Nursing Reflection Paper

By identifying the main issue for the patient, the student nurse able to establish a goal for the patients care (Levett-Jones et al., 2010). The main problem as mentioned was hypertension based on the elevated BP reading of the patient which due to uncontrolled hypertension as result in non-compliance of drug therapy. Additionally, the student nurse was critically think that the patient’s symptom of chest pain is due to her medical history of reflux as research suggests that reflux typical symptoms are heartburns and non-cardiac chest pain (Ronkainen & Agreus, 2013). Therefore, the main goal was to stabilise the patient blood pressure into a normal range of 140/60 within the following hour to prevent severe damage of the vascular wall and other

When the RN asked me to see and assess the patient, I felt anxious and less confident thinking that I am not ready to assess the patient’s condition without the RN on my side. However, this negative feeling makes me to challenge myself to become confident, as this is an essential aspect to achieve my goal (Perry, 2011). On the other hand, I am pleased when the RN told me that she has a trust on my skills to conduct an initial assessment. During initial interaction with the patient, I was able to establish a good rapport. I also able to educate the patient about the important of the safety to call an assistant when she needs to go to the toilet as her condition was not stable. Moreover, I was able to demonstrate my compliance with the national competency standards, which is working only within my scope of practice (NMBA, 2006). Overall, the positive aspect of this experience was I able to assess and apply necessary nursing intervention as well as able to establish a goal on the provision of the care on my