Personal Narrative: My Clinical Attachment
I followed CP’s case over the course of her week in hospital and I feel it is one that will shape my approach to patients and families dealing with chronic illness. Up until this point in my clinical attachment, the diabetic patients that I had met had all been diagnosed for a longer period of time and were familiar with their management routine. CP and her family were all understandably overwhelmed by the sudden turn of events. Her mother stated that “on Monday my little girl had never even been in a hospital before; the next day she was giving herself insulin injections”. In the first few days of CP’s stay in hospital, her mum would become quite teary when I was talking to her. This was due to shock and stress and she had admitted on one
Personal Narrative: Day Two Clinicals
597 Words | 3 PagesI feel so bad for this patient. As we were changing her dressing. I had the patient go to her happy place in which she talk to me about. She was on the beach with us (those whom were in the room) and we were all building sand castles with her. This was a nice non medicine therapeutic technique and she said she loved talking to me about her happy place.
Personal Narrative: One Recovery
583 Words | 3 PagesThe transition from eighth grade to ninth grade is one of the most difficult but unforgettable things a student must do in his adolescence. For me, it was filled with new opportunities of taking Ap classes and joining clubs. One of these cubs was Youth and Government (Y&G). For as long as I can remember my brother, Riad, has boasted about how amazing Y&G is and how it has changed his life. My brother is three years older then me, so as a freshman he was a senior in Y&G.
Family Self Care Contract Analysis
825 Words | 4 PagesAt the same time family does not have to mean blood relative, in reality family is whoever that individual deems their family their support system. When a patient is diagnosed with a chronic illness such as Diabetes they are most likely going to require medication, appointments, and lifestyle changes. Compliance can be increased drastically
Personal Narrative: Rehabbing
247 Words | 1 PagesWhen I was eleven years old, I tore my anterior cruciate ligament, more commonly known as the ACL while playing in a football game. Being only eleven years old, this was a pretty unusual injury as most ACL tears do not happen until mid to later teens. Hearing that I tore my ACL was pretty devastating. I did not know much about it, but I knew enough to know I would be out of sports for a long time. The next nine months of my life were spent with one goal in mind: getting back to sports.
Prologue To The Therapist-Personal Narrative
1237 Words | 5 Pages“I startled awake, in a pool of my own sweat. I had the same dream again, the one where he took my parents, I can never forget it.” “That is very common in children who have gone through severe trauma at a young age,” replied the therapist. “Ever since that day, I’m just always angry.”
Personal Narrative: Medical Assisting Program
346 Words | 2 PagesThis year, I experienced both a personal and academic obstacle that correlate with one another. In January, I started the year long Medical Assisting program at my school. Prior to beginning this program, I was so excited to be getting a medically centered education, and learning about the field I wanted to expand my career in. After entering the program and learning that there is so much more to medicine than just taking care of patients, I began to lose my interest. This was shocking to me since, my whole life up until this year, I believed I was going to become an amazing medical doctor.
Personal Narrative: My Medical Event
656 Words | 3 PagesMy medical event began when I was sixteen months old according to my mother. I was very ill and she thought I had eaten too much corn and had a tummy ache. Through my life I had problems with my right side and many diagnoses. Doctors diagnosed me with everything from chronic appendicitis to colitis to nothing. My parents were told by several doctors there was nothing wrong with me.
Personal Narrative: My Passion For Healthcare
74 Words | 1 PagesMy passion for healthcare lies with patient care. I enjoy taking care of patients and their family. I have chosen to become a family nurse practitioner because I can combine nursing and medicine to provide a higher level of care to my patients. As a nurse practitioner will be able to make an impact on my patient’s health through, health promotion, disease prevention, managing acute and chronic conditions and improving patient’s health (Wynne,
Personal Narrative: How The Clinical Experience Changed My Life
300 Words | 2 PagesHow has the clinical experience changed you as a person? I think the clinical experience has had a positive impact on my life. I feel I have slowly discovered how much I enjoy working in a hospital setting. I figured I would enjoy taking x-rays, but you never truly know until you are actually in the environment. In a way I have become more caring as a person, especially when you see newborn babies struggling and fighting for their lives.
Personal Narrative: My First Clinical Placement Day
689 Words | 3 PagesIn my first clinical placement day as 2nd year St Clair College collaborative nursing student in Metropolitan Hospital, I was assigned to assess the patient (SS) who was recently done 2 surgical procedures , and as I did the routine checkup of the patient’s data from the medical file and chart, it was mentioned that MRSA test was done 3 days ago as the patient was susceptible to it because of lengthy stay in the hospital but the results were not ready yet. At the door of the room there were notice that to use PPE precaution with the other patient sharing the same room of my patient, so I attempted to wash my hands and wear the gloves to get in the room, but my instructor advised me to wear gown too as the MRSA status was not known yet and the other patient is a known case and a nurse came to add the bed number of my patient to the note of using the PPE.
Personal Narrative-Physiotherapist
560 Words | 3 PagesI looked down at my stump of a leg, now a useless extra limb. My whole body ached, not from the pain in my leg, but in fear of the pain that was about to begin. I sat up in my bed, not wanting to leave the safety of the covers. It had been two weeks and I needed to move.
Personal Narrative: Endermologie Therapy
123 Words | 1 PagesEndermologie therapy So yesterday on my way back home, I was waiting for the 7 train in Queens Borough Plaza. I usually wait for the train by the stairs when I noticed a suitcase surrounded by plastic bags. I looked around to see if it belonged to anyone. To my surprise, people walked passed it like it was nothing.
Personal Reflection Of A Family Interview
1239 Words | 5 PagesIt is easy to bypass family interactions and focus solely on the patient, but nurses are missing a huge amount of information that is relevant to the continued care of the patient when they do not take into account the family structure, context and other important variables. The care of the person managing chronic illness rarely falls on just the individual afflicted and the nurse misses what is happening outside of the hospital that play a huge role in the patient’s care. Chronic illness is ongoing and the successful management of such an illness may have far reaching impacts on many other family members. To help ensure the best possibly continuation of care and support for the patient and the family, the nurse must find ways to interview, assess and involve the family factors in the patient’s
Personal Narrative: My Journey To Couples Therapy
425 Words | 2 PagesMy child Gillian has been developing well since our last discussion. She continues to excel in her academics and musical and artistic talents. She enjoys hanging out with her friends and has taken up playing soccer and softball. As for the rest of my family, my partner and I have gone through a bit of a rough patch. We began arguing about many things, such as our finances.
Personal Narrative: My Strange Addiction
993 Words | 4 PagesI will never forget that moment when I discovered my strange addiction. Locking my door felt more comfortable. Sitting there, slowly dragging my fingertips through my scalp, searching for the perfect hair strand to pull out. The sensation it brought was nothing, but a simultaneous sense of relief. Unfortunately, dealing with trichotillomania since kindergarten till sophomore year was an emotionally painful obstacle.
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