Children presenting to the emergency department with abdominal pain followed by the appendicitis is the most frequent surgical etiology, especially in young children with perforating appendicitis, and a matter of great prominence. (Michael Boettcher, 2017).Firstly, this essay will elucidate the pathophysiology of the medical condition of Anne, who is a 10 year old girl and admitted to the emergency department with right iliac fossa pain, on examination appendicitis is suspected and the surgical team found a gangrenous perforated appendix with peritonitis. Secondly, it will deliberate the nurse’s role to deliver developmentally appropriate nursing care in relation to the growth and developmental theories, followed by the family centered care …show more content…
The best results of family-centered care include the dignity and respect towards their beliefs and values as families become in various shapes, size, colors, and generations, sharing information by using verbal and non-verbal techniques where possible, respect the family diversity. Moreover, an involvement of patient and family in care and decision making followed by the collaboration among healthcare team, patient, and family, leads to the family center care model. Also crucial to assess family and establish a therapeutic relationship with family to ensure support, compliance and therapeutic change. (STRAIN, 2016). Thus, family-centered care plays a key role in the recovery and treatment process in the pediatric nursing care consistent with this evidence. So to deliver the developmentally appropriate nursing care nurses has to consider the family coping abilities, social-cultural environment, family beliefs and values along with their background, involvement in treatment and recovery process, and the stress of the child and family during the child hospitalization. Also, it’s important to inform the parents about the progress and condition of child and discharge plan so they can provide support to the other family members and siblings and can retain back to their work or business, like Anne’s parents have their own Indian restaurant, as per the …show more content…
The major stressors of hospitalization include loss of control, pain, separation from family, friends, and siblings. The disaster of children hospitalization affects every member of the family. To reduce the potential effects of hospitalization both children and family require individualized care. So, to deliver the developmentally appropriate nursing care and family-centered care nurses support needed, which encompasses accepting cultural, socioeconomic, and ethnic values. For example, health and illness are well-defined by various ethnic groups. Although parents are not aware of the effects that siblings experience during their brother or sister’s hospitalization and which can be minimized by simple interventions, for example, open explanations about the illness and provision for the siblings. Sibling visitation is usually beneficial to the patient, sibling, and parent but should be evaluated on an individual basis. Siblings should be prepared for the visit with developmentally appropriate information and be given the opportunity to ask questions. Also, children can share their feelings with their siblings more frequently which can help the nurses to manage their pain and treatment as well. (McElfresh, 2017). Hence, hospitalization of child is traumatic experience for parents, as the evidence suggests, family-centered care and the nurse’s support to the
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Sheriff and Van Sell are nursing professors at the Women’s Texas University and Strasen is a nursing director at the University of Texas Southwest. Sheriff, Van Sell and Strasen present research that suggests nurses and physicians are more likely to encourage family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) if there is a written policy addressing specific criteria for the inclusion and exclusion of family during these procedures. The authors provide a framework to use when writing a hospital policy regarding FPDR. The authors identified several common barriers healthcare professionals have about FPDR and found educational programs about the positive outcomes of FPDR could drastically increase the number of physicians and nurses who would encourage
The scope of practice of a family nurse practitioner enables them the ability to serve as a primary care provider for families. This includes providing care for each member of the family individually and for the entire family collectively as a whole. Family nurse practitioners typically work in either a family practice or community health setting, where they are often responsible for the care of the entire family. Within each setting, there are numerous cultural variations that a family nurse practitioner might encounter. It is important that the family nurse practitioner is able to meet the families’ and are culturally competent when doing so.
How can we not talk about family when family’s all that we got? Everything I went through you were standing there by my side (Khalifa, 2015) are a few of my favorite lyrics. Growing up I remember constantly being surrounded by family. Not to mention family can play a large part in compliance because of their influence. Furthermore, including the family when treating a patient generally holds the best results.
