Personal Experience: Clinical Analysis

He admits to a 25 pound weight gain over the last few months. The patient was

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 clinical experience took place at Peyton Elementary School and Prairie Heights Elementary School. Kamille, Ben and I were to teach hand hygiene, covering your cough and brushing your teeth to three Pre-K classes. First we developed a lesson plan and teaching aid for our students. Then, we gathered supplies such as spray bottles, dye, subject specific coloring sheet and a dinosaur with large teeth and tooth brush. Kids Rock dentistry in Colorado Springs was nice enough to borrow us the dinosaur and also gave us activity books for the kids. When we arrived at Peyton Elementary School at 0800, we noticed it was a very nice school. We met the school nurse at the office where we signed in. She showed us to classroom where the children

So when my mentor Mary and I were preparing the trays we made sure that everything he wanted was on the trolley. As I was working under supervision of Mary and the Circulating nurse Mark, they were explaining to me about the importance of preparing the theatre according to each surgeon’s preferences. After all the necessary checking’s and preparations in the anaesthetic room done, Mr Dillon was brought into the theatre after he was given general anaesthesia and Mr Mann started the surgery. Everything was going well until Mr Mann started to fix the tibial implant. As per surgeon’s instructions we had it ready but unfortunately the ‘71’ size he had requested was a bit smaller and he asked for a ‘73’ size. But Mary told him that it is not available in the tray so she asked me to get it from the tray room. Mark left me to go on my own to the tray room and I could not find it. I was afraid to go back into theatre to tell the surgeon. When I finally went back and told, the surgeon that I could not find it, he started shouting. Mary stepped in and told me to go with Mark so I could see where it was kept. That made the surgeon to calm down. We ran back again and got it. Mary, Mark and I were so relieved. The time taken for such a small incident was almost 10 -15 minutes which was really stressful to the whole team and very dangerous to the patient. Luckily everything went

The situation happened during the author’s last day of orientation as a new medical-surgical nurse. The author was passing medications and administered aspirin to a patient as ordered. As the author approached the nurses’ station, she stopped in disbelief as the charge nurse started yelling at her, saying, “Why are you not checking your orders? Why did you give aspirin when there was an order for no anticoagulants? Do you know the patient is having a procedure tomorrow? New grads.” Several physicians and nurse practitioners, along with the author’s coworkers, witnessed

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

Mr. loai is a 51 year old married Jordanian male, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer, and he was advised by his doctor to have a surgery to remove the tumor, after his admission to the hospital to have the surgery, the nurse walked into his room and stood beside his bed, she found him lying on his left side and his legs were bent toward his chest, and he was putting his hands on his abdomen, his face was grimaced and he looked tired, when the nurse started to talk to him he closed his eyes and turned his head away, but he followed the nurse instructions when she asked him to extend his arm so she measure his blood pressure, she found his blood pressure and heart rate elevated, she asked him what’s wrong and he said he is in pain 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

Naylor texted me to let me know he was in the emergency room at Sparrow hospital. He reported he has had right side pain and they are ruling out passing a kidney stone or having appendicitis. He asked me to cancel the appointment with Dr. Dass and make a new one. I contacted Dr. Dass office at 455pm. I was told in Flint the next appointment with Dr. Dass is on 1/8/18, or we could go to the Fenton location on 12/15/17. I asked if he could be seen sooner by one of the physician assistants. I was told since the appointment was with Dr. Dass it had to stay with him. I took the appointment on 12/15/17. Mr. Naylor confirmed he had passed a kidney stone. He is aware of the appointment. I have reminded him to use warm water and exercise his finger as directed by Dr.

The population of the students at Prospect Park Elementary School ranged from grades first to eighth. The age of the students ranged from six to 13 years of age. The ethnic background of the students varied; many of the them were Caucasian, followed by African-American. The diversity of ages within the student population afforded an opportunity to capitalize on the nursing skills obtained during the pediatric rotation. Certainly, the age of the students encountered during the clinical rotation turned out to be some of the more difficult ages to understand during the pediatric nursing course. The clinical rotation resulted in a positive outcome. A positive outcome was not initially anticipated.

Comparing my clinical experiences from last semester to this semester, I would say that I have already experienced more this semester than I would have at this time last semester. Even though I am doing LNA work while incorporating RN aspects, I feel the work that we are doing this semester is more RN aspect based rather than LNA work. Clinical was my favorite part of last semester, and it is still my favorite part of the semester. Over the past couple of weeks at Riverside, I have had numerous new experiences, including following a nurse, following the wound care nurse, and going in on my day off to follow both the wound nurse and the nurse practitioner of the facility.

I received report from the night nurse stating that S.D. had not had the best night. She was a twenty-two year old female post op day one, status post appendectomy. It was her first surgery so in addition to her uncontrolled pain she was also very anxious, as was her mother. I was told she had not dangled her legs on the side of the bed nor ambulated since returning from surgery. I knew this was not acceptable. When I did my morning assessment I could tell she was still in quite a bit of pain despite receiving frequent pain shots the entire night. Obviously, no one had taken the time to ensure that the medication was working for her. I asked her if she had gotten any relief and she stated, “no”. I immediately paged the resident, explained her situation, and answered all questions regarding her status. This particular situation not only demonstrations collaborative practice but also is an example of professional communication. “It is

One challenge I was faced with while on CE I, was while working with a patient she was talking badly about one of the receptionist. The patient calling the receptionist incompetent, since the receptionist had messed up the patient’s appointment time for the second time in two weeks. I was put in an uncomfortable position because I did not want to be rude to the patient, but also did not want to be apart of the patient talking badly about my coworker.

This past Friday at the Cardiac Catheterization Lab my mentor was not there but I still got to do everything that I enjoy doing, like watching procedures and talking to the doctors, nurses, and staff. When I arrived I knew my mentor would not be there so I had asked another one of the ladies in the office if there were any surgeries that were going on for me to watch. After I was given scrubs to change into I was able to go into where the surgeries are happening. I went into the control room that I was told to go and the nurses and other staff were preparing the patient and setting up the computers and everything they needed before the doctor arrived. The surgery overall was one I have seen before and not as exciting as some of the more unique and different ones that I have seen previously.