• How do you think your patient feels receiving personal care? 

• What is involved in giving personal care?

  
  

• Now watch the video and consider the following

  
  

• What values help us when we provide personal care to our patients?

  
  

• Discuss how receiving personal care might make you feel?

• Can we do anything different?
• What advise would you give to the nurses in the video to perform this procedures better?
• Why would you make those changes?

Background: Kenneth has a history of hypertension and smoking, which are known risk factors for stroke. He presented to the hospital with sudden onset of weakness on one side of his body, slurred speech, and difficulty with coordination. He was diagnosed with a CVA and has been receiving medical management and rehabilitation therapy to aid in his recovery.

Assessment: Kenneth has made some progress with his mobility and speech since the CVA, but he still requires assistance with activities of daily living. He is motivated to participate in therapy sessions and follow the recommendations of his healthcare team to improve his functional independence.

Recommendation: Discuss and document in the feedback section How does this situation make you feel?

• What are the Sequence of events?

• How do these nurses Promote professionalism and trust?

• How do these nurses demonstrate safety? 

• What values do they protray?

Background: Margaret has a history of osteoarthritis and has been experiencing difficulty with mobility and self-care tasks due to severe hip pain. She lives alone and does not have any close family members nearby to assist her with personal care needs.

Assessment: Margaret is experiencing pain in her hip and has limited range of motion, making it challenging for her to perform activities of daily living such as bathing, dressing, and toileting. She is feeling anxious about needing assistance with personal care and is concerned about her independence.

Recommendation: Discuss and document in the feedback section how you will consider providing Margaret personal care.

·    How would you use the Bristol Stool Chart to offer further information on an adult patient’s bowel functioning?

Activity 2

Reflect on an experience where you have assisted a patient with their elimination needs:

·    Was the patient’s dignity and privacy maintained at all times?

·    If you had been the patient, would you have been happy with the care you delivered?

·    At the time you assisted the patient with their elimination needs, were you aware of the significance of maintaining their privacy and dignity and communicating effectively with them?

·    After reflecting on your experience, would you do anything differently next time you deliver this care?

Activity 3

Attending to elimination needs is personal and intimate and normally something we undertake in private. The loss of dignity felt by patients who require help with their personal can be devastating and many feel it reduces their self-worth as competent adults. Receiving assistance with elimination needs can be embarrassing for a patient, but can also be uncomfortable for the nurse providing the care.

·    What skills, in addition to accurately performing a procedure, does a nurse need to apply in order to maintain a patient’s dignity when assisting a patient to meet their elimination needs?

·    Does the fundamental importance of maintaining a patient’s dignity when assisting with elimination needs alter if the patient is confused, disorientated, or unaware of their surroundings, or is a child?

Outcomes 

1. Students will be able to identify the components of informed consent and explain why it is important in healthcare practice.

2. Students will understand the ethical and legal implications of not obtaining informed consent from patients.

3. Students will be able to effectively communicate with patients and their families about the informed consent process, including explaining risks and benefits of treatment options.

4. Students will be able to demonstrate proper documentation of informed consent in a clinical setting, following institutional guidelines and best practices.