Week 4-Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Week 4-Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

The discussion I had with my preceptor on Ethical considerations in health care was very productive. Medical ethics refers to a set of etiquette rules adopted by healthcare providers to regulate professional conduct with patients and general society. Healthcare providers constantly experience ethical dilemmas while caring for patients with chronic illnesses such as diabetes. This can be attributed to the increase in the number of diabetes cases nationwide. These ethical issues include indulging and addressing research barriers such as data analysis on the impact of patients on diabetes-related genes. Other concerns are new technology in diabetes management, conflict of interest in research and medicine, understanding the rights of diabetes patients who accept to participate in diabetes-related research, access to appropriate health care services, and discrimination against diabetes patients (Zowgar, A. M. et al., 2018)

Researchers have constantly ensured quality health care for diabetes patients through self-management. Self-efficacy has been reported as an important concept in diabetes management through patient empowerment to be more active. Healthcare professionals, together with diabetes patients, ought to respect this disease to prevent it from dominating the patient’s life. This can be achieved by normalizing the diabetes management process and advocating for lifestyle changes in diabetes patients and people who are at risk of developing the disease (Awadalla H. et al., 2017)

The diabetes care plan should be individualized to cater to the needs of the patients individually. A multidisciplinary team, therefore, will not only strengthen diabetes self-care practice but also safeguard and maintain the quality of healthcare interventions for the patients. “The Logic of Care,” augmented by Mol’s field research, should be the foundation of healthcare providers managing diabetes patients. Healthcare providers should always aim at patient satisfaction as it is the measure of the quality of service rendered to the patients (Ingham-Broomfield, R. 2017).

References

Ali, Y. A., Almobarak, A. O., Awadalla, H., Elmadhoun, W. M., & Ahmed, M. H. (2017). Obesity among Sudanese adults with diabetes: a population-based survey. Annals of translational medicine, 5(12). https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5497089/

Ingham-Broomfield, R. (2017). A nurses’ guide to ethical considerations and the process for ethical approval of nursing research. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, The, 35(1), 40-47. https://search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3316/ielapa.509772218688556

Zowgar, A. M., Siddiqui, M. I., & Alattas, K. M. (2018). Level of diabetes knowledge among adult patients with diabetes using diabetes knowledge test. Saudi medical journal, 39(2), 161. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5885093/

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Week 4-Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

Students are required to submit weekly reflective narratives throughout the course that will culminate in a final, course-long reflective journal due in Topic 10. The narratives help students integrate leadership and inquiry into current practice.

This reflection journal also allows students to outline what they have discovered about their professional practice, personal strengths and weaknesses, and additional resources that could be introduced in a given situation to influence optimal outcomes. Each week students should also explain how they met a course competency or course objective(s).

In each week’s entry, students should reflect on the personal knowledge and skills gained throughout the course. Journal entries should address one or more of the areas stated below.  In the Topic 10 graded submission, each of the areas below should be addressed as part of the summary submission.

1. New practice approaches (Week 1)
   

   Week 4-Professional Capstone and Practicum Reflective Journal

2. Interprofessional collaboration (Week 2)
3. Health care delivery and clinical systems (Week 3)
4. Ethical considerations in health care  – This week’s topic (Week 4)
5. Practices of culturally sensitive care
6. Ensuring the integrity of human dignity in the care of all patients
7. Population health concerns
8. The role of technology in improving health care outcomes
9. Health policy
10. Leadership and economic models
11. Health disparities

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.