ATI Module 3 and 4 Reflection

Reflection on Modules 3 and 4

Priority Setting Frameworks:

The “Priority Setting Frameworks” module taught me about aspects that help in prioritizing certain actions and focusing on the patient’s needs. There are 7 frameworks that set priorities for nurses. They include Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs, the nursing process, ABC’s, safety and risk reductions, least restrictive-least invasive, survival potential, and acute versus chronic, urgent versus non-urgent, and unstable versus stable findings. A certain framework will be used for each clinical client situation. The nurse will choose the framework that is most applicable to the situation at hand.

This module taught me some pertinent information that I will need to incorporate into my future nursing culture. It will help me to characterize information that I have about each client into certain categories. These categories will help me determine what should be assessed first for each client. Doing this will provide the most adequate care for my patients by assessing the most important aspects. For me, the Hierarchy of Needs is extremely important. Of course, as nurses we must help to maintain our client’s health, however, in order to restore health, an individual must obtain all the five human needs. This goes beyond just providing care to patients which I think is extremely important.

Knowledge and Clinical Judgement:

This module talks about different learning styles that individuals could have. There are three types of learners that are discussed: visual, auditory, and tactile. Visual learners learn best from strategies that involve sight. These types of patients would prefer pictures, diagrams, graphs, Powerpoints, and charts as part of their patient education. Auditory learners learn best by hearing. Patient education would include reciting notes, engaging in group discussions, listening to recorded information or instructions out loud. Tactile learners learn through physically touching and doing. This would be done with the patient physically doing it. Understanding what type learner your patient is is extremely important.

Learning that there are different learning styles that are unique to each patient was very helpful. Understanding which learning style your patient learns best with is essential as a nurse. Nurses are the ones of the health care team that does majority of the patient education. Patient education is one of the priorities in patient care. Incorporating the patient into their own care will improve likelihood for the involvement of patient in interventions that may increase their chances for positive outcomes. Deciding how to teach your patient based on their learning style will help in increasing effectiveness of patient education. Nurses are extremely busy so incorporating different types of learning into my nursing culture will help in saving time while still being efficient.