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Taking a comprehensive health history: learning through practice and reflection.

Shirley Ingram1

  • 1Registered Advanced Nurse Practitioner (Cardiology) and Registered Nurse Prescriber (Cardiology), Tallaght Hospital (a Trinity College Dublin Teaching Hospital), Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

British Journal of Nursing (Mark Allen Publishing)
|October 17, 2017
PubMed
Summary

Advanced nurse practitioners enhanced their patient assessment skills through a simulated health history. Reflective practice on this recorded experience improved their clinical practice and therapeutic relationship building.

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Area of Science:

  • Nursing
  • Clinical Practice
  • Healthcare Education

Background:

  • Comprehensive health history taking is essential for advanced nursing roles.
  • It facilitates the acquisition of patient knowledge and therapeutic relationship development.
  • Reflective practice is a fundamental aspect of nursing in Ireland.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the impact of a recorded health history simulation on advanced nurse practitioner skills.
  • To explore the role of reflective practice in enhancing clinical history-taking.
  • To improve the quality of patient assessment and therapeutic engagement.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a recorded comprehensive health history simulation.
  • Incorporated reflective practice as a key learning component.
Keywords:
Advanced nursingAssessmentClinical history takingCore valuesReflection

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  • Assessed the insights gained into advanced nurse practitioner history-taking abilities.

    • Main Results:

    • The simulation provided valuable insights into history-taking techniques.
    • Reflection on the recorded simulation enhanced the practitioner's self-awareness.
    • Skills in eliciting patient information and building rapport were improved.

    Conclusions:

    • Recorded health history simulations combined with reflection are effective educational tools.
    • This approach deepens understanding of advanced nursing competencies.
    • It ultimately leads to enhanced clinical practice and patient care.