Nursing Professional Experience Placement Program

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The nursing professional experience placement (PEP) program allows us students to gain
an opportunity in order to put into practice the newly acquired skills and behaviors along with
the use of the evidence based interventions for the purpose of implementing patient education,
nursing education and quality improvement (Bach and Grant 2015). Using the Discroll method,
the reflection is stated in the following paper.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
While my PEP program I was working in a surgical ward. There was Mr. X who was 65
years old and had been diagnosed with an inoperable cancer. The patient was undergoing
uncontrolled pain, while some relief was being provided through chemotherapy. The patient was
unable to move about by himself or to stand up or sit down. Finding his difficultly to move
about, I offered him coffee and other help. The first language of the patient not being English, he
had some difficulty in understanding, therefore I tried to use body language and other signs and
gestures. These are form of non-verbal communication. Luckily Mr. X could comprehend my
expressions and understood that I was offering him assistance. I tried to maintain my contact
with him throughout. I tried to communicate in the best possible way. I touched his shoulders
and raised my tone a bot in order to make sure that he was able to hear my voice. Through this I
realized that I was able to improve my communication skills, especially in non-verbal
communication, which I was lacking earlier. I feel that this interaction was beneficial for me
since it helped me to improve my communication and interpersonal skills both in verbal and non-
verbal communication (Grant and Goodman 2018). In future if such is required I will ensure that
I am well prepared to deal with patients who are not able to communicate properly.

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Contribute to a safe and healthy working environment.
Clinical governance helps to improve the standards of clinical practice. While my
placement experience in the third year of nursing course, my role was to ensure that the patients
receive maximum support and care from the hospital services. In order to ensure a safe and
healthy working environment, the first point that should be ensured is that there should be a
constant learning. There is also a restorative function that is followed for supporting the patients
and also the co-workers (Kirwan, Matthews and Scott 2013). While working in the ward, it was
required of me to manage the risks of the health care facility so as to maintain the safety of the
environment. The patients usually have greater expectations regarding the provision of
healthcare these days. Therefore it is very important for us to take these cases seriously and does
not allow negligence to pop up. Often negligence poses a great threat to the health institutions
therefore it is our responsibility to uphold our professional integrity so that the health entity is
able to manage its risks (Ammouri et al. 2015).
While I was caring for the patients, there were instances where there were several risks in
providing care to the patient, however still I focused on delivering a patient- focused care. I
realized that in order to maintain safety it was important for me to adapt to the prevailing
situations and to implement these changes in the activities of the ward of the healthcare unit.
Through this I was able to assure the patient as well as the other members of the nursing staff
that the safety of the working environment was maintained.
Ability to work under pressure, as expected for a Graduate Entry Registered Nurse