My Clinical Experience

The event that stood out the most to me during my clinical experience this month was when my assigned patient and her family began asking questions about the care the patient was receiving and other non-medical related questions.

Discuss a clinical experience in which you had to incorporate one or more learning styles such as visual, kinesthetic, and auditory. Explain the outcomes and how you created an effective learning experience.

During my first day of clinical, I encountered an issue that I believe is very significant. As a student nurse, our duty for this day was to follow our health care aide around the ward and assist in completing resident care. The resident required assistance in many of her daily tasks. The health care aide asked if I would perform one of those and do perineal care for her. I turned down her offer because I did not feel comfortable with my skill level. The resident had a bowel movement during the night. There was a significant odour in the room that overwhelmed me. I really wanted to leave the room because it was so unpleasant, but I stayed in the room so that the resident would not be embarrassed. This feeling of embarrassment, I assume,

This paper will examine my clinical practical experience at Holy Cross Aspen Hill facility. . I will share what I learned at the site, activities and tasks I completed, any observations on workflow and processes, thoughts I had on what could have improved my experience. The possible ways it could have been improved are numerous.

I worked with Dr. Nayeem at Doctors Community Hospital as well as at two different clinics . The mental health clinics were OMNI House and Optimum Health Systems, located in Glen Burnie and Baltimore, Maryland, respectively. At all three locations I was able to work independently under supervision. I was able to perform psychiatric evaluations as well as mental status examinations typing in my findings into the computer which was then checked and evaluated by Dr. Nayeem. I was able to use the electronic medical records they used including Anasazi and Valant in the clinic settings and Meditech at the hospital. I was exposed to many cases in the clinics such follow-up cases which needed medication managment and Crisis evaluations. At the hopsital

As I think back to the first couple days of this semester I was introduced to many other nursing students. Through different ice breakers, in each class, I heard students talk about how they have worked in clinical offices, gained experience as CNAs, or traveled to another country to take care of sick children. After hearing all the amazing opportunities to help and care for people, it made me feel as if I was the lowest man, or should I say woman on the totem pole, when it came to experience. I have been very fortunate to have a healthy family with minimal illnesses. While I am very grateful for that, it poses a challenge for me when it comes to the topic—How did you care for someone?

I always saw that neon yellow NOVICE sticker on the bumper of someone’s car. The word novice, I only thought pertained to driving. Now that I have a better understanding of the term I can see how it correlates to any situation starting at the beginning and being inexperienced. When I reflect on a time where I was a beginner it was back in 2010, I was a novice phlebotomist at St. Francis Hospital. I was hired to work in the outpatient lab. Standing in the lab doorway, I was anxious and apprehensive. I had to call patients back into the lab and draw their blood. Scanning the waiting room there was a crowd of patients I could feel myself get overwhelmed, like I wasn’t moving fast enough. Patients would ask me am I capable of performing my job or ask me if I am

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

I was six years when my grandfather died. He was very close to me and whenever I go missing my mother new where to look for me. His health stated deteriorating and he was rushed to hospital and died the following day. Death had taken away a close friend who would tell us stories as we sat at his feet. I did not get to see his body but I still remember him being lowered to the grave near our house.

My personal strengths for this clinical experience were not being afraid to ask questions or admit that I forgot to do something. I believe I am getting more organized every week. I did my assessment charging in the room this week and it went a lot smoother for me. Although I did forget to chart a few things. I still struggle with cardiac assessment and figuring out the language is and how to chart it. I feel like by now I should be charting the right way but I still find myself struggling.

Due to AMCAS’s limit of 15 activities, I was not able to list all of my medically-related experiences. One such experience was my volunteer experience at Healing Hands Ministries, a Dallas clinic that provides low-cost health care to underprivileged patients. My role as a volunteer consisted of filling out clinic-related paperwork, checking patients in, and escorting patients to their examination rooms. I volunteered for Healing Hands Ministries from January 2015 until August 2015 for a total of 40 hours.

My family and I have always prided ourselves on having a good work ethic. My dad grew up on a small family farm, while my mom grew up in West Allis. For over twenty-five years my dad has worked at Kohler Generators, and my mom has been a medical assistant at Agnesian Healthcare for over ten years. Now, I look to continue my family’s tradition of hard work at the University of Wisconsin Fond du Lac.

Some would question why I would share this in a college essay. A few months ago, I would have been one of those people. However, as I attempt to share who I am in this brief personal statement, I realize much of my strength and determination is due to my health circumstances.

I am in my fourth journal entry and have yet to start my clinicals. I hope to be starting my clinicals next week. The health assessment issue I have faced this week, however involves the equipment that practitioners use to complete an assessment and the proper use of the equipment and how that relates to completing the assessment correctly. When I was approaching the person who had agreed to do this week’s video for the assessment course of what was expected to be completed. After watching the video, they commented that they have been going to the doctor all their life, and they can never remember anyone looking up their nose with a speculum. Of course he was not keen on the idea, and I wound up deferring this portion of the examination. It

Having experience to draw from can affect an adult learner in both positive and negative ways. Having experience can give you confidence in task you are preforming, and can give you incite to situation other may not have. A person may be able to see dangers before they occur, and react. Experience is something that you cannot study for. While being able to predict how a situation will turn out experience can provide a negative outcome. Having Experience can cause a person to become overconfident, and make detrimental mistakes. A balance must be made between a person being confident and a person being arrogant. (Gorski 2013) In the medical field experience is a great characteristic, but with it comes a great responsibly to still be open to