Clinical Reflection Paper

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This week we had our orientation at Holy Spirit Hospital in Camp Hill. On Monday, in the Fundamentals of Nursing class, we learned different oxygenation therapy for the patients. We had a chance to go to the Sim Lab and see different types of equipment such as the nasal cannula, venturi mask, simple oxygen face mask, re-breather mask, pulse ox machine and the oxygen flow meter. Although, we were not able to use on the simulation mannequins, we were able to see what they look like and how you would use them.

On Tuesday, in the clinical lab, we learned how to change patient’s gown that has an IV attached to their arm. This was a new clinical skill we learned this week, which was very important because many patients in the hospitals do have IV pumps and other things attached to them. We have to be careful, not to disconnect any of it, since it could affect the patient. When practicing the skill, I did not have any particular challenges with it, as it was very straightforward. …show more content…

I think that this was a good time to learn how to actually use the patient chart. I did not have many difficulties with it, but there were many different charting and things we needed to know for Sim chart, but I think that when I will be using it often, I will have more practice with charting online and accessing information. SimChart is a great tool where different materials can be accessed and help to tract and save the patient’s records. Furthermore, this day, we had further information about the clinical for Holy Spirit and what the expectations

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