The nurses who practice family centred approach are focused on ensuring they look after the health and well-being of adolescents. Nurses recognise the emotional, social and developmental support are critical components of healthcare. The family centred approach facilitates the exploration of nurse's health experiences as an opportunity of building on the cultural values in support families of the adolescents who are experiencing depression. The patient and family-based model enhanced better health outcomes and the proper utilization resources by the nurses, through sharing of information and supporting families with depressed adolescents (Liu, & Miller, 2014). This approach leads to better health outcomes and proper allocation of resources in the role of nurses in caregiving and making
Many children, sadly, are faced with disease and illness every day. Research has shown that with the addition of a Child Life Program to a hospital setting, children in need of care have better outcomes and their hospital experience improves exponentially. My cousin and his family benefitted from the Child Life Program at Penn State Hershey Medical Center Children’s Hospital. My interview with my aunt and cousin demonstrates that Child Life Specialists definitely can make a difference when a family encounters a child’s illness. The support and care of the Child Life Specialists assist not only the child and the parents, but the entire family.
It’s about us being gentle and caring in the way we give care and also about us not only looking after their physical needs but looking after them holistically. Nurses should especially have this quality since they are dealing with patients and family so closely. Heijkenskjold et al (2010) and Lindwall et al (2012) agree that patients’ voices being listened to, heard, valued and understood is essential to ensure respect and dignity for patients. Furthermore Heijkenskjold et al (2010) had found that nurses that treated patients as human beings and interacted ‘preserved’ their
This paper will compare and contrast the roles of Family Nurse
It is the person and their physical, emotional, and psychological needs that are the basic focus of nursing’s attention. In order to care for a patient, the nurse must incorporate all these needs. For example, providing reassurance with an anxious patient who just finished hip surgery. Care also plays a major part when taking care of a unique patient. Caring influences my personal philosophy because it is the most important aspect of nursing.
Answer: I offer to ask me the questions about anything patient’s family member did not understand. For example, while my nurse and I was giving medication, I educate patient’s family member that what medication patient is receiving and its common side effects. Parents need to know everything their child is getting cared in the healthcare. So, encouraging them to involved in the treatment plan is very important. These was my way of advocating them.
This model was chosen for its strengths in providing the nursing practitioner with a wide range of areas to engage families with. This is because the model acts as a template for both clinical and generalist practice and it allows nurses to expand their assessment questions within the different categories provided as they increase their skills in the practice of family care. It also allows the practitioner to choose which category is the most relevant to the particular client family resulting in advanced practice. Advanced practice is marked by the ability of the user to apply the model confidently as well as competently. However, on the downside, the model can become overwhelming when the nursing practitioner is beginning to use the model as they have to keep
Family theories have been used throughout the history of nursing to help guide patient care and provide the best patient outcomes. Certain theories may be more applicable to the specific patient encounter; however, each theory has benefits and drawbacks to their use. The purpose of this paper is to examine two selected theories, comparing their strengths and weaknesses. I will also discuss a theoretical family in relation to one theory, and how that theory can be best integrated into the care provided by an Advanced Practice Nurse (APN). Description of Theories
Examples from my personal experience within my family were provided to gain a better understanding of the application of each approach to family care. While one approach is not better than another, each approach is situational. It is important as a nurse to interview the patient and family to gather an understanding of their culture, needs, and expectations. The nurse should then assess the entire situation and plan appropriate interventions that would best fit the family and situation that is presented. This allows for a higher quality of care, better outcomes, and increased compliance to support the well-being of the
The physiological needs are met when the nurses provide the patient with the necessary amount of food, water, oxygen (if needed), blankets for warmth and sleep by providing pain or sleeping pills (if needed). The safety need will be met by the security of the hospital to help the patient feel secure and safe in his/her environment. Love and belongingness can be created through intimacy (if possible), affection and friendship. This can also be given to the patient by his/her family members or friends. To ensure that the patient’s self-esteem needs are met, the Health Care worker has to help to improve the patient’s confidence and independence.
INTRODUCTION Within this document, I shall be discussing the professional values that underpin nursing practice, I shall be demonstrating my knowledge of the role of nursing during physically being within that environment and be explaining the importance of family centered care. I will be using the department of health 6c’s and applying them to the care I saw that was provided by myself, and provided by my mentor and evaluating us both and other professionals that I was around whilst caring for the children in my specific case. The 6c’s include, care, compassion, competence, communication, courage and commitment.