Personal Experience: Clinical Analysis

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On my second week of clinicals during the fall semester, I can recall a meaningful event that had occurred to me that was on my conscious for several days following the occurrence of the event. A nurse on the floor had asked me to assist in the cleaning of a patient. This patient had dementia, was on bedrest, had a hearing impairment and was on caution for contact precaution. I was aware of these things, as one of my colleagues had been assigned to the patient weeks before and described them during our clinical post-conference. After donning our protective equipment, I had asked the nurse if we had all necessary equipment's needed before entering the room. She agreed and we entered the room and began undressing the patient who was also in …show more content…
The patient was completely exposed and my nurse had told me she had to grab another equipment from the equipment room while I was holding her in a lateral position to her side. The nurse had taken an abnormal amount of time to get back and the patient began guarding her hand in a looking like she was in pain. I felt immobilized during this moment and anxious. Feeling helpless I did not know what to do in this situation the patient could not hear me and seemed confused as to what was going on. The nurse had thrown all covering sheets in the dirty linen bin and had taken an extensive amount of time to get back. The patient was left in a supine position completely exposed as I waited for the nurse to return. Recalling this event subjectively, I felt immobilized by this situation. Mentally I knew I could not communicate with the patient due to their hearing impairment. I was also aware that this patient was confused and had dementia. My mental processing during the event was not effective in creating an intervention for the patient as I felt like being in a state of immobility. I decided to wait with the patient instead of leaving them exposed and alone while I go find the …show more content…
My intuition was telling me to let the patient rest in a supine position to try to relieve her pain, due to the lateral positioning we had positioned her in prior to the nurse leaving the room. I could only imagine what my patient was going through, not being able to express herself to this improper care and lack of respect for her dignity and being left exposed with nothing to cover up. On the return of the nurse, her reasoning for the long wait was that she was busy stating "I forgot to input something important in my notes". The thought of criticizing the nurse that it was not appropriate to leave the patient and myself in that situation, left me scared and I remained silent due to her superiority and authority. I believe every patient deserves to be respected for their dignity even if they cannot communicate and are confused. This patient is someone's significant other. Putting myself in a family member position, if this was someone that was close to me, left alone exposed for that length of time I would be very disappointed. There a sense of lack of human dignity that occurred in that situation. These beliefs arise from growing up in a family that holds strong morals and values of respect and compassion for everyone, even those who can do nothing for us. Relating this to my clinical practice the
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