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Running head: REFLECTION ON NURSING PRACTICES REFLECTION ON NURSING PRACTICESName of the Student:Name of the University:Author note:
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1REFLECTION ON NURSING PRACTICES‘Nursing’ is the provision of medical and therapeutic health, to ensure optimum recoveryof the patient. Along with the dissemination of compassionate care, the assurance of qualityorganizational functioning and maintenance also forms a salient part of the nurse’s role inmedical and health care (Wilson et al., 2016). The following essay is a reflective review, basedupon the execution of contemporary practices in nursing. As opined by the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health care, ‘ClinicalGovernance’, implies rules, regulations, commitments and duties, as formulated by associateddepartments concerned with the functioning of executives, clinicians, patients as well asconsumers, for the deliverance of standard medical services. It ensures the establishment andadequate functioning of the existent community and state level organizations, for the provision ofefficient healthcare policies (Spigelman & Rendalls, 2015). It is of utmost importance for theconsumers, to undertake adequate participation for the formulation and modification of theirongoing treatment procedures. Active consumer participation is imperative for the procurementand enhancement of patient-appropriate treatment procedures (Coyne, 2015). One of the primaryprocedures enhancing consumer participation in health care is at an individual platform. This canbe performed through the implementation of the policies of family-centered care, where thepatient, as well as the patient’s families, will undertake interactive strategies with the concernedmedical staff, for the improvement and monitoring of the present treatment plan, in order todeliver optimum, patient-oriented health care services. An additional method is at theorganizational platform, where customers will engage in active participation in the decision-making policies of the concerned medical organization, through groups such as consumeradvisory organizations (Kaakinen et al., 2018).
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2REFLECTION ON NURSING PRACTICESThe National Safety and Quality Health Services Standards, have been formulated by theAustralian Commission for Safety and Quality in Healthcare, for the purpose of deliverance ofoptimum health and medical services to the patients, with clear emphasis on the importance ofestablishing consumer participation (Dent, harden & Hunt, 2017). As a registered nurse, it is apart of my principle, to abide by and ensure the same. Implementation of the provision of family-centered care is an essential and efficient procedure through which I can enhance consumerparticipation. The execution of the same, will require me, to actively communicate with mypatients, as well as their concerned families, regarding their existing treatment plan, and fulfillthe required modifications, with respect to interactive and adequate information deliverance tothe consumer group in question (Kaakinen et al., 2018). Provision of adequate follow up reportsto the families, will also be of utmost importance, to further ensure consumer participation.Performance of adequate feedback strategies, through interpersonal communication or personalinterviews, is an additional strategy, which I may implement, which will not only aid in thedeliverance of appropriate customer satisfaction, but also in the provision of improved medicalservices, achieved through active consumer participation (de Vries et al., 2016).The Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care, formulated theprimary principles for the National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards, with activecommunication between numerous departments concerned with medical and health safety, suchas stakeholders, judiciaries, customers as well as patients. Out of the ten standards, which havebeen established for the deliverance of quality and standardized healthcare, the final standardoutlines the importance of prevention of patient falls, as well as the prevention of negative healthimplications resulting from patient falls (Greenfield et al., 2015). The fulfillment of this standard,is the execution of principles in healthcare organizations, in order to avoid the incidences of falls
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3REFLECTION ON NURSING PRACTICESin patients, as well as the provision of healthcare strategies to mitigate its occurrences. As statedby the Australian and New Zealand Falls Prevention Society, falls are prevalent in over 30% ofpatients, in the retirement ages. The medical implications are severe, which involves patientssuffering from fractures and injuries (Keall et al., 2015). The geriatric population is not onlyhighly susceptible to encountering falls, but also to prolonged recovery rates and medicalunpreparedness in the light of the surgery required. Improper implementation of adequatepreventative practices will further result in a heightened sense of fear and insecurity in theafflicted patients, followed by distorted mobility and a reduced quality of life. Faultymanagement of falls encountered may also lead to the occurrence of ‘long lie’ in the concernedpatient, which is characterized by prolonged periods of social isolation, malaise and increasedmorbidity and mortality (Sadeghi et al., 2017). For the prevention of falls and the resultant health outcomes in the patient, it is a part ofmy duty as a registered nurse, to undertake and perform the necessary health service measures.One of the most efficient ways of implementation of the same, is the execution of the ‘four P’s’,during my conductance of hourly rounds with the patients. I must execute frequent patient visitsand assist the patient during the act of position alteration, performance of toiletry activities,supervised movement of the patient and ensuring mitigation and prevention of pains resultingfrom falls (Fabry, 2015). An additional strategy, which will yield beneficial results, is theconductance of effective interactive communication with the patients. I must educate the patientsregarding the health outcomes resulted by falls and the necessity for patients to call forsupervision when required. Adoption of such strategies as a registered nurse will not only resultin positive health outcomes, but also in the prevalent of enhanced confidence and a sense ofsecurity amongst my patients (Pfortmueller, Lindner & Exadaktylos, 2014).
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