The patients' experiences have affected the quality of health care

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Introduction
The patients' experiences have affected the quality of health care that is offered by the
nurses in hospitals. The chosen scenario is the Age 75 patient experience which involves both
Mr. William and Natasha. Mr. William shares his experiences in the health sector, beginning
with several illnesses that he has faced and the treatment that he has had from the nurses.
Natasha has offered a chance to William for him to express how best the nurses should carry out
their nursing profession considering his experiences. Moreover, the Gibbs six-stage reflection
framework has proven to allow planning for things that go well or fail to succeed. The stages
involve description, evaluation, analysis, feelings, and conclusion together with an action plan.
Moreover, the major theories to be considered include the need theory, the self-care nursing
theory, and also the nursing philosophy of care. The main points to be looked into include the
benefits that come with sharing experiences.
Description
Mr. William had several injuries when he knocked a piece of concrete, and this led to the
wrecking of his right shoulder together with some damage in his nose and even chin, and this
happened when he was walking back from the shop. There was no one who was present during
the incidence, and this forced him to swivel onto his backside before getting up. Moreover, he
was in terrible pain during the whole process. When he reached his home, Mr. William refused
to be rushed to the hospital but he decided to wait for his GP, and this was after he went for an x-
ray. The reason as to why he refused to be taken to the hospital was because he had been kept
waiting for over eleven hours the last time he went for medication. He had been suffering from

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kidney stones, and he felt as if the nurses were not concerned about his pain; hence, he chose to
wait for his GP. Some of the themes that are evident out of the patient's experience are on patient
focus which involves offering the patients the critical attention needed to get to understand the
patient in the best way possible and to offer the best care. Furthermore, the other theme that is
evident is on quality improvement, and this involves development in the type of care that is
granted to the patients when it comes to medication.
Feelings and thoughts
Considering the patient's experiences, it is evident that I felt sad about how much pain he
had to undergo even at the hands of the nurses. He has been diagnosed with several conditions
such as having a kidney stone, and it was worrying to see the nurses ignoring his health even in
his critical state and pain while still in the hospital. Moreover, he was diagnosed with anemia
which meant that his iron composition was deteriorating and his hemoglobin state was worrying.
The patient should take it upon himself to find the best solution to his health condition and if
possible, continue consulting his GP to ensure that he does what is needed to come out of his
health condition (Johnson, 2018).
Values and beliefs
Some of my ideas when it comes to nursing include the fact that patients need the best
care at any given time no matter the conditions and that exposing a patient to severe pain is
against the trust that they may be having for any health institution. Moreover, this is about the
pain that Mr. William has to face when he gets injured, including the moment he went seeking
medication due to developing a kidney stone condition. Accountability is one of the values that I
believe should exist in any given nursing care unit, especially among the nurses, when it comes