I completed 20 hours of practicum with elderly PI patients. The practicum was an essential component of my capstone project, which intended to reduce PI incidence rates and improve patient outcomes in older patients by using PI care bundles. During the practicum, I applied the PICOT approach to manage PI-related problems.
Challenges and Accomplishments
To overcome the elevated incidence of PI in older patients, I established a PIOCT intervention of PI care bundles to track PI incidences in elderly PI patients requiring assistance. The purpose is to offer medical professionals immediate insight using PICOT intervention, allowing them to implement rapid care modifications to improve PI patient care. The intervention’s goal was to ensure culturally appropriate patient care, which offered challenges during the adoption of the intervention. For instance, Language hurdles, cultural variations, and health inequities between varied patient groups impede the execution of intervention (Kaihlanen et al., 2019). To address these barriers, I developed standards for cultural sensitivity training using the multilingual approach in the intervention.
Educational materials like posters and brochures emphasizing the necessity of cultural competency were created and displayed within health facilities, and instructions were communicated with medical personnel to highlight the concern. During patient awareness sessions, I addressed the personal barriers patients experience when self-managing for PI prevention due to their social, family, and ethnic backgrounds. After acquiring opinions and concerns from the patients, I informed them about research-based self-care guidelines for overcoming their health issues. Educational sessions with patients proved crucial in addressing the problem (McGregor et al., 2019).
My practicum with elderly patients provided an excellent opportunity to execute the PICOT intervention and evaluate the influence of the PI prevention bundle on the PI rate. During this journey, I have learned the significance of culturally competent care in medical facilities. Understanding intercultural care highlights the importance of respecting diverse cultures to enhance patient satisfaction. Moreover, I am devoted to providing culturally appropriate care to improve the health of patients from different cultures.
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