Reflection on the Health HEENT Assessment

Introduction

I had a nice experience with the Health HEENT virtual Assessment in which I was able to achieve a good performance rated as proficient. This was because I was able to demonstrate adequate entry-level expertise in clinical reasoning and nursing competence. This implied that I was among the few students who were able to achieve that level of performance in the exercise of assessment. Moreover, I was able to utilize the available time properly while restricting myself to just enough time span. This was also important because time management was also an aspect through which students would demonstrate their competency in the assessment.

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I also had some few aspects of negative experience while undertaking the assessment and which affected the overall result. For instance, I failed to manage a score in the yield sufficient patient data. This occurred because I failed to use the effective approach which would have enabled proper data collection. I ended up not implementing both open and closed-ended questions hence I was only able to get limited data in the area under research. In my next assessment, to yield better results, I will be able to regard all the aspects of the recognized data collection strategies to ensure that I achieve success in a similar aspect of the exercise.

The assessment gave an opportunity to come up with significant findings in the area under research. For instance, I learned that cancer can attack any part of the body especially those which cannot be easily associated with the condition unless one has sufficient healthcare information. Some of finding on this note that is uncovered include the fact that the inner part of an individual's mouth has a great risk of contracting cancer. Moreover, Sherman and McMillan (2015) argued that Sherman, D., & McMillan, S. (2015).the eye can also be a starting point from which one affected by the diseases. This implies that the parts of the body should not be regarded during a serious health check like the one associated with the health assessment in question.

These pieces of information were obtained following the guiding questions which demanded answers on the same. The questions were used as the reference aspects for the inquiry as the assessment proceeded. For example, there was a question whether inspection of the body should cover the inner parts of the mouth. Furthermore, a question inquired whether the sensitive parts of the body like the skin or the eye should be regarded during the inspection. According to, Mosadeghi, Reid, Martinez, Rosen and Spiegel (2016), these questions were a little unique hence effective therefore there was the need to consider them and collect data and confirm the facts associated with the inquiry. This influenced the interest to research hence; as a result, most of the information was yielded.

I would order diagnostics tests targeting the potential areas of the body which are at great risks of attack by serious diseases like cancer, and which parts are less associated with the given health conditions. This will be necessary since the parts are mostly disregarded and the focus is always on the obvious parts which are most affected. On this note, my diagnostic tests would be directed parts like the mouth around the section occupied by the tongue, the eye and some sleeted sections covered by the skin. Such a diagnosis would be able to exhaust the inquiry hence helping in removing the uncertainty regarding the existence of the associated conditions (Sustersic, Gauchet, Kernou, Gibert, Foote, Vermore and Bosson, 2018).

The differential diagnoses I am currently taking on the issue in question involves considering the history of a patient. This includes their individual medical history regarding the given health issue in question. Moreover, an important form of diagnosis involves inquiring on the family health history. On this note, the occurrence of the condition as presented by medical records can be used to make conclusions.

The assessment provides that I completed effective patient teaching hence they suspect having been affected by a given disease. They were able to learn this when I was inspecting every part of the body beginning from their head down to all other parts and disregarding no important information. With this, they were able to realize that chronic diseases can manifest at any point in one's body.

I would, however, not prescribe any form of medication at this point since I would have rather jumped to conclusions. The diagnoses tests only showed possibilities of the occurrence of a health condition and no fact is connected. According to Bowles, Dykes and Demiris (2015), it, therefore, follows that prescription would mean a poor healthcare practice.

Conclusion

My assessment greatly demonstrated sound critical thinking and clinical decision making since I was patient enough to an inquiry for informed guidance before coming up with major conclusions regarding diseases infections. This was confirmed when I was not willing to issue medication immediately after diagnoses. My performance in this exercise could be made better if could make inquiry logically rather than considering the questions selectively.

References

Bowles, K., Dykes, P., & Demiris, G. (2015). The Use of Health Information Technology to Improve Care and Outcomes for Older Adults. Research In Gerontological Nursing, 8(1), 5-10. doi: 10.3928/19404921-20121222-01

Mosadeghi, S., Reid, M., Martinez, B., Rosen, B., & Spiegel, B. (2016). Feasibility of an Immersive Virtual Reality Intervention for Hospitalized Patients: An Observational Cohort Study. JMIR Mental Health, 3(2), e28. doi: 10.2196/mental.5801

Sherman, D., & McMillan, S. (2015). The Physical Health of Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Cancer and the Psychological Health of Their Family Caregivers When Newly Enrolled in Hospice. Journal Of Hospice & Palliative Nursing, 17(3), 235-241. doi: 10.1097/njh.0000000000000154

Sustersic, M., Gauchet, A., Kernou, A., Gibert, C., Foote, A., Vermorel, C., & Bosson, J. (2018). A scale assessing doctor-patient communication in a context of acute conditions based on a systematic review. PLOS ONE, 13(2), e0192306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0192306