Journal Entry # - Women Reproductive Health
Reflection on the three most challenging patient encounters and what was most challenging for each:
1. Language and cultural differences: The most challenging patient encounter I experienced in my womens reproductive health assignment involved significant language and cultural barriers. These types of barriers adversely affect effective communication and understanding between the nurse and the patient and interfere with the development of a therapeutic rapport. Moreover, these types of challenges are becoming increasingly commonplace because nurses frequently encounter patients from diverse cultural backgrounds who may have limited proficiency in English or hold fundamentally different cultural beliefs and practices in general and with respect to healthcare in particular. From a nursing perspective, the most challenging aspect with these types of challenges is ensuring accurate and meaningful communication to provide appropriate and timely care.
2. Emotional distress and anxiety: Another challenging patient encounter involved a patient who was experiencing significant emotional distress and anxiety related to her reproductive health concerns. This distress and anxiety were likely attributable in large part to a fertility issue that would require invasive procedures to resolve with minimal chances for success. Therefore, a nursing priority for this patient and similarly situated individuals was to manage her emotional well-being to facilitate her receptivity to treatment, but this was an especially challenging enterprise since the patient was profoundly distraught over her diminished future prospects for motherhood.
Certainly, nurses are routinely confronted with patients who are frightened and anxious for a myriad of reasons and require empathetic and sensitive care from nurses. In addition, these patients need nurses who actively listen to their concerns while offering appropriate emotional support. Although every patients anxiety and distress are unique in some ways, there are some evidence-based practices that can help address these problems. For instance, nurses can use therapeutic communication techniques, coordinate access to counseling services, or collaborate with a multidisciplinary team of healthcare professionals to address patients emotional needs (Hong & Lee, 2022).
Non-compliance with treatment: Yet another challenging patient encounter in a female...
…FeedbackHow might I improve on my skills and knowledge, and how to communicate that back to my Preceptor?
This is a difficult step since it involves honest and ongoing self-assessments and self-reflections and communicating this information back to my Preceptor in a regular and timely fashion and soliciting feedback in response. Notwithstanding the challenges, though, I have integrated this process into my learning regimen as part of my professional development, a step that I intend to follow throughout my nursing career.
How am I doing? What is missing?
Taken together, I am doing great. My initial anxiety over a new clinical setting has been replaced with one of comfort and familiarity, and I am fully prepared for whatever comes my way.
What type of feedback am I receiving from my Preceptor?
The positive feedback that I have received from my Preceptor has been indispensable in helping me adjust to a womens reproductive healthcare setting, and the goal-oriented feedback I have received keeps me motivated to perform at my best and learn as much as…
References
Hong, S., & Lee, J. Y. (2022). Evaluation of therapeutic communication education for nursing students based on constructivist learning environments: A systematic review. Nurse Education Today, 119, 105607.
Olsen, D. P. (2019). Ethical Considerations When Dismissing Patients for Noncompliance. The American Journal of Nursing, 119(2), 64–66.
Squires A. (2017). Evidence-based approaches to breaking down language barriers. Nursing, 47(9), 34–40.
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