Foundations of Care.

Introduction

For this essay I have chosen to write about a situation that happened to me while I was working as an nursing auxiliary in an orthopaedic ward, I learned that a patient had been involved in a car accident, where she was the driver and her boyfriend had been killed. I imagined that she must be feeling awful, possibly responsible for his death. I felt that I should say something, but could not find the words, instead I said nothing but I felt bad afterwards because I had done nothing.

To examine this situation I shall use Gibb's reflective model (appendix 1), which will help me discover other possible actions I could have taken instead and help formulate a plan of action for the future if a similar situation arose again.

Also, in connection with the experience, I will be researching into the importance of good communication, the role of the multidisciplinary team and the importance of using evidence based practice.

Patient Recognition Month Poster

Czech nursing students.

British nurse in nurses' station.

Gibb's Reflective Cycle (1988)

See appendix 1

Description

While I was working as an auxiliary nurse at an orthopaedics ward, I was told that one of the patients being cared for was girl in her early twenties, she had been involved in a car crash while she had been driving with her boyfriend. She survived the accident but her boyfriend was killed. One of my duties I was required to do was to hand out the trays of meals to the patients. As I laid the tray of food on the table in front of her, I noticed that she showed absolutely no interest for the food in front of her.

I wanted to say something comforting to her, as I imagined that she might be blaming herself for the accident. However, I knew that anything I said...