Reflection on Clinical Practice Issues in Hospital Cardiac Stroke & Medical Ward

Reflection based on clinical practice issue or
critical incident in Hospital Cardiac Stroke &
Medical Ward

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Clinical Practice issue..................................................................................................................1
Impact from the professional, clinical and patient perspective....................................................2
The literature informs the clinical practice identified in the issue or incident.............................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................4
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
The branch of secondary healthcare is refer to an acute care. It is a place where patient
receives active care but for a short term treatment to a severe injury or after the surgery. The
practice which involve the activities and are performed on the behalf of client. Especially the
activities which are performed in client's presence or with their collaboration are termed as
clinical practice. The case study emphasised on some clinical practice issues such as financial
challenges, patient safety and quality of treatment, personnel shortages, government
authorization as well as patient satisfaction. The case study analyse the importance of
professional, clinical as well as patient perspective for an example that the patient and nurses are
not always agree on the quality of care but exposure to some times impact a positive perception
of nurse caring. The case study also review some literature as perspective for improving the
patient care in acute care centre as well as the clinical practices issue including their positive or
negative incident.
MAIN BODY
Clinical Practice issue
Clinical practice is a model of practice which involves, activities on behalf of patients
including their corporation or their presence. Me as a registered acute care nurse has
responsibilities to do the all activities of patient in their presence or with their cooperation. When
I was working as an acute care nurse in cardiac department, I witness a lot of issues while caring
the patient. One of the scenario, I witnessed that one patient was admitted in the hospital for
some days as because he was suffering from acute coronary syndromes. Due to which he was
suffering from breathing issue, chest pain as well as the pain was spreading from chest to
shoulders, arms, back, neck. But due to shortage of medical staff in the hospital, he was not
getting regular check-up in the hospital. He was given proper primary care treatment at the time
of unstable condition. As it was very unethical in case of treatment, as doctors could have to
monitor the patients regularly in terms of care. But they visited to their bed irregularly
(Voorhees, Fombelle & Bone, (2020).
At one night, when I was enter to acute care ward for my shift, I notice one of the patient
felt uneasy and severe chest pain along with breathing problem. When he was not able to bear
the pain he faint and fall asleep near the bed. I rush towards him with other medical staff and
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