Foundations of Intervention in Nursing (NURS 20030)
Competencies: Skills gained in course
This course provided me with knowledge about client care and nursing on many more levels. I learned how important physiology, communication, individual interventions, individualized care plans, individualized nursing diagnoses, underlying rationales and reasoning for nursing actions, and connecting of client situational factors, data, and assessment information. I learned more and practiced documentation of nursing actions, vital signs and assessments, focused assessments and what information to consider based on the client's individual circumstances, medication administration, diagnostic procedures and tests, assistance with ADLS, client safety and precautions, hospital policies and procedures, the teamwork mentality of nursing, reporting-off to a nurse, and special circumstances involving care of oncology patients. I learned subject material about pre-operative and post-operative care, wound assessment and dressings, diagnostics and interpretations, mobility and ambulation, transfering and assisting with movement, the role of nutrition in the body, oxygenation and oxygen therapy, health promotion and fluid and electrolytes among other important topics.
Personal Reflection: What did you gain from course?
I used the steps of the nursing process in my actions during clinicals (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation). I learned how significant the client is in nursing. Everything a nurse does is for her clients. This course really made me understand how important it is to understand the reasoning behind nursing actions in order to perform tasks for and with the client in an effective way. Being able to draw upon a network of knowledge and experiences is a very considerable advantage in nursing and critical thinking. I realized how significant understanding client data and information is. I thoroughly enjoyed my clinical experiences and being able to interact with and connect with clients every week. This course has allowed me to look forward to being able to think about the multiple dimensions involved in caring for a client with every interaction.
Patient Teaching Example
During one of my clinical experiences I had a patient who had been diagnosed with COPD years ago and was on a list awaiting a lung transplant. She had an excessive BMI and had communicated to me that she needed to lose weight and become healthier so that when she got closer to getting her transplant she would be able to go into surgery and recover successfully. She understood that losing weight would involve eating healthier and exercising more. I noticed that as hours went by my client spent a lot of time in bed. She had been able to take a shower herself and perform her own ADLs. I asked her how she was feeling and she said she felt very well that day especially right after her breathing treatment. I asked her if she would be comfortable going for a walk, that even walking for a little while every day would help her in getting healthier. I provided her with other information about weight loss and nutrition and the benefits of exercise while we walked. Whenever I would pause after telling her a few things I'd ask what she remembered and understood from what I said and she would tell me. If she had forgotten something important I would repeat it. That day when I noticed she was getting ready to order lunch I visited her and talked to her about what she thought was "healthy" and nutritional and not and I knew that a lot of what I had said had made sense to her because she was incorporating it into her choices.
Competencies: Skills gained in course
This course provided me with knowledge about client care and nursing on many more levels. I learned how important physiology, communication, individual interventions, individualized care plans, individualized nursing diagnoses, underlying rationales and reasoning for nursing actions, and connecting of client situational factors, data, and assessment information. I learned more and practiced documentation of nursing actions, vital signs and assessments, focused assessments and what information to consider based on the client's individual circumstances, medication administration, diagnostic procedures and tests, assistance with ADLS, client safety and precautions, hospital policies and procedures, the teamwork mentality of nursing, reporting-off to a nurse, and special circumstances involving care of oncology patients. I learned subject material about pre-operative and post-operative care, wound assessment and dressings, diagnostics and interpretations, mobility and ambulation, transfering and assisting with movement, the role of nutrition in the body, oxygenation and oxygen therapy, health promotion and fluid and electrolytes among other important topics.
Personal Reflection: What did you gain from course?
I used the steps of the nursing process in my actions during clinicals (assessment, diagnosis, outcomes, planning, implementation and evaluation). I learned how significant the client is in nursing. Everything a nurse does is for her clients. This course really made me understand how important it is to understand the reasoning behind nursing actions in order to perform tasks for and with the client in an effective way. Being able to draw upon a network of knowledge and experiences is a very considerable advantage in nursing and critical thinking. I realized how significant understanding client data and information is. I thoroughly enjoyed my clinical experiences and being able to interact with and connect with clients every week. This course has allowed me to look forward to being able to think about the multiple dimensions involved in caring for a client with every interaction.
Patient Teaching Example
During one of my clinical experiences I had a patient who had been diagnosed with COPD years ago and was on a list awaiting a lung transplant. She had an excessive BMI and had communicated to me that she needed to lose weight and become healthier so that when she got closer to getting her transplant she would be able to go into surgery and recover successfully. She understood that losing weight would involve eating healthier and exercising more. I noticed that as hours went by my client spent a lot of time in bed. She had been able to take a shower herself and perform her own ADLs. I asked her how she was feeling and she said she felt very well that day especially right after her breathing treatment. I asked her if she would be comfortable going for a walk, that even walking for a little while every day would help her in getting healthier. I provided her with other information about weight loss and nutrition and the benefits of exercise while we walked. Whenever I would pause after telling her a few things I'd ask what she remembered and understood from what I said and she would tell me. If she had forgotten something important I would repeat it. That day when I noticed she was getting ready to order lunch I visited her and talked to her about what she thought was "healthy" and nutritional and not and I knew that a lot of what I had said had made sense to her because she was incorporating it into her choices.
