Sam is a hard-working student who is eager to learn. He was actively involved in rendering care and support to a patient who is on 1:1 RMN. Sam demonstrated good knowledge on the importance of nutrition and fluids intake, he managed to feed the patient who was refusing to eat. He was able to assist during medication time to administer medication under supervision making sure the patient swallowed all the medication. Sam was also able to give feedback to the Neuro-otologist consultant during ward rounds about the patient vision, saying he managed to read his name budge when he first met her indicating that he has an interest in what he is doing. Sam demonstrated to be an honest reliable student, who will put his patients first in everything his doing.

I went on a surprise home visit with one of our Psychiatrist Consultants to assess Mr A’s capacity as a patient after many attempts had failed. After ten minutes of persuasion, Mr A finally let us in. Mr A had four black bags in the living room full of garbage and the smell was not good for us, but we have to consider Mr A’s safety first. We maintained professional relationships with Mr A throughout the assessment by showing empathy, compassion and respect and treat him as an individual.  In the end, the patient’s mental health needs were met because we prioritised the concerns over our personal inconvenience.

Samuel has shown remarkable understanding and knowledge about the essential parameters for a mental health assessment including an understanding of the factors that are taken into consideration in risks assessments. He has a good foundation in communication skills and has been adequately exposed to assessment skills from different clinicians within the team. Samuel has the right attitude and he shares the same professional values as a clinician in training in line with the NMC code.

Sam is a hard-working student who is eager to learn. He was actively involved in rendering care and support to a patient who is on 1:1 RMN. Sam demonstrated good knowledge on the importance of nutrition and fluids intake, he managed to feed the patient who was refusing to eat. He was able to assist during medication time to administer medication under supervision making sure the patient swallowed all the medication. Sam was also able to give feedback to the Neuro-otologist consultant during ward rounds about the patient vision, saying he managed to read his name budge when he first met her indicating that he has an interest in what he is doing. Sam demonstrated to be an honest reliable student, who will put his patients first in everything his doing.

Sam is a pleasure to work with. Today he did bedside care for most of the patients in my bay assisting them with oral intake and getting on with their activities of daily living. He treats patients with respect and communicates with them in a friendly and kind manner. He is keen to learn and had the opportunity to learn about NG feed. He was able to do a urine dipstick and learned the significance of this procedure. As a member of the greater team, it would be nice to see him improve more on his communication skills and in learning more of the usual procedures we do in caring for neuroscience patients.

Sam was able to meet most of the goals established. He learned more about the EPIC system and how it working. He was shown how to admit and develop care plans for the patients according to their needs, was able to look after 2 patients, under supervision. Sam needs to practice more in writing care plans and be more specific about the things he did during the shift. needs to cover all patients needs and ensure a care plan was put in place. He is familiar with the referring process to different health care services. unfortunately, due to the current situation was not able to attend any MDT, but was able to attend a Dr meeting, where they also discuss the discharge planning and further investigation need it during admission.

Sam has good communication skills, he is empathising with the patients and getting involved in personal care and helping and attending the call bells. becoming more confident in administering SC injection, under supervision. becoming more familiar with all medication, as he practices, and always checking for the “R” to ensure he does not make any mistake. Was able to complete admission on EPIC and develop a care plan, with a bit of help, for that specific patient.

Sam had shown a good attitude, friendly and respectful towards staff and other colleagues since he starts placement. always on time, attending handover and having a professional attitude. Always performing within limitations. aware about the trust values: teamwork, he was able to work within a team; kindness and Sam showed kindness toward the patient; improvement, and it comes with practice and attending study days and specific course for improving knowledge’s; safety, to ensure his safety and patient’s safety as well.

Sam needs to continue practising oral and SC medication administration, as improvement comes with practice. needs to practice more writing notes for the patients he is looking after. Depending on the area where he will be going, to get familiar with the routine.

Sam asked if needed anything just to ask’ nothing was much for him to help me. He did my obs with kindness and handled the thermometer properly in my mouth and not pushed it in as I have had before, I think Sam is kind and will go far in his career no matter where he is sent to nurse and with help and him asking things as his career takes off he will be a great person to have in any ward . At first, when met Sam he seemed very quiet, but getting him talking he answered my questions I don’t think in my mind he could have done anything differently.

My first day on placement at Springfield University Hospital’s Wandsworth single point of access (WSPA) on 09/11/2020 was memorable; the team was ready to meet me and treated me as if I were one of them. It was incredible to be introduced to the other members of the team during multi-disciplinary team meetings (MDT).

Well done Samuel! You have clearly learnt a lot over your placements and continue to grow as a student nurse. It is wonderful to read all of the comments and feedback that you have received over this placement. Your reflections are insightful and you seem to go from strength to strength.
You should be very proud of your work and I hope you continue this passion on into part 2.