‘a 2000 Word Reflection on One Specific Conversation Where Personal Communication and Interpersonal Skills Has Had a Direct Impact on the Patient's Nursing Care
‘A 2000 word reflection on one specific conversation where personal communication and interpersonal skills has had a direct impact on the patient 's nursing care.’
During this assignment I am going to write a reflection, relating to communication and interpersonal skills in clinical practice. Throughout the piece of work I will be maintaining confidentiality at all times by not mentioning the real name of the client, or the trust that I worked in.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have set out a code of conduct on how to maintain confidentiality within a health care setting. They say that you must treat information about patients and clients as confidential and use it only for the purpose in which it was given. Nursing staff should ensure that clients understand that some information may be made available to other members of the team who are involved in the delivery of care. We as nurses must safeguard against breaches of confidentiality and protect information from improper disclosure at all times (NMC Code of Conduct 2006).
As I am reflecting on an incident that happened whilst I was working out in practice, I will be using a reflective cycle to help me thoroughly describe what happened during the incident, the one I will be using is known as the Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988).
The incident that I am going to write about involved a gentleman aged 55. I am going to change the name of the gentleman for confidentiality reasons and therefore will name him Frank.
Frank was admitted to the ward for rehabilitation due to his condition of Huntington’s disease (HD) which is an inherited disease causing rapid un-coordinated jerking movement of limbs, personality changes and dementia (Waugh & Grant 2010). He had been admitted to the ward the previous evening and this was my first interaction with him. Along with another nurse I was assigned to Frank to get him washed, dressed and have breakfast. I asked Frank if he would like a wash in his bed
During this assignment I am going to write a reflection, relating to communication and interpersonal skills in clinical practice. Throughout the piece of work I will be maintaining confidentiality at all times by not mentioning the real name of the client, or the trust that I worked in.
The Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) have set out a code of conduct on how to maintain confidentiality within a health care setting. They say that you must treat information about patients and clients as confidential and use it only for the purpose in which it was given. Nursing staff should ensure that clients understand that some information may be made available to other members of the team who are involved in the delivery of care. We as nurses must safeguard against breaches of confidentiality and protect information from improper disclosure at all times (NMC Code of Conduct 2006).
As I am reflecting on an incident that happened whilst I was working out in practice, I will be using a reflective cycle to help me thoroughly describe what happened during the incident, the one I will be using is known as the Gibbs’ Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988).
The incident that I am going to write about involved a gentleman aged 55. I am going to change the name of the gentleman for confidentiality reasons and therefore will name him Frank.
Frank was admitted to the ward for rehabilitation due to his condition of Huntington’s disease (HD) which is an inherited disease causing rapid un-coordinated jerking movement of limbs, personality changes and dementia (Waugh & Grant 2010). He had been admitted to the ward the previous evening and this was my first interaction with him. Along with another nurse I was assigned to Frank to get him washed, dressed and have breakfast. I asked Frank if he would like a wash in his bed
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