Clinical Experience Analysis

On September 28, when we went to Tripler Army Medical Center, I was placed in the Cardiac Ward. At that time, I was able to learn so many diagnosis dealing with the patients. The nurse had briefly explained what was going on with each individual patient and the type of treatments they are doing to help. She had also neatly clarified each medication she was giving them and told me exactly what it was used for. I was able to get an experience of hands on by taking a patient’s temperature. I had shadowed as she did so many things to make the patient feel comfortable and did everything to the best of her ability to make them happy. She had taught me how to record every piece of information about the patients on the computer by showing me what

I was stressed and nervous the first day of our clinical. However, I got comfortable after spending couple hours with my patient. I was well prepared in terms of providing safe patient care as I was taught in the class by my professor and my clinical instructor about my boundaries. And, on the second day, I got an opportunity to shadow one of the nurses as well as more time spending with my patient.

I thought my first day went great. I am located in Cass City at a outpatient rehabilitation facility. My fieldwork educator (FWE) is very knowledgeable and genuine. She is also a 2011 SVSU graduate, which it nice because she is familiar with the program. We only saw two patients today because the last patient of the day did not come. The first patient had a scapholunate ligament sprain as well as TFCC sprain and the other was a stroke patient. For the first patient, I just observed the therapeutic processes as the therapist used fluidotherapy as preparatory method and stretched the appropriate muscles and ligaments. For the second patient, I was able to administer two activity-based treatments that I created. I was super nervous at first but

Each clinical experience is a time to learn and gain more clinical experiences. This week I was at Sterling Regional Medical Center in the operating room. With this clinical experience I was able to connect more information together. It was a great experience to be able to follow a patient though pre-op, operating room, and post anesthesia care unit (PACU). It was a great completion to be able to flow many patients through the three units within the department. Within these departments I was able to interact with the patients, along with the other staff members.

Although I really practiced the physical, I hadn’t thought about how to word some of the questions. Both during the experience and on video, I feel like I am slightly rushing my patient with her answers, and I wish I had given her more time to speak freely. In the physical, I would provide clearer communication and be more thoughtful in working around the patient gown. I fumbled with the gown some while moving from the posterior to anterior side which took away from the professionalism of the exam.

The past two days I have spent in clinical has been a great learning experience. The first day, Wednesday, I had a patient who was a frequent flyer. He had just been admitted to the med-surg floor the day prior from the ICU. He was admitted to the hospital for DKA. He was admitted to the hospital multiple times in December because he is noncompliant with his diet for diabetes. The second day, I had a patient with has asities and A-fib. With this patient I learned the importance in receiving, and giving report to the next nurse. As my nurse and I were preparing my patient’s morning medications the nurse noticed that the dosage on one medication had increased. Before we gave the medication she went to speak with the doctor, who then informed

I am extremely excited to begin my preceptorship on the Orthopedic floor at UPMC Presby. I am confident that this clinical opportunity will help me gain confidence and competency before graduation. I am unsure what to expect during this rotation. However, I would like to be pushed out of my comfort zone and forced to experience a new environment. I believe that challenging environments help facilitate the best possible growth in students, especially in the clinical setting.

Yesterday's clinical went well, as usual, but it was a bit slow at times. I have noticed that there are days that the long term care unit is extremely busy and there are times where things go smoothly throughout the day. Yesterday was one of the days in which everything ran smoothly and we try to find things to do to keep busy.

At the start of the week I was nervous and worried about how I was going to progress throughout this placement. As the week progressed, my feelings of nervousness subsided as I felt that I became more confident and competent when talking to the patient and placing on the Holter monitor. The positive guidance of the clinical supervisor helped me to become more confident within myself and my ability. I received positive feedback from my clinical supervisor on my skin preparation before placing on the ECG

This first clinical of med-surg at 3 North, was a little nerve-racking. I wasn’t sure how I was going readapt myself to this, on the floor clinical experience. I wasn’t sure what to expect for this clinical, all I was sure about was to go with the flow and learn. The patient I had chosen to care for during pre-assessment, was a 93-year-old lady that had chest pain and CAD. I looked forward caring for the patient but I had a bad feeling about the patient before I got to clinical. Unfortunately, the patient was taken to ICU and I had to choose a new patient.

Today January 31 of 2017 was my first Clinical day at the hospital for CN2 class. “Oh My God”, I felt so nervous since the day before. I was not able to sleep having nightmare that I was late to class, that I don’t bring my instruments, everything bad passed through my mind. Finally, was the time to get dressed with my royal blue scrub, recheck that I have all what I need in clinicals, take a deep breath and drive to the College waiting for 12:00 pm. Is for sure that I will be nervous, anxious and afraid all coming Tuesday, but after sitting in the lab room with my professor Sparry and get to know her, my heart and my mind felt so happy because my teacher was an amaizing person that loves to teach, that takes the time

Looking back to the first day of clinical to the last day I have changed a lot during this time. During the whole clinical experience I had to use a lot of the growth mindset in-order to get fully through the whole process. My clinical teacher and I didn’t quite have the same opinion on certain things. While we did struggle through are different mindsets, it was a great learning experience. I will have people I work with that I don’t always agree with and I will have to find a way to compromise with them. This was something we talked about with each other and worked through. So, Im grateful in that aspect in learning how to deal with those situations. I also changed in that I’m more confident in giving my lessons to my students, along with I tried to not be as scared in-front of them.

First week of clinical went well, although it was slightly intimidating. I have two different preceptors, Dr. Barker and Dr. Hayes. I will spend Mondays with Dr. Barker and Tuesdays with Dr. Hayes. Both preceptors are knowledgeable and enjoy teaching students. Their teaching styles are similar and both expect students to actively participate in the management of patients. I was able to use my knowledge to manage acute and chronic illnesses by applying and integrating all that I have learned thus far while evaluating health history and ROS, reviewing medications, assessing the patient, deciding on differential diagnoses and determining the plan of action that best suits the patient. When I was unsure about management of the client’s problem, I used my clinical resources and/or consulted my preceptor for their advice. The greatest learning moments this week

As a student of nursing program I am doing 220 clinical placements at True Davidson long term care. On the first day of my clinical, I was so excited and quite nervous too. On that day, I picked one patient and it was my first experience to handle the client individually. I am going to write about that I eventually learn something from my first clinical experience. My buddy nurse told me to go to client’s room and ready her for breakfast. Then, I went her room and said her to be ready for breakfast. She looks at me and seems angry. At that time my mind was wandering that what I did mistake to her. It was the fifth week of my 220 placement, however, that event has left a permanent effect on my mind and it comes to my mind on every

That was a year ago, the last 2 weeks of my pre clinical studies in UCD, where I got the opportunity to experience clinical practice in the hospital. I had just concluded my pre clinical stage and was still oblivious to what is ahead. In the short two weeks exposure in the hospital, I got to play doctor, nurse and best friend to some of the patients. I had the opportunity to shadow doctors through the medical departments, to watch doctors take histories and listened to heart murmurs