This was the second week of medsurgical clinical rotation. Medsurgical clinical is about utilizing the nursing process to plan care for people with diseases and applying psychomotor skills from the skills lab at the clinical setting. With this reflection, I will discuss what I’ve learned, and my strengths and weakness in my clinical experience.
Day 1:
It was a Thursday and it was the first time I was sick with runny nose and watery at my clinical rotation. It was a tough experience dealing with running rose symptoms with my patient. I felt like I was more focused on my sickness because it was unbearable. I didn’t want my patient to think that I was too sick to take care of her, so I did my best to stay as professional as possible. My patient was an older woman who had dehydration and other pathological problems. She was able to get up on her own but she needed someone to be by her side when ambulating because she’s at a falls risk. She was alert and oriented x 3, so whenever she needed to get showered up and or go to the bathroom,…show more content… But I felt that I was ready to work that day. This was the day I would first pass medication. I was excited because I felt like I would be ready to pass medications because I know skill back and front, including the 10 rights for medication administration. I was taking care of my patient who was an older woman with pneumonia. She was weak and did not want to be a bother. I realize that I had a job to do, and it is important to do everything need to document as a nurse. So, I completed my head to toe assessment and vital signs. I had no problem doing that with my patient. I worked with a nurse’s aid who was a really great at what she was doing. The nurse I was working with was not in the room majority of the time because he was a charge nurse and had a lot of patient to work with and because I was going to pass
