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This document summarizes a journal article about how reminiscing can be an effective communication tool and assessment method for elder care. The article discusses how the aging population is growing, requiring healthcare providers to improve communication skills to ensure patient satisfaction. It also describes the benefits of reminiscing for older adults and provides guidelines for engaging in therapeutic conversations. The student reacted positively to learning about using reminiscing to understand patients' past experiences and improve holistic care. They felt it could help develop knowledge and skills for providing quality geriatric nursing care in the future.

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Journal Famacion

This document summarizes a journal article about how reminiscing can be an effective communication tool and assessment method for elder care. The article discusses how the aging population is growing, requiring healthcare providers to improve communication skills to ensure patient satisfaction. It also describes the benefits of reminiscing for older adults and provides guidelines for engaging in therapeutic conversations. The student reacted positively to learning about using reminiscing to understand patients' past experiences and improve holistic care. They felt it could help develop knowledge and skills for providing quality geriatric nursing care in the future.

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Famacion, Kyra Bianca R.

3-NA NCM 114 RLE September 24, 2021

Reminiscing – A Tool For Excellent Elder Care And Improved Quality of Life

Summary

The journal article entitled, “Reminiscing – A Tool For Excellent Elder Care And
Improved Quality of Life,” is a literature review regarding reminiscing as an effective way
of communication and an assessment tool for quality care towards older patients. This
is because of the exponential growth of gerontological population, which implies health
care providers to enhance their communication skills in order to ensure satisfaction of
care among this age group. It discusses the benefits of reminiscing and the importance
of therapeutic communication along with guidelines, strategies, and sample situations
for effective conversations with older adults.

Reaction

After reading the journal article, I became more aware on the importance of
spending more quality time of conversations with older adults as well as considering
their personal thoughts and feelings. Specifically, the article taught me that awareness
and understanding about the past lives of the elderly is as important as healing the
physical condition or providing palliative care. In addition, it reminded me on the goal of
providing holistic and individualized care to all patients. I am enlightened on the
significance of reminiscing as it is shown through empirical evidences to truly contribute
to the wellbeing of these patients just like making them feel that they have control over
their situation, being comforted of having someone to listen to their thoughts and
feelings, and for the health care provider to obtain more information regarding their past
and present health condition and practices as well as decision-making patterns. In
connection to this, obtaining accurate details on the personal experiences and physical
condition of a patient ensures a comprehensive assessment and care management
leading to patient satisfaction. In addition, I realized that there is a need for me as a
future healthcare member to refine my knowledge, skills, and practice in caring for these
patients as well as practice teamwork with my groupmates in order to develop the best
possible care.

Consequently, I recognized that ongoing research and actual implementations


are also vital for the cultivation on the quality of life for these patients. In connection to
myself as a student nurse, I believe that quality education with a specialized course or
discussion for these concepts are beneficial to emphasize specific knowledge, skills,
and practices, as well as develop a good attitude. Based from my current experience, I
am pleased to learn more about this topic and most especially develop a more caring
mindset towards these patients. Thus, I am motivated to provide holistic and
individualized gerontologic care as a future nurse if assigned in this setting. I also
learned that continuous research and review of previous studies are important to
discover or/and investigate new information to fill gaps in subjects and to be cognitively
equipped in managing the current situation like the increasing population groups which
have implications in the health care system. As a student nurse, I would continue to do
journal readings as well as in the future as a healthcare worker. With these insights, I
could say that developing knowledge, skills, and attitudes in nursing practice through
research or recent journal readings is vital to be updated and deliver the best care
possible.

Bibliography

Tamura-Lis, W. (2017). Reminiscing – A tool for excellent elder care and improved

quality of life. Urologic Nursing, 37(3), 151-156, 142.


doi:10.7257/1053-816X.2017.37.3.151

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