Time Management in Healthcare Profession

Running head: TIME MANAGEMENT
TIME MANAGEMENT
Name of the student:
Name of the university:
Author note:

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Introduction:
Reflective practice can be described as the ability of the healthcare professionals in
reflecting their own actions in order to become engaged in the procedure of continuous learning.
It involved paying of critical attention to the different types of practical values as well as
theories, which inform everyday actions, and thereby examining the practice reflexively and
reflectively. It has become very important for the healthcare professionals who want to carry on
their learning throughout their lives (Cherry and Jacob. 2016). The act of reflection is one of the
best ways for increasing the confidence and becoming a more proactive and qualified
professional. Many of the studies have found out huge benefits for increasing self-awareness
which is one of the key components of emotional intelligence and development of a better
understanding of different personal attributed needed to be harbored by an expert healthcare
professional (Ghiasvand et al. 2017). Reflective practice can also help in developing creative
thinking skills and also encourages active engagement in the work procedures. Studies are of the
opinion that reflection allows individuals in recognizing their own strengths and weakness
thereby utilizing the reflective accounts as the guide for on-going learning (Baklacioglu et al.
2016). With the help of reflection, individuals can develop their skills in self-directed learning as
well as improve motivation along with the improvement of the quality of care that is provided to
service users. This assignment would be similarly a reflective one where I would be reflecting
one crucial learning need in details and the deep insights that I have developed by reflecting on
the learning needs.

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Description of episode of care:
During the time of my placements, I experienced many incidences, which had shown me
the importance of possessing time management attributes in the healthcare profession. Often
during busy shifts, one particular nurse had to manage the needs of many patients in the ward.
Each of the patients had different sets of the needs and each nurses had to be quite swift in their
actions so that they can complete monitoring each of the patient and moving on to the second
patient. I witnessed that nurses not only need to be knowledgeable but they also need to be smart
in their planning activities. They need to have proper time management skills where they would
need to prioritize the patients according to their needs and quickly complete the sets of
evaluations that need to be made for patients and record the data accordingly. During my
placement, I often faced difficulty in managing time accordingly when I needed to handle so
many patients at the same time. I have realized that I often get stressed and anxious on the floor
when I have many patients to attend within a short time. I cannot manage and plan time
accordingly and therefore, many of the patients were seen to get care late resulting in their
suffering. I always had to rush from one work to another work often due to time constraints,
when other student nurses were able to manage time smoothly without having the requirement to
rush during the tasks. This often used to make me feel tired as well as emotionally fatigued at the
ends of the day. Even I had to stay back late at the hospital as I could not complete my work
within time when others used to complete their work within shift and leave. All this showed that
I had poor time management skills that could affect not only my personal wellness but also
professional life. It might lead to threatening situations in handling the patients as well.
Therefore, my learning need is to develop the attribute of time management. I had not also been
able to fulfill the roles and functions of effective delegation, teamwork, prioritization as well as.

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Critically evaluate your own professional practice against the standards expected of a
Registered Nurse according to the NMC Code.
During the episode of care, my inability to manage time effectively had negative impacts
both on the patients as well as on the other healthcare professionals in the teams. I was not able
to provide the right care to patients at the right time and there were often missed interventions,
delay in medication administration and other interventions which affected the physical health of
the people. The patients also got emotionally upset as they thought I have been negligent with
their acre and did not attend to them at the right time as promised to them. Standard number 16
have advised healthcare professionals to Act immediately when they believe that there is the
risk to patient safety as well as public protection. I was not being able to maintain the principle
of beneficence which suggests all nurses should provide the safest care to patients that promotes
quality of health of patients. Due to time constraints and mu inability to manage time, I failed in
providing best quality care to patients and often had to hurry while interacting with patients and
providing care service. I also could not maintain non-maleficence. The effective management of
time can be well associated with the NMC Professional standards of practice and behavior for
nurses, midwives and nursing associates where they have discussed about the importance of
preserving safety.This ethic instructs nurses to provide care that does not cause any form of
suffering to the patient and doing no harm. However, due to my inability to manage time, I often
missed interventions or delayed interventions which could have resulted in harm and threatening
situation to patients. In these ways I failed to maintain ethics that need to be followed as per
NMC codes of nursing. Due to my inability of managing time, I was not able to seek consent of
the patient. This affected the autonomy and dignity of the patients making them feels that they
were neglected and that their needs and demands were neither cared for nor taken into