs are being met. Significantly, there are guidelines and standards that are put into place to help nurses build a therapeutic relationship
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Comfort is a key concept I anticipate about when I think of caring. As a nurse, you always want to make sure you create a comfortable environment for the people around you. Allowing the patient to feel comfortable with you will result in the patient opening up to you. When the patient opens up, it gives you the chance to engage with them. Having a functional connection with the patient will help build a therapeutic relationship. If the patient feels like you, as the nurse, understand what they are feeling, then it will make them feel like you care because you are listening to what they say. Throughout the semester, my perspective on caring has stayed the same, but I did learn that being compassionate is vital in nursing. I always thought being compassionate meant to comfort and help the individual forget the issue. It is actually about sharing the patient’s pain with them and demonstrating that you understand how they are …show more content…
All of the concepts come together to indicate what a nurse looks like, what it means to be a nurse and the kind of care their patient should receive. The two reading packages include plenty of information, guidelines, as well as steps in developing the skills to care for a patient. The two reading packages are: Nursing Obligations and Ontologic Capacities: The Five Cs Supporting Relational Inquiry and Essential Nurse Qualities Required for Strengths- Based
Leo Buscaglia once said, “Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” In the field of nursing, this concept could not be illustrated more profoundly. The trait of caring within nursing is arguably the most important trait that a nurse could possess. It can be defined in various ways, but to me, caring is the act of being moved or compelled to action by feelings of compassion, empathy, sympathy, anger, intention, sadness, fear, happiness, protection, enlightenment, or love in light of another human being. There are many aspects to the term “caring”. It is an ever-present shape shifter, swiftly
Caring is the biggest aspect in the nursing field. Aspiring nurses choose to become nurses because they want to care for people in ways that most professions cannot do. Without caring nursing would not be the field it is today. The culture of caring involves intervening programs that help to build caring behaviors among nurses. As nurses become stressed and become down on their life it has shown that caring for oneself before others is key in caring for patients. Lastly, throughout the years many theorists have proven that caring has come from many concepts and ideas that relate directly to ICU nursing.
I never stops to educate myself. I consider myself as a life-long learner. The profession of nursing offers an opportunity for me to learn daily because I always learn something every day. Once I learn something new, I like to apply it to my practice. Duffy’s quality of caring guides me to practice. I just had a 64-year-old patient who is going to have dialysis the first time. Understanding the anxiety that she had was more important than educating the process of dialysis. The patient stated that she wanted to live longer and finally decided to have the dialysis, but she was nervous about this. A care plan relate to coping mechanism was developed because showing a sense of sympathy and caring could help her to relieve the anxiety. When caring is evident, patients enhance self-esteem, quality of life, knowledge and coping mechanisms, as well as decreased lengths of stay and healthcare costs (Desmond, et al., 2014). On the other hand, in an uncaring situation, a patient feels humiliated, vulnerable, and
Therapeutic relationship is an essential part of nursing; it is the foundation of nursing (CNO, 2009). The National Competency Standard for Registered Nurses state that nurses are responsible for “establishing, sustaining and concluding professional relationship with individuals/groups.” Throughout this essay the importance of forming a therapeutic relationships will be explained. The process of building a therapeutic relationship begins from prior to time of contact with a patient, the interpersonal skills of the nurse; then the process includes skills required by the nurse to communicate effectively, including respect, trust, non-judgment and empathy. The way to portray these skills can be via verbal or non-verbal cues that are important to understand how they influence a person. The process and skills listed below are all relevant to nurses working in the contemporary hospital environment today.
They should feel that they are cared for by friendly, approachable, available, helpful and informative staff who can listen to them, offer them advice, protect their dignity, anticipate their anxieties and act in appropriate ways.” (Proctor). She explains the importance of patient and caregiver communication, as well as, the characteristics to portray towards a patient. When a nurse shows respect and acknowledges the patient that shows they are willing to have an open relationship to give quality
Nursing for me is not only a profession, but rather a form of promoting physical and emotional well-being for my patients. At the same time, I consider that the nurse must have the quality to be caring. The patient needs to know that his/her nurse is there to comfort physically and emotionally during hard situations. In addition, nursing it is more than just performing procedures and administering medications. An important characteristic that will help in many aspects to alleviate suffering of my patients is compassion. By showing compassion, the recovery of my patients will have a better outcome. Also, another important aspect of my nursing definition is the presence of knowledge. As nurses, we have to identify and face different situations in the clinical practice if nurses lack the adequate knowledge the patient health outcomes can be jeopardized.
