HLT54115 Nursing

Answer

1. Most of the elderly people are nowadays suffering from Asthma. It is one the most common chronic diseases that needs extensive care of the patient, especially during asthma attacks. While I was pursuing my nursing career, I used to visit my grandmother’s house during the vacations. My grandmother is herself an asthma patient, who has experienced several asthma attacks in the last few months. This was my opportunity use my nursing skills to address to her needs. I used to keep her away from the things that triggers asthma the most such as pet animals, tobacco smoke, pollens, dust, emotional stress and also from certain medicines such as aspirin. In regard to these restrictions, I noticed that the asthma attack rates have lowered to a significant level than before. As many people are unaware of the necessary precautions, the same was applied to the other elderly people residing in the same locality who were suffering from asthma. This initiative helped in bringing impressive results as those elderly people started experiencing lower frequency of attacks. These precautions not only helped the elderly people in providing a sense of relief but also enhanced my practical knowledge in my field of expertise.

2. Time is a very precious element in our daily life. I have managed to explore my time management abilities and compelling with challenging deadlines through my training and internship. As I was in the final phase of my training, I was assigned for my internship sidewise where I had to appear for the sectional exams as well as complete my assignments within the given timeline and also carry on my internship as it was also a part of the nursing course. In order to efficiently manage such limited time, I divided the total time span according to each section of the assignments so that the assignments could be submitted within the given timeframe. I mostly used to work on my assignments when the patient flow was comparatively less so that I do not have to take leaves from my job. This helped me in completing my assignments on time and utilizing the free time as well. By working in a flexible job role, I was potent enough to manage my time in an effective manner and also meeting the deadlines with a favorable outcome.

3. Nowadays, social issues are very prominent in our society. As healthcare professionals, we were trained to study the psychological state of mind of the people, especially the elderly class as they are the most confined people in the society. Being part of the job, I interacted with most of the elderly people to find out why they were not able to socialize much. After interacting, I discovered that these people are mostly neglected by the members of the house and also do not find appropriate environment to interact with rest of the people. In order to help the elderly people interact more, I created a group of elderly people who could feel involved, share moments from the past, play indoor games in the community hall of the society. This idea helped me to generate further ideas of social interactions to remove the age barriers and social conflicts. These changes helped in changing the emotional state of the elderly people and focus on social interaction approaches.