Personal Narrative: A Patient Experience

Day four of clinicals was really long. The first patient was scheduled from 8 until 1, he was getting fitted for 4 crowns and an implant crown. When the patient came in he had a horrible odor and looked like he hasn’t taken care of himself in months. I seated him down and the dental assistant just glanced at his teeth and looked at me strangely and whispered come here and look. I look in this old man’s mouth and saw nothing but a brown layer of plaque and calculus build up and it disgusted me. How could someone not take care of their selves? Anyways, we ended up sending him to the hygienist's room next to us and they cleaned his teeth extra good. He came back into the room and Dr. Williams came in and quickly did a check up on his teeth and

I was scared. I was just plain scared. The constant sound of a shrinking beeping. The smells of the antiseptic hospital ward. I was in shock and in complete disbelief. Why I am here? I should be at home doing my homework for the next day, but I am not. I am here. Now, I am lying on a flat patient cot. The yellow walls in my room had a distinct feeling that I was in a psychiatric ward was had utterly cold, however everyone on the floor was welcoming and willing to help. Nurses are bombarding into the room asking questions. In the meantime, my left arm is swollen from the IV stuck in me. I feel like a toddler having no idea about her surroundings. This all could have been avoided; however now it does not matter. I am glued to a sterile bed. A

Week three in clinical was difficult for me, I had a great experience overall but I hated seeing and holding a baby that had passed away at 21 weeks. To know what the family could possibly be going through was heartbreaking. I wouldn’t exactly know what to do if I was with the patient and her family exactly. I do know that I did place her in the room when she was admitted to triage. I do feel good about seeing the scenario play out, while being a student rather than being in the field alone. Other than that I was able to see the beginning stage of labor as well as a C-section. Everyone was so bent out of shape on making sure I eat and that I don’t faint, but it seriously wasn’t bad. As a matter of fact I was too intrigued with the mother rather

Has your world ever been flipped upside down overnight? Well, mine has when my Uncle had a bad stroke that causes him to lose the left side of his brain. This event changed my life forever it was like I was blind to being able to see for the very first time. Those horrible days truly made me rethink my life, and it taught me how precious life is and how quickly life can be taken away. The biggest thing that came out of this was the improvement in my work ethic, giving it my all 100% of the time, and not procrastinating on anything in my life. Having my world flipped upside was probably the greatest thing that could have happened and here's why.

“Oh I got my heart right here. Oh I got my scars right here…” With the slow beat of The Weeknd, I took a right onto the highway. Where was I going? I didn’t know. I was just going to drive my thoughts away. Peering down into my windows, the moon shone on my interior, lighting up everything. It was just me, the moon, and my freedom. I turned the radio louder to blast out my thoughts and just think about the song. I do this therapeutically. Driving makes me feel better, especially when I have no certain destination or deadline. My only goal is to chase the moon in an eternal game of tag, but for some reason I’m always “it”.

I sat at the kitchen counter, staring at the green cabinets and bowls of fruit. I wanted to play in tonight’s soccer game, but my mind was still foggy from the drugs I received in the hospital the day before. I didn’t want my teammates to see me like this. My hair was matted from where my head rubbed against the blue hospital pillow, and a wrinkled piece of clear tape secured a nasal feeding tube onto my cheek. I hated what the tube meant: that I was inadequate and that I couldn’t drink by myself. I was someone who insisted on doing everything on my own, and the thin, flexible tube was a physical reminder that I could not. My mom and dad lauded my bravery, but I dismissed them. I didn’t believe bravery was dictated by necessity.

My optimistic assumption is you had a deep unbroken sleep which upon waking up afforded you a reinvigoration of body, mind, and spirit. With the onset of Flu season possibly the opportunity for vaccination has not availed itself to you, I hope the you woke up feeling brisk without stiffnesses or aches. Today is my scheduled physical therapy, and I hope my leg continues to show signs of improvement providing me with a psychological boost. The weather forecast in and around the Alexandria, Va. calls for a high temperature of 74 degrees a current temperature of 64 degrees humidity to range from 86% to 54% at two (2:00) o'clock

Today in clinical, I offered a male patient to perform a full bed bath. It was my first time performing a full bed bath on a male and the thought of this made me feel a little nervous because I had only practiced this task in the simulation lab and the thought of performing peri-care on the male gender was intimidating. I began to gather my items and throughly think about how I would normally perform a bed bath on a female and the difference of genital areas. As I brought the items into the room, my patient was friendly and helpful in directing his preferences of which areas he wanted to be washed first. His friendly personality made me calm down in a situation where I would normally be on my toes, as I was not thinking about my

My first clinical I felt my greatest accomplishment was not being shy and hesitant. The first day we had clinical was the first day that I got the opportunity to float to another floor, I was very nervous at first. Going into a new place for anyone is different at first because you don’t know what to expect. I think what made my experience so great was the endoscopy nurses and doctors, they were some of the nicest and helpful people I’ve met so far. I got a wonderful opportunity to learn next to the doctors doing the procedures and also see other roles of the healthcare team like the nurse anesthesiologist.

Growing up our fears circle around things like monsters under the bed and in the closet, but once we reach the adolescent stage the monsters are a lot less physical. We almost become like superheroes unable to be harmed, indestructible. Situations where we are the ones lying in the hospital bed are few and far apart. I had forgotten I am not invincible, and rather than blowing off the amount of pain I was in I should have done more about it.

Me and mom were back in the car driving to the care center. This place will be my home until they can find me a donor for my kidney. Soon after we pulled up the center. My mom was right its look a college institute. I'm very impressed. My mom parks right in front of the double doors, two men in white scrubs comes out and grabs my bags from the car. hey lead us inside, and told us to have seat in the room right next to us. When we walked inside of the room, I took a seat by the window. I saw the view of New York City. My mom then takes a seat by me. A few minutes later in walked a middle age women with carmel skin her hair wrapped in a bun she has a gental smile on her face.

She is one of the new of the new residents at the LTC, it was just a few minutes after lunch, a visiting lab nurse asked me to go check the resident that she asked to used the washroom. So I wheeled her to the to her room, collected all the required equipment needed. The resident didn’t know that she had already soiled herself. I put on my gloves after hand hygiene. The I soaked some clothes with warm water. Then I assisted her in transferring from her wheelchair to the toilet seat. When I pulled down her brief, then we noticed that she has already soiled herself. She felt really bad about it, saying “this has never happened before, I am so sorry” I kept telling her that it's alright that it can happen sometimes, that it is not her fault. She

I have had numerous experiences with medical care practitioners. I have went to general doctors for regular checkups, immunizations, shots, etc. I have also visited a dermatologist for my skin condition known as eczema. I have gone to an ophthalmologist many times for eye care. I have also gone to the dentist for different surgeries on my teeth and regular checkup. The most memorable experiences I have had was with my Pediatrician that I’ve been going to my entire life. Anytime that I have been sick or that I need to have a regular checkup, I have always went to my Pediatrician. The last few years since I’ve been older I have been going to a general doctor. I have always trusted my Pediatrician and he is always good at explaining what is wrong

My third week of clinicals was spent at the Biddeford Animal Hospital on February 23, 2016. Same as last time I went in ten to fifteen minutes early and their customer service staff member Terry took me right back. It was in between patients so they were building new tables for the back room and cleaning the patient rooms. I helped them clean and move the old tables out. After the first half hour I was there they had a constant flow of patients.

“When I fight the ring is my world. Nothing else matters. Not my own safety. Not the reactions of the crowd. That list could go on and on. The point is that when I get caught up in the spirit battle nothing's gonna’ stop me until the other guy goes down or I do.