Application of Knowledge

Running head: APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE 1
Application of Knowledge
Student’s Name
University

APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE 2
Application of Knowledge
Section 1 Self Reflection
From Ramasa, as a graduate nurse, I am majoring in day surgery or ambulatory surgery
where I am specializing in dealing with patients who undergo surgery and are discharged after 24
hours. This position is an outpatient surgical program where the patients who work in this
position are in charge of minor surgical procedures. In most cases, this position requires the
graduate nurse to work five to six patients assigned under his/her care (Shahriari, Mohammadi,
Abbaszadeh, & Bahrami, 2013). Further, as a graduate nurse in this field of practice, I can
manage the ward alone since the nature of the patients here is not critical. This position entails
performing different duties. I am charged with the responsibility making sure that I provide the
surgeons with the required tools before any surgical operation and at the same time account for
all the equipment after surgical procedures. Further, I also perform the circulation role entails
ensuring that the surgical areas are disinfected to prevent any contaminations.
As a graduate nurse specializing in day surgery, I have developed adequate skills for
placement in the surgical ward. The first important skill is the technical knowledge of the
surgical ward by knowing and understanding every piece of operative equipment within the
surgical area. Cognitive skills are also important for a graduate nurse in this position since the
formulation of technical skills is required every time the graduate nurse is engaged in the
surgical ward (Poorchangizi, Farokhzadian, Abbaszadeh, Mirzaee, & Borhani, 2017). This
entails meeting patient needs by making technical decisions that address the needs of the patient.
Communication skills are also important since nurses have to provide information and reassure
patients before and after surgery. Thus this position relates to meeting the surgical and patient
needs.

APPLICATION OF KNOWLEDGE 3
Section 2. Clinical question
The immediate thing to do in this situation is to call for help so that the patient can get
proper assistance. The next thing to do with the patient in such a condition is to ease them on the
floor. Since seizures come as attacks and most patients fall in any position or direction, the
patient needs to be assisted to properly lie on the floor to enable first aid. The hypothesis behind
intervention for seizure patients is to make them comfortable by creating conditions that allow
them to come off the sezuire after the shortest time possible (Grönheit, Popkirov, Wehner,
Schlegel, & Wellmer, 2018). This means that all the interventions directed towards the patients
are to restore life and lead to a quick recovery of the patient.
The next step is turning the patient onto one side gently to help the person breathe. In
most cases, the patients will have become unconscious and thus may be choked by their saliva or
the airway may be blocked thus leading to suffocation. By turning them sideways, the patient is
able to freely breathe without straining in any way because this position presents air.
Then it is is important to clear the environment by keeping away any objects that may
hurt the patient. This process guarantees the safety of the patient and prevents him from any
injuries that arise from the complications of the seizure (Male, Noble, Snape, Dixon, & Marson,
2018). The patient needs to be assisted to ease the body to increase breathing and reduce heat
from the body. This means that any ties around the neck like buttoned clothing or neckties need
to be loosened to increase breathing. If the patient is wearing tight clothing, a tie or shoe, then
need to be loosed to icrease breathing and comfort. Most seizures do not take more than five
minutes and thus the nurse needs to time the seizure so that the time taken in the seizure can be
determined. If this is beyond five minutes, then it is important to involve a doctor since this may
be lethal.