Patient 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

After observing my mother in at the emergency room where she works, I finally understand the difficulty of being a doctor. Doctors constantly having to take care of anyone who walks through the door on a stretcher. Doctors have to try their best to feel empathetic towards everyone, putting themselves in other people’s shoes and trying to understand their situation. Whether they are good or bad, it doesn’t matter, the main goal is to stabilize the patients and make sure they receive the help they need. For example, last night walked in a psychopath who had killed 3 people, who also stabbed himself in attempt at suicide. By some miraculous move by God he didn’t die, only required immediate medical attention. As I watched my mother operate

Within this case study I am going to use two of the Chapelhow et al. (2005) enablers to discuss and reflect on the care of a patient I have been involved with on placement over a period of 5 weeks. ‘Enablers are the essential and underpinning skills that come together to provide expert professional practice’ (Chapelhow, C et al. 2005, p.2). These include; assessment, communication, documentation, risk, professional decision making and managing uncertainty. The enablers work together to provide a holistic approach to the care of patients in health care settings. I am going to focus on and discuss two of the enablers, linking them both together, which will be assessment and communication as I believe these two enablers can be related most to my patient.

The patient is a 12 year old female who presented to the ED with thoughts of self harm and cutting behaviors. The patient denies suicidal ideation, homicidal ideation, and symptoms of psychosis. The patient reports that she has been sad lately. Per- documentation the patient reports to peers at her school that she was trying to kill herself, which the school sent her to DayMark. Further, Daymak IVC the patient and requested further evaluation.

A pivotal aspect of receiving quality medical care is being able to communicate your health concerns and have confidence and trust in your doctor, which is essentially the doctor patient relationship. Yet, this

The thing that struck me most about Dr. Chung and this experience was the sincere reaction from patients and their family members when he would stay to answer all of their questions. I remember family members and patients who felt that they were demanding too much of his time and apologized because they wanted to run through the details of a specific surgical procedure Dr. Chung would be performing. Dr. Chung reassured each patient the protocol of their future procedure and answered all questions thorougly without any sense of annoyance. He interacted well with his pateints, and it showed by the fact of how hard it is to

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

I had previously shadowed 3 other doctors, but nothing was like my time spent with Dr. Sastry. I had the unique opportunity of being both his patient and his shadow. From the moment I stepped foot into the office in 2013 as a patient, he infused my mind with his infectious spirit of medicine and the beauty of healing. He made me feel very comfortable, and I was very grateful for the fact that he cared so much. I was always drawn to the healthcare field, but I didn’t know who to go to for the abundant amount of questions I had in becoming a physician. Due to his affable and invigorating personality, I knew I wanted to shadow him because I believed that there probably isn’t a better physician and mentor who retains such an optimistic view of life and medicine.

The psychiatric clinical rotation at Clinch Mountain House was a very prodigious experience. This facility is unique because of the role it plays in the community; it serves to provide daily recreation for the members of the community who suffer from mental illnesses. This facility focuses on providing essential social skills to this community and accomplishes this goal by providing social interaction, a structured schedule, and daily assignments for each member.

At the providence hospital I observed at the two different setting. First I observed at the St. Catherine's rehabilitation center which provide long-term rehabilitation care. The physical therapist at the sub-acute care provide treatment to the chronic ill patient and geriatric patients. The goal of the sub-acute physical therapist is to restore basic mobility and movements.

Within the first 40 hours I attended and observed a patient education board meeting. The meeting consisted of nurses, doctors, and the library. The discussions are on how to educate the patients. Each department presents potential patient education material. All materials must be approved by the board and must adhere to a six-grade reading level. I observed the monthly nurses board meeting where the discussion focused on nurse’s research and submission of their work to the new digital repository.

In the medical office, there are several types of occurrences that may require immediate invention by the medical assistant. A few examples include:

After Andrew's nine months check up, the doctor's observation was that Andrew is shy when facing a new situation and his completely withdrawn especially when the mother is not around. With his parents near Andrew become more confident and will try to investigate more, but still is very cautious of strange things. According to the doctor, Andrew reactions are appropriate for his age. Andrew's motor skills and fine motor skills are advanced for his age which is a good thing.

4 be as friendly as possible make sure the patient is always happy and content.

I participated and observed a nutrition class taught at Triumph, which was an amazing experience. Triumph is a drug and alcohol treatment center. The nutrition class was an all-female class, with a wide range of personalities. In this class, we discussed fruits and vegetables, serving sizes, food labels, provided handouts, and had a healthy snack (fruit salad). Because this was a new environment, I was nervous and didn’t know how to interact with these individuals, as I was afraid that I would say the wrong thing. At the beginning of this nutrition class, Jessica and I introduced ourselves. After that, a participant raised her hand and asked us if we were afraid to teach to them, because they are drug addicts. Right after this comment, she