Patient Experience of Preventing Falls and Harm from Falls and My Health Record (E-Health Record)

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PATIENT EXPERIENCE OF PREVENTING FALLS AND HARM FROM FALLS AND MY
HEALTH RECORD (E-HEALTH RECORD)
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Introduction
Evaluating risks of aged patient experience is critical in nursing related care (Bradley, 2012).
The scope of current reflective argument applies Gibbs reflective cycle for evaluating a 75 year old
male patient experience. William Taylor had faced immense challenge in public hospital and waited for
a long period to get relief. The analysis evaluates the National Safety and Quality Health Service
Standards to prevent falls and harm from falls. The patient had experienced had experienced significant
pain and troubles getting appropriate care in public hospital and then nursing care, which was reflected
in his interview. For analysing the client experience an E-Health record will be integrated, which will
include any allergies or medications they are taking. The accessible e-Health record would allow
doctors, nurses, hospitals and other healthcare providers such as physiotherapists to access individual
health information and then devise appropriate path of action.
Description
The patient experienced fall multiple number of times and had a bad experience in the public
hospital to release pain. The patient’s condition can be described by the theory of psychosocial ageing,
from Cumming and Henry’s (1961) disengagement theory which indicates drawing aloof of an older et.
al., 2014). The patient had to wait long periods of time in order for his pain to get relieved. The patient
condition worsened as he had multiple times injury and was treated differently each time. At one time
he was staying in a rural town in outback Queensland, where inferior tubernates reduced to make
breathing efficient. Information which will be uploaded in e-Health record will be that he suffers from
allergic rhinitis, type 2 diabetes and hypertension. The patient does not use glasses for driving but just
for reading purpose. The key theme focused in the current discussion includes care focus where the
patient was not given adequate treatment as per the National Health standards.
Feelings and Thoughts
The experience that the patient had faced was extremely distressful. Feelings or thoughts related
to the person is off empathy as the person in pain and during illness was passing through such a
condition (Machenzie & Reedy, 2014). No one was talking to the person as well so I feel that nurses
should be more responsive and need to interact with the patient to understand his condition of pain or
suffering. I feel that nurse’s services are valued as they pay attention to patient condition and priority
should not be set for patients who are in pain. Immediate relief and medication has to be administered
to monitor that patient pain can be reduced or treatment can be paced up. The e-Health record need to
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include and maintain all information relative to the patient such as his multiple falls, which has hurt
him.
Values and Beliefs
The patient condition was not appropriate that nurses or clinicians could wait to administer
treatment. In pain condition, it is my belief that immediate medication with appropriate dosage has to
be administered by appropriate risk analysis. I also feel that the patient was highly confused to seek
help for the health condition and refused assistance in most cases. Rather he believed that staying at
home might help reduce his pain rather than going to the health center and waiting. His behaviour can
be explained from Atchley’s (1989) continuity theory, where people tend to maintain their values,
behaviours and habits at an old age. The GP or nurses at the point of receiving the patient did not
provided adequate assistance as per the National standards and ignored them in totality.
Analysis
He did not receive appropriate care at the right time and the patient was also very irresponsible
regarding opting for treatment at the appropriate time. At the public hospital he was made to wait,
which was not at all appropriate, or correct (Wachter, 2009). The patient for pain relief was given
Codiene, which needs to be included in the e-Health record. The patient used pain killers several times
to relive his pain at home, this is another vital information to be included in patient e-Health record. the
patient also had pill cam. The patient condition described here did not receive any kind of monitoring
or evaluation to understand levels of pain, this reflects highly inefficient care. I believe that the GP or
nurse present at that time did not consider the likely consequences of risks which might lead to the
probable solution. The patient’s risk condition associated with fall is seen to be a major global health
problem, which might also lead to causing accidental injury and even deaths. Consequences from such
fall are also relatively high which increases rate of functional decline, reduced activity levels along with
common injuries. Apart from physical there are psychological consequences of such falls as well
(Australian Government, 2018). The patient was only treated for the ailment for which said orally, there
were no additional tests or treatment that was provided for the patient. Only diagnosis of dizziness or
through other ailment was the patient’s condition of anemia or other ailment ascertained. The patient
should have been provided adequate care and nervousness of the patient could be reduced. Havighurst’s
(1963) activity theory can best explain ways in which an ageing person can stay mentally and
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