Risk Factors and Interventions - Assignment Example

Date,
Clinical Hours,
and Running Total of Clinical Hours

Brief Summary of Activity

Objective and Evidence of Accomplishment Numbers
and
Reflective Learning

4/15/2013

8 hrs

RT = 8 hours

  4/20/2013

6 hrs

RT = 14 hours

4/22/2013

4 hrs

RT = 18 hours

4/29/2013

8 hrs

RT = 26 hours

      5/8/2013

7 hrs

RT = 33 hours

5/13/2013

8 hrs

RT = 41 hours

 5/20/2013

8 hrs

RT = 49 hours

       4/31/2013

7 hrs

RT = 56 hours

6/5/2013

8 hrs

RT = 64 hours

I undertook a thorough study of existing literature about postpartum complications and systems.

I staged a meeting with the head of the postpartum department of the general hospital in his office to discuss my analysis of the three cases of post-delivery depression.

I staged a meeting with my mentor at his office to discuss the implications of my findings from the studies that I evaluated.

I developed a design of a practical study curriculum for nursing school in the studies regarding post-delivery care and management.

There is various literature from research studies that have been done all over the globe in regard to evidence-based best practices on the topic of postpartum depression through which I did reviews to develop the design for the curriculum.

I intended to develop appropriate postpartum teaching plans for handling teaching practice in nursing school, especially while handling the aftermath of delivery and the complications that result in depression.

Formulation of evaluation surveys for assessment of the effectiveness of the current curriculum in teaching postpartum depression and management practices.

An analysis of universal nursing requirements relating to postpartum was necessary for a proper understanding of the resultant post-delivery outcomes.

Objective # 1a:

Communication, as well as clinical skills, was basic areas of my evaluation through which I would assess their effectiveness in handling the cases of postpartum occurrences. It was a great lesson to realize that perfection in clinical skills coupled with good communication was instrumental in the assessment of postpartum complications. I learned that the basic effects associated with the complications revolve around blurred vision, c-sections and complications and breath complications among others.

Objective # 1b:

My study evaluated the findings of seven studies that had previously been done in different parts of the world concerning the aftermath of delivery and possible developments. A very shocking statistic of one out of every ten women who were successful to give birth had a tendency of suffering from postpartum depression. The analysis confirmed my previous finding that the medical practitioners had a critical role to play in promptly informing the patients within the earliest possible time of noting the likelihood of the compilations developing. Moreover, I learned from the experience of others that it is of paramount importance to have this postpartum complications knowhow for every woman because if one is lucky to avoid the complication, maybe an immediate person within one’s circle of friends. Different patients have different symptoms of depression and complications that arise after the delivery. Through these study reviews, I am now better placed to further the research on more elaborate facts about postpartum complications as they arise after delivery.  

Objective # 1c:

We discussed critically the findings of my analysis on the three cases of post-delivery depression. The chief clinician was very instrumental in helping me critically analyze the findings from the three cases I had attended earlier in my practicum. He noted that though clinical attendants to the delivery cases had professional experiences in carrying out successful delivery procedures, few had the necessary skills to attend to such complications as the postpartum depressions which would often crop after delivery and whose effects were quite detrimental not only to the welfare of the mother but also to the newborn. He also showed me a practical curriculum that had been instituted in the hospital to equip the clinical fraternity with the necessary skills in communication and attending to patients to alleviate their service delivery to the patients. I learned that it is one thing to be professionally qualified in matters of clinical therapy and it is another to be effective and wholesome. 

Objective # 1d:

The objective of the meeting was to seek a professional opinion of these findings as were presented through the studies. A key focus was on the statistical implications of the findings that in every ten women who give birth, one has a tendency of developing postpartum depression. My mentor confirmed these findings to my shock that the probability of the occurrence of these complications depended on hereditary factors among other causes. I learned to be cautious while undertaking my professional practices in practicum as well as at the time of professional employment (Stewart et al, 2003, 17).  

Objective # 1e:

The objective was to formulate an all-inclusive study program that would be instrumental in thoroughly preparing the nursing student to handle cases of postpartum depression as would be often met in practice. I developed a study guide that had among other key topics the effectiveness of proper communication in managing the delivery depressions. I learned that communication skills are fundamental skills that help the nurses and other clinical attendants in handling cases of postpartum depression.

Objective # 1f:

My focus as I carried out the literature review of ‘evidence-based’ practices that are at the discretion of nurses or other clinical practitioners to use while attending to the issues of postpartum was to understand the factors that influence the adoption of these practices in hospitals. I investigated ten online articles that had been written on the theme and among other findings, which I saw was that the level of education mattered most while adopting these practices. Moreover, the contents of the curriculums used in schools also influence the tendencies of nurses to use evidence-based practices. I learned that adopting the evidence-based practices

Objective # 1g:

The objective of this stage in my practicum exercise was to understand and implement proposals for lesson plans designed for post-partum depression as understood to be a critical step in nursing for the effectiveness of curbing the challenges posed. It was clear from my literature review that the likelihood of recurrence of the depression after delivery is very high for subsequent delivery procedures of the patients who have ever been diagnosed with the complications.   In implementing the lesson plan, I learned that it is paramount to note the cases of recurrence and the likelihood of the occurrence of new forms of depression related to delivery cases. It had implications for the development of survey proposals through which the learning outcomes would be collected and followed by subsequent discussions with student mentors for easy comprehension.  

Objective # 1h:

Through analyzing the effectiveness of the current learning curriculum as is offered across three of the main nursing schools in the country, I was able to understand that the curriculum lacks specific learning skills as are critical for handling postpartum depression cases in a professional manner after school by the students. I learn that there is a need for an overhaul revision of the current learning curriculum as it is through including such basics as proper communication as an effective tool for addressing the issues of delivery depression.

Objective # 1i:

In the analysis of nursing needs as they relate to attending to patients with postpartum depression, I sought to get a clear understanding of the risk groups and create an assessment tool for their needs. Though the findings were generalized that the risk is high for all women, the preference was more for victims from families that have had the occurrence of postpartum depression cases. I learned that the nursing field is critical in addressing postpartum depression issues and being equipped to understand the genesis of the complications and attending to them is basic for effective management of the issues.