My Observation Of Care's Work

Throughout history nurses have been described as honorable, trustworthy, compassionate and caring. In today’s ever changing world of technological advancements, scientific discoveries, increased life expectancies, patient surveys and overall moral decline in all cultures respectively, the art of caring in nursing has become increasingly more difficult to express in its genuine form. The purpose of this paper is to explore this advanced practice nurse’s definition of caring in comparison to literature’s definition of caring in nursing and how caring is demonstrated in patient care both artistically and in practice.

“The Fundamentals of Caring” is a film about Ben, a care-worker who looks after a young boy named Trevor, and the events that proceed through their growing relationship. Ben is a retired writer and his wife is trying to divorce him, likely because of the death of their son, which occurred three years prior. Ben failed to park the car properly, causing the the gear of the car to shift and roll back, killing his son . Elsa, Trevor’s extremely over-protective mother, has hired Ben because of her long hours of work as a bank clerk. Trevor is an eighteen year old boy with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, so he is restricted to a wheelchair and requires around the clock care due to his disease. Ben convinces Elsa that Trevor needs to see the world, and since Trevor is obsessed with American roadside attractions, Elsa hesitantly agrees. (citation)While on their way to see the deepest pit in the world, they stop at a diner and meet a young woman named Dot who is twenty-one. During their adventure Trevor and Dot end up having romantic feelings for each other, which leads to a kiss initiated by Dot as she says goodbye and promises to keep in touch. Ben quits as Trevor’s caregiver but the two stay very close friends. The movie ends with Ben finishing his novel about Trevor, while saying that he went to go visit Trevor on his twenty-first birthday, seeing Trevor lying presumably dead on the floor with the caregiver crying next to him. However, Trevor was only faking and the caregiver quit

Cancer is a term used for diseases in which irregular cells divide without any control and have the capability to penetrate and infect normal body tissue through the blood and lymph system. Cancer is the second leading cause of mortality in the United States, exceeded barely by heart disease. According to the CDC Cancer Statistics and Data, there were more than 1.45 million people diagnosed with various kind of cancer between 1999 and 2007 and out of those more than 562,000 people died due to cancer (cdc.gov, 2012). Currently there are more than 200 different types of cancer that have been discovered. Cancer could be

Health and social care is complex and it embodies more than simply performing a skill. Excellent care doesn’t consist of knowledge alone it has to be accompanied with the appropriate attitude and characteristics that relate to feelings, values and the manner in which activities are carried out.

The care provision options for a two and a half year old are, nurseries they provide full or

A duty of care is a legal obligation to protect wellbeing and prevent harm within the health and social care sector. The duty of care is very important as it does not only protect the service users but the service provider’s as well. There are 7 principles all care workers must follow in order to care for the service users effectively. I will be investigating the quality of care given by service providers in both a child and adult health and social care settings. if the duty of care is not followed, implications can occur, for example it is a carers duty of care to report any signs of abuse they may notice on a patient, reporting this to higher authority etc could possibly save that service users life. Service users have rights to

What can carers and care workers do to help make transitions in care a positive experience?

Since its establishment as a profession more than a century ago, Nursing has been a source for numerous debates related to its course, methods and development of nursing knowledge. Many nursing definitions and theories have evolved over time. Furthermore it is in a constant process of being redefined.

We reach beyond our walls to engage in partnerships that improve the education and healthcare needs of our community. We invest in the community by continually improving services and broadening our spectrum of care.

As we approach the new session in 2017, nursing will address unifying one health system, preferably Care Everywhere. Currently, Care Everywhere provides health care workers access to patient electronic records between hospitals that are participants within the start-up of the system. I would like your help to expand this opportunity to all pharmacies, physician offices, urgent cares, and hospitals in Collin County and then the state to reduce health care cost. At this time, patients seek health care for the same medical problems at multiple facilities within 36 hours and this action unfortunately bogs down emergency rooms, raises the cost of healthcare for duplicate testing and raises questions of the validity of healthcare diagnosis and

Great leaders in history have even experienced fear that has affected their decisions! Sometimes, even in a great, life changing way. One of those leaders was Robert the Bruce. Fear is an emotion caused by the belief that someone or something is dangerous. Fear can affect a person's decisions.

As humans, we naturally want to care for and be taken care of. According to (McEwen & Wills) concepts are terms that refer to phenomena that occur in nature or in thought. Caring is a concept that everyone can relate to and wants. The term “caring” can be used in relation to nurses, patients, and healthcare facilities.

surveys the room, taking care that the environment is clean and conveys a cheerful, positive energy, adapting to the patient’s preference. Watson believed “the nurse was the environment.” (Masters, 2015). To foster a positive environment, the nurse makes sure the room is clean, opens the blinds, asks if the patient likes to listen to music, or if she has any pictures to hang on the wall.

The Theory of Human caring is a middle range theory developed by Jean Watson with the focus on the relation between use of the clinical caritas processes and the building of a transpersonal caring relationship within the context of caring occasion and caring consciousness. The Theory of Human Caring honors the unity of the whole human being, while focusing on creating a healing environment (Watson, 2006). Watson had preference for human science, and clearly shunned the mechanistic and reductionist word view (Watson, 1985, as cited in Fawcett & DeSanto-Madeya, 2017). According to Watson, person is “an experiencing and perceiving spiritual being” (Watson, 1999, as cited in

The topic for my research project is “Why are same-sex marriages a social taboo in India?” I have studied this puzzling social fact by analyzing the data that I have collected by interviewing over forty people who were born and are currently living in India. This question interested me because as an Indian studying in the US, I witnessed the disparity between the two countries’ acceptability towards same sex marriages. I questioned that if same-sex marriages is becoming increasingly acceptable in the United States, why is it still such an interdict in India? When I researched this further, I found that most people say that their religion prohibits homosexuality, which baffled me especially since India has a rich history of homosexuality?