Essay Example: Personal Summary and Career History of Mental Health Nurse

PERSONAL SUMMARY

A confident, innovative, committed, compassionate, and highly motivated qualified Mental Health Nurse (RMN) with a sound knowledge of operating in a wide variety of settings. I can work well within any multidisciplinary team setting, and to provide a high quality of care at all times. I will always respect a clients independence and goes out of my way to treat them with fairness and courtesy.

CAREER HISTORY

Anglia Ruskin University London: January 2015 Present (Student)

HEALTH CARE: February 2014 - present (RMN)

Employers name Synergy Personal Solution.

Location of clinical practices:

Northwick Park Hospital (NHS Trust)

Hillingdon Hospital (NHS Trust)

St Charles Hospital (PICU, ACUTE & ASSESMENT WARDS) NHS Trust

St Pancreas Hospital(NHS Trust)

Bedford & Milton Keynes Hospital (NHS Trust)

Park Royal Hospital (NHS Trust)

Duties:

Taking care of patients suffering acute mental distress and those enduring mental ailment:

Evaluating and counseling patients concerning their sickness and deliberating on the best method to plan and provide care while in the hospital;

Creating good relationships with patients to build trust while attending to their needs and concerns;

Ensure the best medicine is administrated, including injection and closely monitoring treatment result.

Responding to mentally ill patients in a manner that is not threatening and attempting to understand the source of distress;

HEALTH CARE- March 2014- Present (RMN)

Employers Name - PULSE Healthcare Ltd

Location of clinical practices:

Northwick Park Hospital (NHS Trust)

Hillingdon Hospital (NHS Trust)

St Charles Hospital (PICU, ACUTE AND ASSESSMENT WARDS) NHS Trust

St Pancreas Hospital(NHS Trust)

Bedford & Milton Keynes Hospital (NHS Trust)

The Priory Hospitals

Duties:

Taking care of patients suffering acute mental distress and those enduring mental ailment:

Evaluating and counseling patients concerning their sickness and deliberating on the best method to plan and provide care while in the hospital;

Creating good relationships with patients to build trust while attending to their needs and concerns;

Ensure the best medicine is administrated, including injection and closely monitoring treatment result.

Responding to mentally ill patients in a manner that is not threatening and attempting to understand the source of distress;

February 2014 March 2015:

Employers name Vista Healthcare Independent Hospital (RMN).

Vista Healthcare provides care and support for people with learning disabilities, mental health issues, Autistic spectrum condition and associated behavior that challenges

Duties:

Provide patients with personal care, medical care, light domestic duties and general day to day tasks

Developing care standards and monitoring their effectiveness.

Communicating with other health care professional involved in the care of the patients.

Recording patients temperature, pulse, respiratory rate and blood pressure

Attending CPA meetings, ward rounds, and tribunals.

Ensure the right medicine is administered including injection and monitoring the results of treatment

July 2013 February 2015 (RMN)

Employers name 24/7 Care is responsible for delivery high-quality healthcare services to individuals with clinical and nursing needs

Duties:

Assessment and risk management plan.

Promoting a recovery based approach to care

Use de-escalation methods to help people manage their emotions and behavior.

Ensuring the correct administration of medication, including injection and monitoring the results of treatment

Preparing and participating in group/ one to one sessions both individually and with other health professionals.

November 2005 February 2014

Employers name- Central Recruitment is responsible for delivery of high-quality healthcare services to individuals with clinical and nursing needs

Duties:

Offering a broad range of emotional and practical support to a patient with complex needs.

Monitors service users well-being e.g. mental state and physical health issues

Ensures that support plans are developed to meet assessed needs of the patient

Ensuring the correct administration of medication, including injection and monitoring the results of treatment.

March 1998 November 2005

Employers name: CARE UK HOME CARE (SUPPORT WORKER) Care the UK provides excellent care for individuals with severe and enduring mental health issues.

Duties:

Making sure the correct medicine is the administration of, including injection and monitoring the results of treatment.

Producing care plans and risk assessments for individual patients

Preparing and maintaining patients records.

Promoting a recovery based approach to care

Key Skills and Competences:

Healthcare

Able to write nursing reports

Superb adaptable communication skills both written and verbal

Knowledge of medication Administration and adherence.

Ensure amenability with Infection Control and Risk Regulations.

Interpreting and crafting responses to patient requirements.

Ability to monitor patient vital signs, urinalysis, and charting scores

Maintaining confidentiality and data protection.

