The Importance Of Community Health Service

Service is when someone uses their skill and effort to enrich the wellbeing of others. It is an inherited trait of every individual to look after himself or herself. Service is a benevolent or an altruistic effort in which the benefits typically used for oneself are offered to another. Temple hospital offers community health workers to patients who are in need. “How can I make a difference?” that was the first thought when I learned about this assignment. When I was assigned a patient at the community health worker’s office I was nervous. I was given discharge papers and I was told I had 30 minutes left before seeing my patient in outpatient. By reading the documents I learned my patient was a 46 year old quadriplegic who was discharged from the Temple hospital for a DVT several weeks ago. I talked to Sherron, the

When I met my patient for this service project, I was unsure of how I should introduce myself and how I would explain my role relative to their care. My community health worker, Sherron, took all the pressure away from the situation; she had already established a relationship with my patient and I felt more like an invited member into a health care team rather than a new face with something to prove. Sherron had already taken steps to help my patient and I was an added benefit with pharmaceutical knowledge. I spent most of my time reviewing disease states and answering questions about drug therapy. My first interaction with the patient was the first primary care visit; I spent my time extracting medical information from the patient alongside the new physician. This first interaction lasted over an hour, there is no way the patient retained all the details discussed, however Sherron was keeping contact with the physician and was given copies of the patient’s medical record. Sherron kept in constant contact with the patient and was truly the best resource for information besides the patient