logo

Affiliation: African American Nurses in Clinical Placement Log 3

   

Added on  2021-04-21

8 Pages1709 Words474 Views
Clinical Placement Log 3 1Clinical Placement Log 3Name of the Student:Academic Affiliation:Date:

Clinical Placement Log 3 2Introduction During my Clinical Placement at a hospital in London, I came across an interaction with a patient that required me to effectively demonstrate my ability to use professional conduct or theNMC code. During one of my ward visits, I came across an Afro-American patient who hurled insults and abuses accusing me and other nurses of our failure to accord him the best treatment that could have seen him discharged from the wards within less than a week. The patient in this circumstance will be called Tony though this is not his actual name for purposes of confidentiality (Phillips, 2017, et al). The patient accused us of discriminating against him because of skin color. As a professional nurse, it was my responsibility to ensure that I demonstrated the application of the core components that are comprised in the “NMC code of Professional Conduct 2008” through the use of reflective practice. Based on the “NMC Code of Professional Conduct 2008”, it is stated that as a nurse, I amsupposed to act based on this code through the use of both legal and ethical frameworks to ensure that the confidentiality and wellbeing of the patient are well adhered to. I tried all I can and called him aside in a private doctor’s room and together with other colleagues, we explained to the patient that as nurses, it was our duty to ensure that we act and provide health care in both a fair and non-discriminatory manner that respected the values, beliefs, and customs of all individuals (Miller et al, 2018). While guiding the patient, I ensured that I put in mind the reflective practice as being a deliberate as well as active process that critically ensured that the practice was well put into use. This situation mandated me to undertake a self-inquiry process which enabled me look at the experience and deeply thought how it made me feel as well as react(Johnson, 2018).

Clinical Placement Log 3 3Quite definitely, I became helpless on how best I could explain to Tony to make him understand that there various monitoring health mechanisms that we use in order to determine whether we should discharge patients or retain them for further evaluation. I actually felt sad thatTony could not understand the procedural treatment processes that are followed when treating patients with different ailments in the wards. I felt quite concerned that Tony was thinking that treatment was being given to patients in the wards based on their skin colors and not based on theailments that they were suffering from (Etherington et al, 2018). Evaluation It was quite evident that Tony was indeed in a vulnerable situation because of the ailments he was suffering from. Together with other ward nurses, we made explanations to Tony and explained to him how treatment was being given to numerous patients within the ward. However, we later on realized that Tony was not fluent in English and therefore there was a communication barrier between us. As a result, the communication barrier made it difficult for usto hit the message to him (Hassenkamp et al, 2017.). As a result, Tony continued to make a lot ofnoise accusing us of being biased in the disbursement of medicine and other forms of treatment. This made us to call an interpreter who explained the whole situation to us. The interpreter played a significant role in ensuring that we got to know the numerous complaints that Tony had leveled against us. We strived the best and reassured Tony that we as nurses at the GoodCare hospital strived the best in ensuring that we offered treatment to all and sundry through fair and non-discriminatory beliefs (Stanford & Gay, 2017). Analysis Despite the fact that nurses may have different personal opinions on the issue of race, it was our mandate to ensure that care is provided to all without any form of discrimination and

End of preview

Want to access all the pages? Upload your documents or become a member.

Related Documents
Professional Codes of Conduct
|7
|1710
|467

Reflections on Your Personal and Professional Development | Report
|16
|4071
|45

Analysis and Evaluation of Nursing Theory for Complex Adult Patient Care
|14
|4866
|391

Professional Practice Reflection Using Gibbs Cycle
|6
|1476
|385

Mental Healthcare in Nursing Assignment
|10
|2996
|23

Hand Hygiene Issues
|8
|2307
|184