OWN PATIENT PROJECTGroup Assignment:

Chris Kokkola

Hanna Uutaniemi

Diana Kabasinguzi

MR. X

Age: 83 Marital Status: Married, wife is alive. Children: 1 Deceased Place of residence: Home Body Build: 189 cm, 85 kg Illnesses: Coronary Disease, Diabetes Medication: Heart, Diabetes Reason for hospitalization: Broken hip

due to fall at home, plus chest pain

SPATIAL ASPECTS

4 to a room Locked closets for personnel stuff Curtains between beds Tray tables/draws Chairs for visitors Shared Bathrooms Cafeteria Community Showers for ward Activity room Physiotherapist area

TEMPORAL ASPECTS

Duration: Short-term Rythmicty and Manner of Presence:

Meals are at same times 7.30 am, lunch at 11.30 am, dinner 5.30 pm

Medications given as scheduled Showers weekly Physiotherapist Tuesdays Doctor visit on Wednesday When BP is low ECG was ordered Blood Sugar tested daily at Morning before lunch

and before Dinner

QUALITATIVE ASPECTS:SYMBOLIC SUBENVIRONMENT

Ideational Elements: Old fashioned requires properness (addressing,

politeness) Christian (Reads bible daily, prays, Sunday

Services and etc.) Normative elements

Free to do as they please without disturbing others or going into isolation areas.

Institutional Elements: Husband Retired businessman Active Member of Lutheran Church Finnish

QUALITATIVE ASPECTS:SOCIAL SUBENVIRONMENT

Groups interaction: Church services Speaks with room-mates in hospital Participates in group activities

People placed in one’s social environment Wife Nurses Physical Therapist

QUALITATIVE ASPECTS:PHYSICAL SUBENVIRONMENT

TV Bed Chairs Tables Couches in hallway Elevators Wheelchairs/walkers Call Bell Flowers/Plants/Photos Sink area in room with mirror

CONCLUSION Patient got better and was released home.

“A machine can be fixed with a replaceable part, while an organic system must be cared for as a whole. Thus, while caring for the individual patient, the nurse must always keep the larger picture in mind and expect to be surprised by unpredictable possibilities” (James 2010, p.139).

James, Kia M.G. Incorporating Complexity Science Theory Into Nursing Curricula. Creative Nursing, 2010, Vol.

16 Issue 3, p.139.

“As students gained a deeper understanding of the nature of professional competence and standards of care, another subtle change in their focus could be observed. They became less concerned with the professional aspects of nursing for their own sake, and were more interested in the importance of good professional care because of the way that it impacted on patients.” (Brown et. al. 2007, 661-662)

Brown, Jayne, Nolan, Mike & Davies, Sue. 2007. Bringing caring and competence into focus in gerontological nursing: A longitudinal, multi-method study. International Journal of Nursing Studies. May 2008, p. 654-667.