Name: MD Abdul Aziz
Student ID: 1705855
Reflective Statement:
Recently, I had an experience of playing a role of Nurse in the health care sector. I didn’t know what a massive impact it would leave in my life. Unlike others in my team, I had basically no experience of working in a hospital setting. So, I was very anxious on my decision of being a nurse. Because being a nurse is basically all about the importance of communication as it is necessary for the health care professionals, as all their quality of service relies on this trait. I personally was very afraid to take on this job as I personally lack in this depart and poor communication skills can hinder the quality of treatment a patient need. So, after great consideration I head on took this challenge personally and professionally and worked as a nurse during my placement in hospital.
During that time, I was able to witness all the sacrifices and hard work put on the lines. I was able to sit in the meetings and work with different professionals and was able to do rounds. I felt like I was valuably contributing to my team as my urge to learn for new things help me take on anything and any new tasks assign to me.
I was given different tasks most of them immediate problems like patients who can’t get up need to have their beds cleaned or long-term problems like keeping an eye on the patient. These tasks proved to help me making decisions and make me reflect on my decisions.
I learnt about time management in my profession. In the starting, all my patients’ schedule had become a mess. The patient needed to be at bath at 8.00 am was not even awake, another patient’s medicine taking time was delayed by 30 minutes. So, I was forced to be on time as several patients were counting on me and any ill management can cause them severe problems. These events caused me to prioritize and compartmentalized my time and do my tasks efficiently.
Like Mr. John, 45-year-old, faced a road accident and was admitted in emergency, was admitted since last week. It was a minor accident but due to his age his body was recovering slowly. As a nurse, it was my duty to take care of him and keep an eye on him. As per my duty, I took his vitals daily and reported to the doctor. Like any other day, I was on the night duty, and I saw some signs of distress on Mr. John like he was not sleeping, was constantly trying to take off his IV. I noted down all these changes and help him sleep.
On the next day, when doctor came for the round, he asked me if there anything notable fact I see important to report. As Mr. John was here since a week, I didn’t tell all his background as doctor was familiar with the patient and only told him what I saw last night and asked doctor for the approval of my conclusion to get the psychiatrist and have a session with Mr. John. Doctor approved my request and told me to arrange a session with psychiatrist.
If I had not be there at the right time and was not keeping an eye on him so his PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) would not have been diagnosed and he would have been discharged by the hospital. So, being a nurse, I was proud that I could help my patient at right time.
Another experience as a nurse for me was to be in link with the rising technology and should be able to handle new inventories to improve my nursing practice and make it more efficient. Some of the machines I had to use was vital signs machine, and nursing documentation as it has also shifted to online, so I had to be good at that.
But all in all, for any health professional, the basic things all should have or should work on is their confidence and communication skills. I had problems with my communication skills and channeling my inner confidence which in turn affected my competency. Confidence has a lot to do in the field of nursing and I learnt that on a very starting point of my career. When I reflect on my first week, it is clear to me that my lack of confidence was proving me as a less competent girl. But with due to my mentors and my personal development I was able to change that. I requested them to assign me the assistance of senior clinical educator to assess my skills and confidence levels so he can guide me and by doing this I was able to establish good self confidence in me which later helped me not only in my career as a nurse but also in my personal life.
Change that I witnessed in me after the role play:
Working as a nurse, I didn’t really know what to expect and how this hospital setting would work as it was my first experience, all I could think was I would learn all I can from this experience. Looking back on that, I can safely say that I did learn but not only about how to take care of a patient or how to report to a doctor, I did learn more than that. This experience has been of great help for my professional development. This job gave me a hindsight of how I can develop professionally. I learnt about the importance of communication, as on my skills someone’s life is depending. If there is poor communication with the doctor, then the patient’s life is at risk, and it can be harmful for him. I learnt to take responsibility for someone. I gradually learned to critically think and manage needs of my patients efficiently. Although, there is along way to go for me to be able to say that now I have learnt all that I should learn but this experience gave me a good start and I will be thankful for that.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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