Sbar Reflection

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When first starting clinical five weeks ago, I was filled with nervousness, but the kind you get before you go on a roller coaster. As the weeks, continued on I have become much more relaxed and confident in my abilities to provide care to the patients I encounter, all while still having that excited feeling. Throughout the weeks using the SBAR and health assessment became a part of my everyday routine rather than a struggle, as such it was on the first day of clinical. Once I was able to get into a pattern of when to do my assessment and where the find the information for the SBAR the process was fairly easy. Although In every situation, there’s going to be things you like and dislike especially in the health care field. One of the things …show more content…
One area that I feel I need to better mask my emotions is when dealing with a person’s feces. I know a couple times when caring for my patients the smell, and up closeness of me to it made me want to slightly gag, and the last thing I want to do is make s person feel bad about themselves for something they cannot even control for the most part. Also, sometimes I feel as though I would be too gentle with my patients. While my goal to not cause any more pain than the person is already experiencing, I may be over cautious in some situations which I feel is something I need to get out of mind. Some of my strengths include having the ability to empathize and care for my patients, that’s something I feel that comes as second nature. I take my time with my patient care, and try to go beyond that so the person feels as though my goal wasn’t to get done and move on to the next person, but to make sure they’re okay and feel good about themselves, and as though they had someone to listen to them. To me it seems that throughout a career in health care people have likes, dislikes, strengths and weaknesses, but in the long run it shouldn’t affect the way the care is