Female Patient Interview Paper

A university of phoenix student conducted an interview with Kelli Flack who has an LPN working on her BSN. Kelli works at Family Health Care of Siouxland. Just a brief background on Kelli, she has been an LPN for 7 years. She received her LPN through Morningside College.

The goals that I hope to achieve through this shadowing is to fulfill a portion of the hours of shadowing required by t Virginia Commonwealth University for a student on the Pre-Medicine track. In addition to that, I believe this experience will allow me to understand if a healthcare related career would be a proper choice for me, it has been my lifelong dream to become a doctor and to be of service to the world from a very young age.

Throughout the interview, Xavier’s mother answered the majority of the questions and expressed the difficulties she faces daily while taking care of her son. She also talks about the process of receiving the diagnosis of ASD, as well as a previous diagnosis that was incorrect. Xavier’s mother first noticed something different while comparing his development, mainly his speech, to that of her nephew who was around the same age as her son. She claims that he wasn’t talking at all at the age of 1 ½ and that concerned her. Xavier’s doctor said his speech was probably delayed and suggested a speech therapist as early intervention. His mother claims that he didn’t outwardly appear Autistic to her because he wasn’t withdrawn. She also claims that

The APN leader interviewed for this paper is a Board Certified Nurse Practitioner (CNP), Chery Arnett works in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for Memorial Hospital of Carbondale. She began as a registered nurse in 1981, then in 2001earned her CNP title. She manages and cares for the ill neonate, collaborates with Neonatologist and Pediatricians to improve overall health outcomes. She provides support and assists ventilation, assists with deliveries both “normal” and high risk infants, provides care for the healthy newborns, also providing guidance to parents for caring for the “neonate” or healthy newborns. She is also responsible for assessments, orders, treatment plans, medications, and discharge of the infant. CNP’s provide initial, ongoing and comprehensive care, including managing patients with acute and chronic illness and diseases for both premature infants and term infants.

Mr. Hernandez has never felt unwelcome when he or his family were in a healthcare facility. He says that he trusts most doctors and nurses and feels a sense of relief when he is around them for services. The Hernandez family goes to their family doctor for regularly scheduled check-ups and also go to the dentist for regular cleanings and other care. He does not believe in any complimentary alternative medicines such as acupuncture, acupressure, or aromatherapy. There are no home difficulties which he can identify which might prevent him or his family from receiving health care.

Maria is a caregiver at Peppermint Tree Daycare in Edison, New Jersey. Maria has known me for all of my life, although I don’t remember her as a child. When I was a young girl I attended this facility where she took good care of me and watched me grow until I was four years of age. My mother and she grew such a tight bond that she would babysit my sister and I on weekends when my mom needed to work overtime. As years went by, my mom and Maria lost touch. Two years ago, I ended up getting a job at Peppermint Tree Daycare. I now work in the baby room with Maria five days a week and look at her as a second mother. Because of my close relationship with her, I felt interviewing her would be perfect. I asked Maria if she would be willing to do this interview and in a heartbeat she considered my request.

The Patient Outreach Certified Medical Assistant is responsible for performing quality improvement tasks, including but not limited to, patient chart review, contacting patients to remind them of needed services, placing orders so patients can complete the needed test/screening, documentation in the electronic medical record, and scheduling of appointments.

As healthcare providers, maintaining a patient’s confidentiality, human dignity and privacy is expected at all times. Nurses are faced with maintaining patient confidentiality on a daily basis. The Coded of Ethics for Nurses is the framework of nonnegotiable ethical standards and obligations that all nurses are to uphold. Nurses are to be accountable for their actions and are expected to advocate and strive to protect the rights, health and safety of patients (American Nurses Association, 2011).

The national league for nurses defines critical thinking in the nursing process as “a discipline specific, reflective reasoning process that guides a nurse in generating, implementing, and evaluating approaches for dealing with client care and professional concerns” (Kozier, 2008). This definition is imperative to help a nursing student learn how to think in terms of nursing care. Nursing students must achieve a comprehensive understanding of critical thinking in order to understand the nursing process. The purpose for this paper is for nursing students to learn how to use the nursing process, how to properly document their findings and assessments, and correctly implement APA formatting in a formal paper.

The elderly population does not like relying on others for help. Most of the time, these patients do not verbalize when they are in pain or are depressed for fear of being a burden to their spouse, children, or friends. Because of this, nurses need to be astute enough to pick up on some of the nonverbal cues for when a patient is in pain or displaying signs and symptoms of depression. The purpose of this paper is to continue my interview with R.H. and assess his risk for depression, pain, and environmental hazards. In addition, I will ask the patient if he has an advance directive or living will and based on his answer I will formulate a teaching plan on areas needing

Mary Allison, a nurse at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN. In fact Mary has been an RN for over 25 years, throughout this time she has been able to work in a variety of health care setting, from the hospital setting to outpatient care areas and as well as being able to perform lumbar punctures in the outpatient setting, this is where Mary and I became friends. Mary has been an inspiration and role model for many that have met her and has graciously volunteered for this interview.

I have always been fascinated with the Health Care Industry. That fascination leads me to want to work in the industry, preferably the Nursing Field. I decided I need more information that would be helping me to understand the industry, to see if that is the field I wish to pursue. Therefore, I decide to interview people in the nursing sector. I wasn't sure how I would go about completing this task. But something happened to amaze me, one day when I was coming home from school, I started a conversation with a person a random person. We just started talking about the weather and how the train seems to be taking longer than normal. As we were casually talking about different topics the conversation lead to me going to school and how much I wanted

Patient met her milestones as expected. She was considered a “gifted student” and performed outstanding in school. After the divorce of her parents she experienced a lot of instability and lived in a shelter for a short period of time. She moved to California at age 18 to attend USC where she received her Bachelor’s degree in Nursing. She moved to NYC about two years ago and works as a registered nurse part time and attends school full time as she is getting her Master’s in nursing. Her family remains in Kansas and most of her friends live in California. She has two good friends in NYC but has not seen them or talk to them after the recent romantic break up.

Young children that enter the hospital can be overwhelmed due to the health concerns that they have no control over most of the time. The patients parents and the young child have to undergo a meticulous process while at the hospital. At the beginning of this process the young patient is given a trinket or something that brings them comfort which is provided by the hospital. This will enable the young patient to have a more comforting experience and allow the patient to have more hope while at the hospital. One thing the hospitals may provide are little activity bags that contains, markers, crayons, coloring books, books, stuffed animals or even little squishy balls. This allows the young patient to come to ease with the troubles they are facing

When the patient first came in I think I did quite well as I welcomed