My Clinical Experience

During my clinical day three, I demonstrated entry-level competence in professional nursing practice in caring for patients with multiple and/or complex unmet human needs. I addressed safety needs, safety in medication administration, effective communication, and surveillance for my patients. First, I addressed safety needs my ensuring the appropriate safety measures were implemented for the patients. Some of the safety measures included, wearing non-skid socks, wearing a yellow armband which indicated fall risk, keeping the bed in lowest position, two side rails up, bed locked, and the call light within reach.

I agree with you Walter. Nursing is a teamwork. In an acute hospital setting, an RN is assigned a set of patient to deliver care that means RN has full responsibility about these patients. In this case, RN who is the primary care nurse can complete her task by herself or delegate some of the task to the nursing assistant according to their scope of practice. The abilities to delegate, and supervise other healthcare workers is not an easy job. Delegation is one of the most complex nursing skill. It takes clinical judgment and practice. RNs are required to assess and evaluate the needs of the patient and then utilize the appropriate caregivers in order to achieve desired patient outcomes. For an example a post-op elderly patient is receiving IV antibiotic and PRN IV pain medicine. In addition, she can take a PRN pain medicine by mouth for break through pain. The

Again disease or chemicals are not the only factors, but musculoskeletal injuries and assaults or violence also plays a role in making nursing profession hazardous. There are many tasks like transferring a patient from bed to wheelchair or bed side commode, turning or repositioning a patient in bed and giving bath to a patient. All these tasks exerts a lot of pressure and strain on the nurses back, legs, neck, and shoulders, leaving a nurse with some minor injuries. But repeated injury of these type for over a long period along with aging leads to disability or severe spinal injuries.

On April 23, 2017, I took part in volunteering at the 9Health Fair at Community College of Aurora. Before showing up we all were e-mailed instructions on the Health fair protocols for taking blood pressure (BP), performing Body Mass index (BMI) and pulse oximetry (02 sat). As well as, the Ask a Medical Question/Get a Referral station. Ask a Medical Question/Get a Referral Protocol was the station I was assigned to. When arriving, we all gathered in a room to have breakfast and meet the coordinators. We all then went to our stations, got orientated with our station and waited for our first patients to arrive. Since I am not a registered nurse (RN), we had an RN at our station as well. As patients asked questions, we answered them as best we could and looked at the RN for verification purposes. Very rarely did she

I was working a day shift and there was about 10 minutes left of my day shift and I received a transfer from another floor on a patient that wasn't stable. no report was given prior to the transfer. In addition to not having a report or nursing notes given from the nurse who was caring for the patient prior, the patient was transferred last minute in an unorganized matter and left carelessly in his assigned room. The only piece of information that I received on the patient's status was that he was on a 100% rebreather mask, which had me already presuming that this patient had some kind of respiratory distress if he needed a 100% rebreather mask. I did my initial assessment on the patient and immediately called the doctor to come see the patient because his status was evidentially unstable from my perspective. The family was anxious and kept asking me questions as they didn't know what was happening. I decided to stay with the patient even

I have gained clinical experience, have stronger intrapersonal and interpersonal competencies that have helped me grow as prospective medical student and as a person. Since July 2014, I volunteer as the lead Spanish/English interpreter at the UCSD Student-Run Free Clinic, where I have had the opportunity of gaining clinical experience by assisting, shadowing and learning from medical students and physicians. This has also allowed me to have a greater experience with patients, especially from underserved communities. This volunteer opportunity has allowed me to strengthen my awareness of others’ needs and feelings, my desire to alleviate others’ distress, my ability to listen effectively, and my cultural competence. I have also learned how to

The Clinical field experience is an important part of the teaching education program. It was a wonderful experience visiting those two first grade classrooms at Regency Christian Academy. I was visited the classrooms two different days for an hour during the reading instruction block. Between both classrooms there were some similarities and differences. Among the similarities both classes look very structure and with excellent routines in place. The differences were minimal because Mrs. Pitcher and Ms. Valentine work as a team. An “ah ha” moment for me was to observe how well the kids work together and have well establish routines. The reading strategies used were reading groups by level and students answering comprehension questions. The teachers

