Assignment on Practice Area of Wound, Ostomy and Continence using Benner Model
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1NURSINGIntroductionThe CAET ETNEP Program provides certification in the Enterostomal Therapyto thebaccalaureate prepared registered nurses. The purpose of the assignment is to rate own level ofcompetency in the practice area of Wound, Ostomy and continence using the Dreyfus/BennerModel. For each of three practice areas two learning goals will be provided that are expected tobe achieved by taking the CAET ETNEP Program. The importance of this exercise prior totaking the program is also discussed. WoundIn this area I would like to rate myself as advance beginner as per the Dreyfus/BennerModel. During my first experience, with my patient John, I have learnt that wound care meanstreating the whole patient, and not just focusing on the wound. While working with my mentor,during final year, she evaluated my skills. As per her results, I am competent in initialassessment and evaluating the wound assessment data for designing the treatment plan.However, I was not competent about interpreting different types of wound ulcers, variations inmanagement of malignant wound and development of care plan. I was competent in guidingother nurses in wound care process. According to the Dreyfus/Benner model, a newly graduated nurse can be in this stage,aware of her legal and professional responsibility for patients but have not performed theadministrative functions. At this stage a nurse will pay close attention to the performance ofcolleagues. However, may highly depend on the textbook accounts of patients signs and find it is
2NURSINGdifficult to measure the degree of severity and subtle variation which explains my experience(Benner, 2004)). By taking the CAET ETNEP program I would hope to achieve the competence related to-Interpreting the data related to pressure ulcer (history, wound and risk assessment)and establish a plan of care for specific ulcerInterpretation of data pertaining to malignant wound and nursing interventionrelated to its management OstomyIn the area of Ostomy care, I would rate myself as advance beginner, as per the Dreyfus/Benner Model.As a new graduate nurse, I am not confident completely about performing ostomy careindependently. I am not student, but not even a registered nurse. During my initial years ofgraduation, I felt fearful of ostomy than any other surgical procedure. My experiences withmentor helped me gain intense knowledge in ostomy care. I understand the pathophysiology,anatomy of gastrointestinal system and surgical procedures associated with it. I was competent ingiving personalised care and assisting in maintaining healthy active lifestyle, to one of the patientin geriatric care. He was 65 years old, with abdominoperineal resection,. I was competent inabdominal assessment, and deciding on the location of the stoma, that is easy for the patient totake care. I had learned a variety of ostomy procedure depending on the location of the disease.However, I was not competent in stoma care in different age groups as it requires different skills.
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