Mayo Clinic Reflective Essay

Throughout this reflective account i will refer to the individual I was working with as Gloria. I have not used her real name throughout this piece to protect her identity and to ensure that I am maintaining confidentiality. “You must respect people’s rights to confidentiality” (NMC 2013) Gloria is a 74 year old lady who lives at the residential care home at which I am currently on placement Gloria is under the Adults with Incapacity Scotland Act 2000 due to a diagnosis of Dementia. She is mobile with the aid of a Zimmer frame and is still as independent as her health allows. She requires the assistance of 1 carer for most activities of daily living. After breakfast I offered to take Gloria to the toilet

As my senior year here at Jersey College of Nursing moves quickly to its end, I reflect on how far I have come and what exactly my experience here at Jersey College of Nursing has meant to me.

History of Present Illness: The patient is a 27-year-old male complaining of right lower-quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and

History of Present Illness: The patient is a 27-year-old male complaining of right lower-quadrant abdominal pain, nausea, and

This unit does not introduce much new material. Instead, we expect you to integrate technical and theoretical knowledge acquired from study across your degree. We refer to two frameworks that may support you in carrying out this integration:

Reflecting on this course over this semester, there have been many lessons learned that will be valuable, as we enter the business world. Our first lesson was to learn to work together, as a team, to prepare a short memo, long memo, letter, and email for use in the business world. This is a lesson that will experience many times as we do our daily work. Punctuation and grammar are so important to present to the client and other organizations that we are professionals. It could mean the loss of a sale or acquiring new business. It’s like dressing for work; looking professional or unprofessional.

I have never really focused on the issues that our economy is facing; therefore, I find reading articles like these rather interesting. They provide me with material and questions I would not have looked up before. My favorite quote from the article was, “Monetary policy has been keeping the patient alive, creating the possibility of a lasting cure through fiscal and structural operations,” as stated by BoE Chief. I thought this line to be very funny and blunt. The comparison of the nation to a patient really put into perspective the how tragic our economic system is doing. Also, I have come to belief that people are okay with the monetary policy because it has been providing some relief to our problems, but people must find an actually solution,

Thus allowing me to form a differential diagnosis and rule out certain causes, such as; constipation, and indigestion. Subsequently, the physical examination enabled me to confirm a diagnosis of acute abdomen. As the patient was not experiencing any worrying (red flag) symptoms associated with abdominal emergencies, such as; appendicitis or pancreatitis. However, I did forget certain aspects of the physical examination and had to be prompted by the MO. Although with more practice such incidence would be reduced.

This essay is a reflective essay on my learning development from a young age through to my current position as a University Student. I will be relating my learning development back to two theories of human development, Vygotstsky’s socio-cultural theory and Marcia’s version of Erikson’s theory of identity development. I will identify and discuss the challenge I have faced with my identity and how this has impacted on my development.

In recent years, reflection and reflective practice have become well-known term with in the health care arena. They are words that have been debated and discussed with in the health care setting (Tony and Sue 2006). Reflective practice is essential for nurses, as nurses are responsible for providing care to the best of their ability to patients and their families (NMC, 2008). Reid (1993) states reflection is a process of reviewing an experience of practice in order to describe, analyse, evaluate and so inform learning about practice. Johns (1995) notes that reflection enables practitioners to assess, understand and learn through their experience. Reflective practice, therefore, offers nurses an opportunity to review their decisions and

The purpose of this journal is to reflect on my experience and skills gained during my clinical placement at Ben Taub Hospital. On my first clinical day, I was excited and nervous at the same time. My first placement was in the PREOP/PACU area. I was assigned to help a patient who had been in the PACU area going on 2 days. Normally, once the patient comes from surgery they are only in the PACU area for a short period of time before they are discharged home or given a bed in another area of the hospital. This particular patient still had not received an assignment for a bed. The physicians would make their rounds to come check on him daily. The patient was a 28-year-old Hispanic male, non-English speaking, he had a hemicolectomy. He had a NG tube, urinary Foley catheter, and a wound vac. My preceptor had just clocked in and she needed to check on the patient’s vitals and notes from the previous nurse. Once she introduced me to the patient and explained while I was there, she then asked me to check his vitals. (Vital signs indicate the body’s ability to regulate body temperature, maintain blood flow, and oxygenate body tissues. Vital signs are important indicators of a client’s overall health status (Hogan, 2014). I froze for a quick second. I have practiced taking vitals numerous of times and I knew I could do it correctly. I started with the temperature first, when I was quickly corrected on a major mistake I had made by my preceptor. I HAD FORGOT TO WASH MY HANDS and PUT

Women often face multiple issues when it comes to issues related to the abdomen. It may be excess weight after a pregnancy, pain and discomfort after a difficult delivery or a major surgery. Though not only confined to women, such cases are also frequent amongst men and aged individuals. Senior citizens face even more issues since the body takes much more time to recover.

Acute surgical emergencies constitute about 50 per cent of all general surgical admissions. About halfofthese are for abdominal symptoms, predominantly pain, and half of this group resolve withtiut operation, Tbe rest undergo emergency surgery or a scheduled procedure during the same admission (Birkittand Quick 2002), The common causes of abdominal pain are summarised, however, this is not an exhaustive list. Appendicitis Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency (Longmoreei a/2004). Appendicitis is inflammation ofthe appendix, and as the iníLimmatory process begins, there is colicky pain that usually starts around the umbilicus or epigastrium. However, as the inflammation increases and the peritoneum becomes involved, the pain shifts to the right iliac fossa (within the right lower quadrant). Associated symptoms may include loss of appetite, vomiting, constipation and occasional diarrhoea. Biliary colic Biliary colic describes tbe symptoms caused by intermittent cystic duct or common bile duct obstruction caused by gallstones. Typically patients are female and overweight. Pain is usually colicky and localised in tbe right upper quadrant and in the epigastrium radiating to tbe back. Pain has a sudden onset and is

When I entered this course, I did not expect to benefit from it as much as I did. However, this course quickly became one of the most interesting classes I am taking because all of the topics that we discussed were relatable. My health has improved throughout this course, as I have become more self-aware of helpful and harmful choices that I make with my body.

I lay on the stretcher in tears being rolled away from my family, silently screaming, and bursting with a terrible anxiety like never before. “We are going to place this mask over your nose and mouth, just breathe in and out as normal,” says the anesthesiologist. The air I was forced to breathe in smelt explicitly like nail polish remover. I woke up with an atrocious headache and some immobility. Once again not a thing was wrong with me according to the results which angered me to no end. How come my life is still being consumed by this pain and yet my results say I’m perfectly healthy? My last major and only test left that my gastroenterologist had to offer me was a colonoscopy. Nobody wants to have to experience one of these, especially at the prime age of 16. Anyhow if this meant yielding another possible reason for this ghastly pain then you bet I was going to be right back on that stretcher within the next few months. I had my better days, even some no pain at all; but the days I did have it were some of the worst days of my life. The colonoscopy brought nothing more than another disappointing sheet of doctor words, and a few pictures of my intestines (which were kind of interesting so at least if I had any perk to this situation it was this). The doctors work was done and there was no more for him to try so I guess it was back to google