Academic Qualifications

City University London Nursing Diploma 2010 2013

College of Northwest London NVQ Level 2 BTEC

City of Westminster College Diploma in computer application (IT)

Hussey College Warri (NIGERIA) (G.C.E.) English, Government, Economics, Commerce, Biology, Mathematics, Chemistry and Religious Knowledge and History

Mandatory Training 2015

Equality and Diversity 2015, Health and Safety awareness CoSHH and RIDDOR, Basic Fire Safety, Management of Violence and Aggression, Lone Working, Safeguarding Vulnerable Adults, Basic Food Hygiene Awareness, Prevention and Control of Infection Awareness, Moving and Handling Loads and People including practice on manikins as recommended in the Resuscitation Council (UK) Guides (Oct 2010)

Achievements: Level 2 Award in Health and Safety

First Aid Three Cross Award

Certificate in MBM Training

NVQ Level 2 in Health and social care

LEADERSHIP ROLE

Facility Coordinator

Shift Coordinator

Team Leader

INTERESTS

My interest is swimming, working out at the gym, listening to music like soul, blues for relaxations and cooking

REFERENCES: Available on request

Work placement Reflection

Name: FREDRICK TONWE

Student Number: 310334/413095

Subject: SOM

Institution: Anglia Ruskin University, London

Date: 28/10/15

Acknowledgement

My work placement at Priory Hospital Potters Bar as a mental health Nurse was successful. I am greatly thankful for the management and my bosses for the opportunity given to me to move from my workstation to other units within the establishment. Furthermore, I extend my profound appreciation to my colleagues in all the units I passed through while was in work placement and more specifically for their motivation and even continued with my work with my presence.

Much appreciation goes to my colleague nurses in various units in the hospital for having spared their spacious time to mentor me and brief me what to do in various clinical fields.

I wish to extend my gratitude to Anglia Ruskin University, London for giving the opportunity to experience this exciting task, which indeed has improved my skills as a clinician.

Finally yet importantly, I want to thank my family for their encouragement and patience while was at the work placement. Their mental and financial support had a great significance towards this.

Introduction

It is a well-known that practical aspects of a theoretical learning activity more specifically the technically oriented subjects requires students to undergo work placement to understand better task and practices performed by industry experts or professionals and at the same time increase self-confidence. Furthermore, attending internship in a reputable organization help the student apply theoretical concepts of the course to practical issues in the actual nursing and other organizations he/she may be placed.

Work placement, in general, refers to work experience that is relevance to professional development before graduation. For any medical student who wants to be successful in their future career, work placement can offer a foundation. It is a necessary step towards the development a successful career for any because it gives the student the real feeling of the working world. Through work placement, a student can learn how to work with teams and beat deadlines. According to Lomax (2010), work placement helps students find more about a job they desire or the industry they want to work in the future. My work placement was at Priory Hospital Potters Bar as a mental health Nurse.

Anglia Ruskin University in London calls for a mandatory work placement before any student can complete their nursing course and taste the true meaning of professional experience. Well, along with the practical work placement diary, a student must submit a written report of his/ her time and experiences at the date of the work placement. The report is thus an account of my completed work placement period.

Definition of terms

Doctor: A professional who practices medicine and is concerned with promotion, restoring of human health through his knowledge and further maintaining health. A doctor diagnoses and treats injuries.

Nurse: A professional within the healthcare sector responsible for the care of an individual, community so as to maintain and also recover maximum health and quality of life.

Hospital: this is an institution providing patients with specialized treatment to ensure the quality of life and health is maintained.

Patient: in this perspective, a patient is used to mean any registers person in a hospital receiving treatment.

Operational definition of terms

Work placement In the report, this term is used to mean a supervised program of work and study in the health care fraternity(especially as a nurse), that offers students in work placement a chance to apply class knowledge and the new knowledge in the medical field.

Learning Experience In this study, this term is used to refer to all those experiences in a job setting that produce positive change in the performance of the students involved in the experience.

Immediate on-the-job supervisor This term is used here to refer to a person working in the healthcare industry who is closely involved with the students to educate and mentor them on the job at hand.

Health Educator This term here refers to the individuals participate in facilitating the learning of nursing students in the academic setting. They include lecturers and work placement colleagues.

Theory In this report, the term is used to mean information, concepts and skills learned in the academic setting.

Debrief This term in this report refers to a meeting session between the students in a work placement, the coordinator, and their lecturers to evaluate the work placement progress.

Mental health- The degree of a patients psychological well-being or lack of mental disorder.

Significance of the report

Work placement is a fundamental component of the healthcare institutions offered in many institutions in London and elsewhere for student experience. The findings of the report were therefore expected to be of great use to professional education planners and policy makers by giving them a picture of the challenges facing student attending work placement in the healthcare fraternity as a whole. The findings of the study would also assist educational planners in developing a new and innovative approach to health care industry involving all the stakeholders. This wo...