Assignment On Reflective Essay On “the Age 75 Recording”

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Reflective essay on “The Age 75 Recording”
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Introduction
This essay is focused on increasing the understanding of nurses by critically reflecting an
interactive session between a patient and an examiner for the ‘The Patient Experience and
Partnering in Care’. The chosen case scenario for this reflection is ‘The age 75 recording’. Gibb’s 6
stage reflection cycle (adapted version by Burns and Bulman, 2000) will be used as a model of
reflection. Moreover, emphasis will be laid on determining the effectiveness of the philosophies of
nursing care and the code of ethics of the nurses in a clinical environment. This paper focuses on
the significance of a constructive nurse-patient relationship and the impact of the violation of the
code of ethics and care philosophies on the patients. Moreover, it also includes the importance of
engaging the patients in fall risk prevention/management strategies and the usage of technology
(such as My Health Record) in providing patient-centered collaborative care.
Discussion
The recording displays the interaction of an elderly patient with an examiner for the ‘The
Patient Experience and Partnering in Care’. During the conversation, the patient reveals his
reluctance to go to hospitals due to a horrible experience in a public hospital where he had waited
for 11 hours in intense agony to receive treatment. Therefore, when he had a major injury in his
right arm due to an accidental fall 6 years ago, he refused to go to the hospital and visited his
general practitioner (GP) instead. The GP referred him to a surgeon who was brusque in describing
his condition and referred him to a physiotherapist for treatment. During the course of his treatment,
the patient did not receive any training regarding fall and injury prevention. Consequently, he had
experienced another fall four weeks later. His blood tests revealed that he was anaemic for which he
was put on medications. He also recounted his recent experience of blood transfusion, where his
allotted nurse had taken good care of him. He revealed that his father was a victim of medical
malpractice. Furthermore, he had a history of rhinitis, type 2 diabetes, hypertension and industrial
deafness. However, his treatment and care did not involve the usage of ‘My Health Record’. In spite

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of the patient’s content with his health care team, long waiting periods in the hospital and the
brusqueness of the surgeon had gravely affected him. Quick access to health care services and
empathetic behavior of service providers are critical in providing quality care. This is because
longer waiting time increases the duration of the patient’s agony, which results in dissatisfaction
and limits their utilization of medical services. (Oche & Adamu, 2013). Furthermore, exhibition of
empathy by the service providers assists in achieving improved health outcomes by providing
physical and psychological support to the patient (Derksen, Bensing & Lagro-Janssen, 2013).
I was abashed and petrified after listening to the patient’s experience. Prior to the incident, I
was extremely confident to perform my duties as a nurse in the hospital and felt that this session
was unnecessary. However, this incident made me realize the significance of interpersonal
relationship and prompt assistance in providing quality care to the patients and improving their
health outcomes. I think I had undermined the duties and challenges of a nurse due to my limited
application of theoretical knowledge and lack of practical exposure. Moreover, I was surprised that
the patient did not receive adequate training regarding fall prevention. Furthermore, it was shocking
to know that his care treatment did not involve the usage of ‘My Health Record’.
This interactive session with the patient had resulted in an improved understanding of the
patient’s experience. During his treatment, the patient was not educated about the prevention
strategies regarding fall risk and harm from falls care. I think this was quite important because
injury from recurrent falls increases the morbidity and mortality rate, especially in the elderly
(Guirguis-Blake et al., 2018). Furthermore, he was suffering from several diseases and he had a
complicated history. However, his care plan did not include “My Health Record”, which is essential
in providing quality care by compiling the patient’s health information and coordinating it with all
the professionals involved in his care (Walsh et al., 2017). Moreover, the surgeon’s disrespect
towards the patient while describing his medical condition had offended the patient. On the
contrary, he had also shown his content with the nurse staff, who was empathetic towards him. The