“The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival” (Aristotle, n.d.)
The following essay is a reflective paper on an event that I encountered as a student nurse during my first clinical placement in my first year of study. The event took place in a long term facility. This reflection is about the patient whom I will call Mrs. D. to protect her confidentiality. Throughout this essay I will be using LEARN model of reflection. I have decided to reflect on the event described in this essay since I believe that it highlights the need for nurses to have effective vital signs ‘assessment skills especially when treating older patients with complex medical diagnoses.
Nurses are an equally important part of each client’s life. Nurses provide stable care to each client, answers their questions, gives medications and treatments, and assists with medical procedures. They also have the responsibility to explain to clients and family members what they should and should not do as they go through treatment and recovery. Nurses must quickly respond to patients needs. Every individual nurse has his or her own unique way of caring. There are so many ways to show caring that the possibilities are never ending. Nurse’s support, comfort, and help allow the patients to recover to the best of their ability. Their experiences in dealing with different patients that have unique situations on a daily basis helps the nurses become better caregivers. Therefore, every nurse is capable of demonstrating care in their respective environments.
To improve my understanding of maintaining my capability for practice as a RN, I set a goal to learn in depth from my classes, related units, and through interacting with my friends and tutors. There were many setbacks on the way, but as I became more acquainted with the matter I began understanding better. In this reflection I’ll use Gibbs reflective cycle (Gibbs, 1988) to address my experiences as a student nurse in fulfilling the maintenance and capability for practice. Description Through tutorials, lectures and simulation classes every semester, our practice is enhanced and maintained so that the skills and knowledge we learnt is always nurtured while new ones are gained.
I am working as a staff nurse at one of the Integrated Management System (IMS) accredited hospital in Sarawak since 2014. I qualified as a Registered Nurse with a Diploma in Nursing in year 2007. My first year I have been working in a multi-disciplinary ward. We cover a range of specialties including minor and major surgeries. The health care team in my ward consists of 1 Unit Manager, 20 staff nurses and 15 care assistants.
This theory “Focuses on the human component of caring and the moment-to-moment encounters between the one who is caring and the one who is being cared for, especially the caring activities by nurses as they interact with others” (Kearney-Nunnery, 2016, p. 49). Healthcare systems have been focusing more on curing than caring. The costs of non-caring are quality, safety and medical errors. Inadequate staffing further distances the relationship between nursing and patients. When the patient feels like an object, they become dissatisfied (Pajnkihar et al., 2017). If management can apply a caring approach to administration, they will see the benefits of nurses spending more time with patients. This restores nursing to promote wholeness and healing. Focusing on a caring approach promotes adequate staffing to facilitate the nurse patient
Comfort is important to caring in nursing because it is the nurse 's job to try and help the patient feel at ease and be pain free.
The interdisciplinary course is a core requirement in the after-degree nursing program as it incorporates the principles of self-directed learning and promotes critical thinking, which is an essential element in nursing practice. As a final year nursing student, I believe that knowledge from this course will enhance my ability to provide patient-centered care.
Humans are more responsive to treatment when they are feeling good about themselves. To help patients feel good, nurses must take care of them hence as Watson said, "caring is the essence of nursing"(Watson in Jennifer Olin, 2011). Through caring, nurses manage to listen to the needs of the patients and also understand the background of each and every one of them. By communicating with patients about their personal life and interests, the nurse makes the patient feel important since someone is finding time and showing interest to their lives. By showing affection the nurse is showing to the patients that she is just trying to figure out what they are going through and willing to make them feel better. Through communication, patients start trusting more the nurses. If there is a lack of trust, the communication that