Personal Narrative-Seventh Clinical

Clinical day started slow, I was a bit anxious about waking my patient up that morning but I knew I had to go in. I woke him slowly and took his vitals and proceeded with my assessment. As I assessed my patient, his wife came in to his room and I introduced myself. During the morning I found out that my patient was being discharged. Before discharge, my patient was going to be fitted for a LifeVest.

It was a really short day for me, so I just worked on completing more referrals and watching Donna check-in patients. There are quite a few steps on Donna’s part that include: checking to make sure that the insurance has not changed, the pharmacy has stayed the same, collecting copay, and a lot more things that I need to still get in there and learn. We had one particular patient that had a procedure scheduled for weeks that we had to reschedule until insurance differences could be worked out. He was not a happy camper, but luckily he directed his anger toward the insurance company and not us. I haven’t got to really be in the front office much this week because of the need in the clinical area, but I hope to get more experience in this area

My learning needs were supported this week by the nursing staff on the unit allowing me to help with assessing and treating their assigned patients .In addition, my clinical instructor discussing ways to improve out charting.

My fifth day at Agape Hospice, I went in to assist others with in tuck in calls since I became an expert at it. I was excited to be given this opportunity to teach others what I enjoy doing at Agape hospice. I also gave my fellow classmate who volunteer with me at Agape the chance to encourage them to not to worry about anything because all you have to do is read the question to them. For tuck in calls there where a few question that you had ask the patents and the rest you didn't had to ask because all the patient of the patient family would say the same thing.After I was done assisting my fellow classmates, I help Ms. Erica file the patients paper work in orders. I had to file the paper work by where the patient live such as their home or

This week for clinical I was doing my first day on the surgical floor for this semester’s placement. I was able to begin to understand how the surgical floor works and how a normal day on the floor will look like.

Overall, today was a very productive day. Even though I was not feeling well, all I can think about was how to care for my patient. I was feeling self-pity, the ache, and the stuffy nose that I was experiencing, I was not feeling during my shift at all. I was not there to be there to complete my clinical hours, I was there because I truly wanted to care for patient and make sure they are given the best quality

My heartrate has to be off the charts. I’m sure the anesthesiologist would know, since I’m hooked up to a monitor. She is doing her damnedest to make this experience seem routine. For her, I’m sure it is. She must do at least a dozen sections a week. I, on the other hand, have never had surgery. Never have I had another life inside me either, counting on me to make all the right decisions. I’m hoping this is the right decision. I am sitting here on this hard cold steel table alone, no loved ones are allowed back until the procedure is underway. My naked back is exposed to a student. There will be a slight pinch as the needle pierces through my lumbar flesh kissing the anesthetic solution into my system. I am here because my daughter, my already

Today started off with caring for all hospital patients and preparing the surgeries for the doctor. To prepare for the surgeries I clipped the hair on the leg and put in catheters. Then we sedated and monitored the patient while preparing the surgical site for the doctor. We had two ovariohysterectomies and a neuter today. Once they were done and the clinic opened we immediately had to kick it into high gear when a hit by a car came in. We had to give him some pretty heavy sedatives once he was stabilized so we could do several x-rays which I assisted on restraining and positioning. Once the x-rays were taken, they asked me to develop them by myself. It was difficult to maneuver in that dark room and getting the label in the right spot,

I feel that I had a productive clinical day. My day started by watching the LPN give my patient's medications through her PEG tube. After that I spent some time visiting with my patient, trying to get to know her. She has Aphasia so at first it was a little difficult. She seemed very self conscious of her Aphasia and Colostomy, so I made it a point by my actions to let her know it was no big deal to me. I wanted her to feel as normal as possible. As the day went on we both became more comfortable with each other, and she began to make an effort to talk to me. She surprised me with how much she could actually say. When she couldn't quite get out what she was trying to say, she would gesture and point until I figured it out. Throughout the day

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

Growing up with a father in the military, you move around a lot more than you would like to. I was born just east of St. Louis in a city called Shiloh in Illinois. When I was two years old my dad got the assignment to move to Hawaii. We spent seven great years in Hawaii, we had one of the greatest churches I have ever been to name New Hope. New Hope was a lot like Olivet's atmosphere, the people were always friendly and there always something to keep someone busy. I used to dance at church, I did hip-hop and interpretive dance, but you could never tell that from the way I look now.

Today way my second day of the placement and my shift was afternoon shift so morning nurse give us handover first and then I start working with my partner. Today I help my partner to change the resident pads and then I communicate with other resident. After that I went to the dementia section and I meet more resident and communicate with them. Then dinner time start I help some resident to feed their food. Today I gain good experience in the handling dementia patient and other patient. Also, I feel great that I help all resident. I think tomorrow will be great because now I know the all resident and all the

The next day of clinical started bright and early. Although yesterday eased the tension, today would be the first full day of clinical. I have looked forward to seeing some of the familiar faces from yesterday. But I quickly realized that the residents who we went to creative expressions with were not the same ones that were in our unit. However I did find a nice gentleman to talk to. He was very eager to communicate with me. I was quite intrigued at his ability to engage in a conversation with organized thoughts. Besides the environment, I would have never guessed he had any mental illness.

The past two weeks were rather eventful in the sense that I had the opportunity to take on new responsibilities at my placement. Initially, I had very little duties that revolved around administrative work, as that is already covered by our commendable administrative staff, Sue and Gabby. On that note, I was able to assuage their workload by helping out with billing audits; I was responsible for making appropriate corrections, verifying dates and ensuring that the amount of money charged to patients were correct. Moreover, another new experience came in the form of learning a new and specific clinic safety procedure. For the first time, I was able to observe the precautions, and necessary actions that the staff in the building take in the event of a violent patient. I was able to learn a multitude of different things that I can definitely keep in the mind for the future, such as the arrangement of your office, more specifically, how to arrange it in a way that does not leave you in a vulnerable and or trapped position in the event that an altercation were to arise. Lastly, the past two weeks presented me with the opportunity to meet patients with injuries that I had yet to see how treatment was administered. For example, I was able to observe the gradual and methodical steps taken to help treat a patient who had suffered a torn hip flexor. This experience was a rather intriguing one, as I was not previously aware of the fact that patience and delicacy is very much paramount

I would like to begin by saying my clinical instructors have been amazing these first two days! I have been mainly working with Vicki and Heather, and they have already taught me so much. But the entire staff has made me feel welcome. I feel as though they are smoothing this learning curve out for me. They have taken their time to make sure that I understand how the machines are working, why a patient’s set up or treatment is a particular way, and have been very gracious about explaining it to me again if I have needed it. The information overload has not been as much to swallow because of them. Today we had a unique case, and they made sure I got to be involved in the process. We had a man that was coming back for treatment of a reassurance