PROFESSIONAL PORTFOLIO: PART B 1

Professional Portfolio: Part B

Aaron Bhatti

Department of Practical Nursing, Vancouver Island University – Nanaimo

PRNU 115 – Professional Practice II

Cindy Davidson

February 10th, 2023

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Chart 1

This is how I am going

Here is what I know Here is what I need to to go about getting that
Topic/Focus Area
about this learn more about knowledge/skill
development
There are resources in
our textbooks, classes
and of course those
within our Indigenous
Not to assume that an
communities who can
Indigenous person is a
assist in outlining
practitioner of
practices/beliefs.
traditional Indigenous
beliefs.
Vancouver Coastal
Health
Some Indigenous
peoples have both an
I am not aware of Indigenous Cultural
Cultural Safety: English & traditional
many Indigenous Safety, Cultural
name and to ask them
healing practices and Humility, and Anti-
Addressing the health their preference.
traditional medicines. Racism
practices of those of
different cultural To ask a patient what
Spiritual practices are For collaboration I
backgrounds in the if any traditional
of upmost importance believe that looking at
health care system. healing practices they
to those with Indigenous-led health
(Indigenous Peoples) employ and to
traditional beliefs. It care partnerships and
accommodate their
would be important to how they achieve their
Learning Objectives: needs as well as
get an idea of when goals would be
accomplishing
and what these are. beneficial to understand
Understanding cultural
this interprofessional
beliefs/practices Due to
The collaboration collaboration.
pertaining to health intergenerational &
needed between a
when caring for and experienced
nurse and Elders or Indigenous-led Health
Indigenous peoples. trauma Indigenous
Cultural/Spiritual Care Partnerships in
peoples may not be
Advisors. Canada
trusting or
forthcoming (about
And for a little brush up
ancestry) towards
on Indigenous Cultural
HCP’s. And to allow
Safety, Cultural
them time to share if
Humility, and Anti-
they’d like to at a later
Racism I will take a
time.
look at the guide made
by BCCNM as well
their series of short
videos on this topic.
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Readings, videos,
courses, reports
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Chart 2

This is how I am going

Here is what I know Here is what I need to to go about getting that
Topic/Focus Area
about this learn more about knowledge/skill
development
I like the use of
In order to foster trust scenarios/ case studies
in a nurse-patient that demonstrate a nurse
relationship a nurse acting unprofessionally
must build that by and then there being
ensuring any questions posed to the
information collected reader asking them what
Practice Standards: For this practice
is kept private and they’d do in this
standard there are
confidential. situation. BCCNM
Understanding quite a few self-checks
typically has one per
importance of individual when it comes to the
If a nurse is to disclose practice standard but
practice standards disclosure of sensitive
patient information, it that (to me) is not
(Privacy & information. So, I
must be kept amongst enough. I found a
Confidentiality) believe that I need to
those among that document published by
familiarize myself
patient’s health care The College of Nurses
Learning Objectives: with these and the
team and ensure that of Ontario (CNO) that
scenarios in which I
the patient knows that has multiple of these.
I will acquire a basic will need to be asking
you are sharing this
knowledge of a nurse’s myself these questions.
information. Case Studies
duties in regard to
collecting and handling I am not overly aware
To only access would be useful would
sensitive information as of all the guidelines set
information about your be familiarizing myself
the proper disclosure of out by BCCNM that
patient and only with this practice
any sensitive patient pertain to the Practice
information that is standard further by
information. Standard of Privacy
required for your work reading the BCCNM’s
and Confidentiality.
with that patient. guidelines.

Privacy &
Confidentiality
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Chart 3

This is how I am going

Here is what I know Here is what I need to to go about getting that
Topic/Focus Area
about this learn more about knowledge/skill
development
Self-Care: In my first semester I For my emotional health
recall an assignment in and mindset shifting I
Making the effort to do which we first will start a reflective
activities that will assessed six aspects of journal detailing what if
improve your quality of our personal health any changes I notice
life and your physical and chose our three from certain lifestyle
I am of the mindset
and mental health. Self- lowest aspects and adjustments I make,
when it comes to this
care can help you made a weeklong plan setting timed goals,
stuff that addressing
manage stress, reduce to try and improve noting any struggles I
and working on one
your risk of sickness, those areas and see if had in the day and what
issue for example
and have more energy we could maintain that I did to make things
physical health will
when it comes to plan. The three work.
have a trickle-down
maintaining your mental aspects that I scored
effect on the other
health (NIH, 2022). lowest on and still Not so much a reflective
aspects, I am lacking
score lowest on journal but in order to
in. And realizing that,
Learning Objectives: according to the How keep track of my
that is not always the
Healthy Are You physical fitness I will
case is something I
To complete a health assessment in start noting what I’ve
have to work on.
self - assessment and Donatelle’s Health: ate during the day and
scanning it for patterns The Basics (2018) are any activities/exercise
I have a very vague
and abnormalities. my physical, I’ve completed.
understanding of what
emotional and
environmental health
Determine whether any environmental health. When I was younger, I
entails and why I score
of the six areas used to be very routine
lower than the other
(physical, mental, In my first semester a orientated and liked to
aspects of health, so I
emotional, spiritual, major source of stress schedule what I would
need to learn about
relationships, for me was the balance do in a day. I still have
that.
school/work/life of work and school a whiteboard in my
balance) show a lack of and socialization/life room so I will begin
For emotional health I
self-care. all within 24 hours. planning out my days so
would I need to get
Recognizing that I I can effectively manage
better at recognizing
To write down my slowly began to cut my time.
when I am for example
existing self-care my work hours so that
frustrated, stressed,
practices, followed by I focus less on There are a few articles
angry, etc.
your new procedure. managing work and online that talk about
Some things might just more so on school and environmental health
need a little tweaking, social life. and how nurses are able
while other things may to advocate for it and
have never been thought Phasing out work also also there are couple
about before. And to allowed me to be more pages in Donatelle’s
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make my objectives physically active. Health: The Basics

exciting to me and Though that is only a (2018 explains what
manageable for my small part of physical environmental health
existing timetable. health, the other being entails.
proper nutrition, which
is something I have CHAUSA
been trying to work
on.
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British Columbia College of Nurses and Midwives. (2019, July 22). All nurses - privacy and
confidentiality practice standard. PRACTICE STANDARD FOR BCCNM NURSES
Privacy and Confidentiality. Retrieved February 13, 2023, from
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The College of Nurses of Ontario. (n.d.). Privacy and confidentiality case studies - CNO.
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Donatelle, R. J., Chow, A. F., & Kolen, A. M. (2018). Health: The basics. Pearson.

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cultural-practices.pdf