An example of such a skill is performing assessments on patients. The assessments include observation for abnormal conditions such as heart rate, blood pressure, body temperature, and pain. Considering how, as Farahani, Alhani, and Mohammadi (2014) state, “it is usually difficult for children to describe their pain” (p. 499), the pediatric nurse must use pain assessment tools to assist the child in accurately describing pain intensity and location. This information must be quickly collected to come up with a diagnosis and treatment, to prevent what Farahani et al. (2014) describe as “long-term physical and psychological consequences” (p. 499) from untreated pain that might not have been caught during the patient’s original visit due to the patient not accurately describing such …show more content…
I plan to do so through actions such as establishing connections and advocating for my patients so that they may always be in an environment where their mental health is promoted along with their physical health. Such can be done using caring behaviors, which are described by Taber’s (as cited in Vance, 2003) as being behaviors such as “attentive listening, comforting, honesty, patience, responsibility, providing information so the patient can make an informed decision, touch, sensitivity, respect, calling the patient by name” (para. 3). These behaviors allow for positive attention to be given to the patient while receiving