I was a resident of anesthesia & ICU for 35 months, the residency involved providing anesthesia to all types of major surgical procedures including gynecological, neurological, pediatric and emergency surgeries.I learned all the basic skills like airway maintenance, spinal anesthesia, epidural injections, brachial plexus block and ankle block. Intensive care is an integral part of anesthesia & ICU residency so I am sufficiently trained in ventilator operation, providing critical care, central venous catheterization and arterial tapping. I also worked as unit registrar and the scheduling in-charge for entire department. I have actively participated in all academic activities and gave multiple presentations within the unit and on behalf of department

In the second semester of my junior year , my classmates and i are privlleged to have the oppertunity to be able to assist patients in Sunshine Haven.Sunshine haven is a non-profit organization that takes care of expiring patients ,workers and nurse provide best care possible as their living their last days. Feburary 29, 2016 was the first day of my clinical experience.As my peers and i were on our way to Sunshine Haven i was feeling nervous , anxious , afraid and a bit scared . I didnt know what to expect it was a new experisence for me and i was thinking that alot of this can go wrong but i maintained confident , with a smile and ready to provide the patiente with the best care as possible. Once i arrived into the facility

As you observed the professional/registered nurse’s role regarding family as the unit of care in this setting, what evidence can you describe related to family nursing care?

The thing I did best today, was, communicating with my patient, and doing his physical assessment. My clinical rotation this quarter for Galen College of Nursing ,is at the VA medical center, in Louisville Ky. The VA medical center is a govt hospital for the veterans. My clinical group and I, are working on the medical surgical/telemetry floor. I had to sit out of classes last quarter, so I was a little nervous about getting back into things. But, to my surprise, I was able to, get right back into it.

Upon the preparation of this semester clinical experience, I have reflected on my strengths and weaknesses. I am excited to embark into the rotation and learn about the pediatric population. The clinical site I have chosen has an impressive reputation for being a respected pediatric expert in the region. Past students have completed the rotation with excellent reviews of the learning experience. I am reserved because I have not ever worked with the pediatric population, and I have a lot to learn. My strengths include my personal drive and motivation to learn. My weakness is related to a lack of a pediatric nursing exposure.

According to the VARK questionnaire (n.d.), how I learn best is by doing visual and kinesthetic learning. Before taking this questionnaire I knew I was more of a hands on and visual learner. I am not the kind of student that can read something and just remember it, I have to either see it in a graph or do it myself to remember it. Some examples of visual ways of learning are pictures and graphs (“The VARK Questionnaire,” n.d.). Cases and trails are examples of kinesthetic learning (“The VARK Questionnaire,” n.d.). According to the questionnaire being a visual learner I should, “draw things [and] use diagrams” (“The VARK Questionnaire,” n.d.). Another thing that is helpful for visual learners are slides (“The VARK Questionnaire,” n.d.). I have

Hospitalized individuals are in their most vulnerable state and nurses highly impact these people’s well-being because of the nurses’ care. To do so, a nurse should have the right attributes and characteristics in order to provide an effective therapeutic care and build a relationship with the patients as well as the patient’s family. Being a prospective professional nurse, my own personal attributes and characteristics may resemble the qualities a professional nurse should possess in order to establish a therapeutic and trustful professional relationship with patients. The qualities involved are exhibiting a caring behavior when giving care, showcasing optimistic attitude and being able to communicate well with patients/clients.

During My Observation, I had the opportunity to observe Terkisha, a Registered Nurse, who was a kind person who gave me lots of information. Not only about nursing but about the Hospital in general. Before heading to the observation, I had a clear knowledge of what a Nurse does in a hospital setting. During my High school years, I had the opportunity to observe many nurses in different departments. Nursing was never a choice I had thoroughly thought about to become my career in the future. However, when I had the chance to work as a Certified Nurse Assistant, that was my definition or the image I had with a nurse. Nursing seems like a nice job, especially when being able to talk with the patients one on one and having more time than a physician to know the patient. The Host, Takisha, was an RN who graduated from Michigan State University. I loved the way she greeted each of her patients with a smile