Clinician Observation Paper

As a clinical requirement for my Adult 1: Medical-Surgical course, I had the opportunity to observe a patient in the Operating Room and in the Post Anesthesia Unit of Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital. The procedure that I observed was a left total knee replacement. The patient needed this surgery because she was experiencing osteoarthritis, and this surgery could alleviate her pain and discomfort. I was with the patient from the end of her stay in the pre-operative holding area to the Operating Room, and then to the Post Anesthesia Care Unit. This paper will include background inquiry, preoperative and operative

When I arrived DD was in a meeting with her behavioral specialist. I was informed that DD informed staff and her behavioral specialist that I allow DD to carry her own money. I do not allow DD to carry her own money nor did DD carry her money while at Denny's. DD's behavioral specialist was at the house and conducted a meeting. DD has been well behaved. DD completed her dishes before we visited wintergreen. DD was well behaved at wintergreen and politely asked to leave. DD has been well behaved and cooked dinner around 5PM. DD cooked spaghetti and sauce. DD took her daily medication and went to sleep. DD is currently

MEDEVAC operations are a key element to the Soldiers on the ground. Many lives are saved on a daily basis when the unarmed pilots fly into enemy fire to save the life of someone they do not even know. They are a true hero to many Soldiers. The following battle relied heavily on MEDEVAC operations to save lives. The decisions made during the rescue are the reason that some of the Soldiers from Chosen Company are alive today.

This is special observation report, because I could shadow a UH clinician during the whole semester. From February 03, 2017, every Friday for 1-hour session until April 21,2017 I observed the same UH clinician perform therapy session on the same client. The University Speech, Language, and Hearing Clinic is located on the outskirts of the University of Houston campus. The neighborhood is known as “greater third ward”, the clime reports a high. On hand the clinic hours of operation are from 8:00am-5:00pm, during the day light crime rates decrease dramatically, and the security campus is always nearby. The building itself looks great on the outside but would not hurt to re-model the inside a little bit. The rooms have enough space for the client chairs, table, cabinet for putting things in, camera recorder, and some rooms even have a mini couch inside. The clinic has a huge observation room where parents, family, and observers can sit and listen though a huge one-way mirror.

When I initially started planning this paper I was ecstatic to learn what the literature had proven effective for the Native American community and possibly my own people, the Navajo Nation. Since I was a little girl I pledged that I was going to help my people, in any way that I could when I grew up. My main drive behind my profession of choice isn’t for the money obviously, I grew up on the Navajo Reservation, and I have witnessed first hand the detrimental effects of alcohol abuse. My father was an alcoholic he died

A general practitioner is a medical doctor who provides primary health care. They do not specialize in one particular area of medicine. They go from room to room chatting and treating patients every day. This type of doctor may be required to help people with medical conditions at anytime throughout the night. A general practitioner helps care for patients of all ages.

There are 11 hospitals located within 25 miles of my house, which is rather astounding considering I live in rural Pennsylvania. Hospital compare only allows you to compare 3 facilities at a time. I chose to look the Hospital where I work. Our major competitor and a tertiary hospital to which we refer our trauma cases 20 miles away. It is interesting that several of the facilities listed are not really hospitals at all. The website is deceiving and includes surgery centers. You can only tell they are not Hospitals because they are listed as having no emergency services. Under general information all 3 hospitals were similar. Our hospital and our competitor carries a 3 star rating. I was surprised the tertiary hospital only had a one

Usually you will see your doctor about one time per month during your first 2 trimesters plus one month into your 3rd trimester. Then you will see your doctor one time every 2 weeks for 5 checkups. Then you will see them every week at least one time. Don’t forget to ask your doctor any questions you have. Write them down when you are home, because your body will be changing a lot and you may have questions and concerns that are important for you and your doctor to know and understand.

Excited smiles encircle Radio City Music Hall, but I bypass the line to enter through the stage door. Backstage is buzzing with excitement; the Rockettes are applying their last coat of ruby red lipstick, the stage hands are making their final adjustments, and there I am stage right, as part of the medical team. As the curtain goes up, the audience swells with excitement, then erupts with applause as thirty-six Rockettes file onto the stage. I’m two feet away from the famous kick line I grew up watching every Thanksgiving Day Parade. The first number ends, the girls file off of the stage, and I am there ready to provide care within their seventy eight second costume change.

In this consolidated learning paper, I will discuss a particular event that I experienced Running head: CONSOLIDATED LEARNING

I believe there is a cure to every disease, although discovering the cure is a challenge that I will accept. I have always been fascinated by the worlds vastly advancements in the health care sector. I have a great passion in helping people and I believe finding a cure for medical condition is one way I can fulfil objective which will benefit the

Since the 8:00 AM appointment that I was scheduled to observe was cancelled, Sarah spent a half hour with me sharing the details of the three very different patients they were to see that morning. Although they were all males, they ranged in age from 2 – 12 years old, one being a new referral and the other two follow-up appointments. After this instructive conversation, I then observed one of the follow-up appointments with a 12-year-old patient with partial trisomy 15Q who came to the visit with his adoptive mother. This patient is very medically complex and currently followed by many disciplines in the hospital, including Developmental Pediatrics, Urology, Colorectal, Psychology, Pulmonology, ENT, Endocrinology, Orthopedic Surgery, PT, Neurology and Audiology, in addition to a community ophthalmologist. Even though he participates in an age-appropriate, sixth grade classroom, his mother reports that his adaptive behaviors and intellectual functioning are commensurate with a 4-5 year-old.

I learned many new things at my clinical rotation in Bentaub hospital this fall semester. At Bentaub, I was exposed to a diverse group of individuals from the community. It is very important to emphasize that, although, there were many different types of diseases in the hospital; there is one particular disease that I would like to expand on and that is diabetes. Diabetes was very common in many of the patients that I had the opportunity to interact with and care for. One specific patient that I would like to talk about is a 48-year-old Hispanic male with a history of diabetes who previously was only taking metformin oral medication at home before coming to the hospital’s emergency room. When I first meet him in the unit, he was scared and

Access to care, long wait times, and rushed visits comprise a few ongoing complaints about the current US health care system that has fueled one of the three major initiatives- to improve the patient care experience (Berwick, Nolan, & Whittington, 2008). A patient’s experience, though multifaceted, is heavily influenced by face-to-face communication with his/her provider, which in today’s healthcare environment includes not only a physician, but also a nurse, nurse practitioner (NP) or physician assistant (PA). The presence of EHRs has undoubtedly affected this face-to-face interaction which was demonstrated in a study done by Alsos et al. where they found that use of a paper chart lead to better “verbal and non-verbal

My experience of observing the application of new innovations in a clinical setting significantly contributed to my desire to become a health care professional. This past summer, I shadowed a Prosthodontic and Cosmetic Dentist in Manhattan. At the Center of High Tech Dentistry, Dr. Rosenberg, uses technological innovations to improve the quality of care he provides to his patients. While doing so, he manages to improve the lives of his patients in a matter of minutes. The hours I spent in his office revolutionized my thinking of the dental field. The best example of this is Dr. Rosenberg’s integration of the CEREC into his dental procedures. The CEREC uses 3D printing technology that makes crowns in a matter of minutes. Dr. Rosenberg taught me how to operate the CEREC, and allowed me to practice on an artificial test subject. The use of the CEREC was the professional application of technology that I first experienced at the SUNY Stony Brook lab.