NRS173 Case Study: Ellen's Rehabilitation and Interprofessional Care

This case study analyzes the care provided to Mrs. Ellen, a 65-year-old patient admitted to a rehabilitation facility following a urinary tract infection, general weakness, balance issues, and speech difficulties. The analysis focuses on the role of the registered nurse, Pam, in supporting Ellen and her family, addressing their anxieties about the rehabilitation process, and facilitating communication. The study highlights the importance of therapeutic communication, mindfulness, and inter-professional collaboration in achieving optimal patient outcomes. It also emphasizes the significance of rehabilitation in improving patient function, independence, and quality of life. Desklib offers a platform for students to access similar case studies and study resources to enhance their understanding of nursing practices and patient care strategies.

NRS173

Table of Content.
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................3
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................5

INTRODUCTION
Patient care techniques are gives the direct as well as indirect health care to patients by
ensuring the cleaning of their rooms, assisting them for their medical treatment, ensuring daily
basis needs, monitoring their health and perform the good nursing procedures. The nurses are
also make contributions to provide the care to patients. These act as a primary care team which
inform about the patients basic needs and make proper arrangement for these (Solli and Hvalvik,
2019). The essay is based on Mrs Ellen which is experiences urinary tract infection, general
weakness, balance issue as well as speech difficulties. Ellen's family is also face the traumatic
event and assist a care nurse for the Ellen.
MAIN BODY
The care nurses are give patient resources to improve their livers as well as disease
outcomes. The registered nurses assess and evaluate the needs of the patients and then apply and
monitor the monitor the patient's medical plan.
The mindfulness is increase attentiveness and there ability to identify patterns of thinking
that can resulting I the diagnostic error and improper patient functions which are includes errors
or falls in medication. The mindful programs are assist to the nurses to improve their skills for
manage clinical stress as well as improve patients health (Li and et. al., 2018). These are also
increasing the overall attention, presence with patients and families as well as empathy, work
satisfaction of the nurses and reduce job burnout. According to the mindful theory, it is allows to
de-centre from stress estimate into a self-awareness that increase the attention to previously
unnoticed information about the patient life. There are seven principles of the mindfulness theory
which are includes trust, non-striving, patience, non-judging, acceptance and letting go. The non-
judging is includes the constant stream of judging as well as reacting to inner and outer
experiences. The patient is explained as a form of wisdom and patience demonstrate that things
sometimes unfolds in their personal time. The beginner's mindset approaching as through a
beginner, regardless of experiences (Jarrar and et. al., 2018). There are five steps of the
mindfulness and these includes mindful breathing, concentration, awareness of body, releasing
tension and walking medication. These are reducing the stress, anxiety, depression and
improving indicators of well-being, vigour, empathy as well as stress-resilience in the care
nurses. The healthcare professional and nurses is utilize the3se theories which are important for
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the supply effective care to the patients. These are also assist in the achieving the proper result
for the patients as well as their families requires nurses to perform at the highest level of the
physically and psychological health (Ay and Öz, 2019).
The therapeutic communication is also increase the nurses contribution to the patient
care. These communication skills assisting in the improvement through education as well as
practices which are the most significant part of the nurses. It has main target on the advanced the
physical, emotional and well-being of a patient. The therapeutic communication is assist in the
nurses and healthcare professional to achieve several goals like assess the patient awareness of
the troubles. It is also supply the information of the patient's thinking as well as feeling about the
condition and evaluate the most significant concern at the same condition (Al-Maraira and
Hayajneh, 2019).
According to the rehabilitation process, it is assisting the people for achieving the highest
level of function, independence as well as quality of the life possible. The rehabilitation process
is not rearward the damage or injury which are caused by the disease or trauma but these are help
to achieve the optimal health, functioning as well as well-being. These including the five steps of
the process which includes the control pain and swelling improve range of motion and flexibility,
increase the strength and begin proprioception, balance training and spot specific training and the
last gradual return to full activity. There are some method and therapy which are used in the
rehabilitation process such as manual therapy, physio therapeutic movement therapy, physical
therapy, hydrotherapy, myofascial therapy and structural osteopathy etc. this is assist in the
minimize the disabling effects if chronic health conditions which are includes cardiovascular
disease, trauma, diabetes by equipping person with self-management strategies and assistive
products needs, by addressing the pain or other complications. The rehabilitation is a care that
can assist the nurses to get back and improve abilities that necessary in daily life (Connolly and
et. al., 2020).
The inter-professional cooperation in health care assist in the prevent medication errors,
and increase the patient experiences. According to the World health Organization, by
implementing inter-professional cooperation and learning to work together and respecting
perspective in healthcare multi discipline can work more efficiently as a team to assist in
increase the patient outcomes. These inter-professional team capabilities care includes
responsibility, accountability, coordination, cooperation, communication, assertiveness,
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autonomy and mutual trust and respect. These are help to comprised team members from two or
more different professions which are physician and community healthcare workers, social-
workers and psychologist as well as nurses and healthcare professionals. There are some
advantages of the inter-professional collaboration leads to better patient outcomes. These are
includes empower team members, close communication gaps, enables comprehensive patient
care, it minimize the readmission rates, it promotes a team mentality ant it promotes patient
centred care. The nurses cooperate as equal with other health care providers, patient outcomes
and quality of care tend to improve (Salvarani and et. al., 2020).
According to the empowering team members, it means that giving team members
permission to take action as well as make decisions within the care centre. It is also refers to the
trust as well as understandings in place to assure these actions are in the care centre goals. This is
also associated with the good job performance of the nursing staff, job satisfaction and
commitment of the patient care centre. The another advantage it decrease the communication gap
between the other healthcare professional and patients. There are all medical and other healthcare
professionals are working together and develops the communicative working surroundings. This
promotes the care nurses involvement on a personal level which are associated with the sharing
ideas about the patient treatment and working together to maintain the proper treatment of care
for patients. This is also alter comprehensive patient care and different peoples are work together
and make easier to form a more comprehensive view of patient care. This is also minimize the
readmission rates which includes the better care and decrease the communication gap for
increasing the patient care outcomes. It is improve the team mentality from inter-professional
collaboration. There are some healthcare professional who work independently that are faces the
pressure while working. Working in a team can supports each others. The team mentality raises
morale as well as promotes sociability. It is also promotes the patient centred care which is
aimed on the nurses and healthcare professional and provide the best possible care to the
patients. The is very simple to achieve the inter-professional team capabilities (Rossettini and et.
al., 2020).
CONCLUSION
From the above essay it has been concludes that the patient care is includes the
prevention, treatment and management of illness and preservation of physical as well as mental
well-being by the providing services form the healthcare professionals. The nurses contribution
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to the patient is significant which are associated with the recording and monitoring the patient
illness. A registered nurses primary role is to assure that patient get the proper and appropriate
treatment which are necessary for them. The care nurses are need to identify and evaluate the
patient medical plan as well as treatment. This is also includes the inter-professional team
capabilities to the care for the patients.
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