Patient’s perspective on ICU Reflection and Evaluation Report 2022

Running head: HEALTHCARE
Patient’s perspective on ICU Reflection and Evaluation
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1HEALTHCARE
Reporting
The story of the patient is taken from a video posted
inhttps://www.icudelirium.org/patients-and-families/patient-testimonials. This report
describes the incident of a patient named Melisa who was admitted in ICU due to acute
respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). Inside the ICU it was very stressful for Melisa and
she was under rehabilitation for six months. She was previously diagnosed with leukaemia.
However, her experience of ARDS was more stressful than the previous time. The experience
in ICU not only affected her in her physical level but also affected her psychological and
emotional wellbeing. She was very weak during the treatment and her weakness remained
after rehabilitation. She felt uncomfortable due to the atmosphere in ICU. According to her
she was a prisoner. Apart from that, the activity of the health professionals made her
uncomfortable. She also got irritated due to the sounds of activity outside of the room. Later,
she faced issues with her memory which affected her professional carrier. In case of Melisa,
the psychological impact on her was severe.
Responding
Melisa was facing severe problem during the time of her treatment. Her story made
me to think about the patient’s perspective once again. It is understood that, inside ICU a
patient does not feel comfortable and as a health professional it affects me. It is frustrating for
me that, inside ICU it is all the advance machines may treat some health conditions but we
are not thinking about the psychological effect of the set up in the patient. Nurses need to
understand the patient’s perspective but in this situation a question may occur regarding the
roles of nurses to understand Melisa’s feeling. Apart from that, how nurses took action to
mitigate Melisa’s psychological condition?