As Kathryn Angel, how do you evaluate the introduction of the triage nurses into the process of the Walk-in Clinic ?…
For my service this year, I was involved with Applecross Opal Nursing Home. Opal age care was a great help to me in opening my eyes to the desperate need for an extra pair of hands and the importance of nursing homes. Not only to the individual admitted in, but also to their families and friends. As I would arrive at 12.00 every time, I would go straight into lending a hand with lunch. Handing out the meals, packing away, cleaning up and keeping an eye on a few of the residents was my first job done. Then I would wonder through the compound talking to the residents, playing and colouring in with them and I would gather and assist them to and from their rooms. With all these jobs, you had to keep a look out for and take extra care with some of the more dependant residents.…
Home and Community-Based Services for the Developmentally Disabled (HCBS-DD) Waiver is administered by the California Department of Developmental Services (DDS) who will authorize home and community-based services for developmentally disabled persons who are Regional Center consumers. Twenty-one regional centers throughout California purchase and coordinate services and supports for individuals with developmental disabilities. The Waiver services make it possible for consumers to live in the community instead of an Intermediate Care Facility for the developmentally disabled or a State Developmental Center.…
I was the lead Spanish/English interpreter for two years at the UCSD Student-Run Free clinic. This was a fulfilling experience where I was able to shadow medical students and physicians, learn more about underserved populations, practice my medical Spanish and learn more about the health system in general. I believe that during my time at the UCSD Free clinic I made a difference by creating a relationship with the patients. I got the learn more about many of the clinic’s patients, creating a bond that allowed them to trust while talking about their problems and health needs. By having this trusting relationship with patients, I was able to communicate better with the other members of the clinic and as a team create a better plan for participant’s…
People who depend on kidney dialysis machines, for example, might feel their lives are ruled by the priority they always give to their treatment. They may very well feel that they aren't 'normal'. In situations like this, the attitude and understanding of health care workers can make a real difference.…
Shelly arrives at the clinic by six every morning. She tells me that she likes the early hours and she said to me with a smile “the earlier you wake up, the more you can accomplish during the day.” She starts the day by reviewing the patients’ charts and makes detailed notes about what she will be focusing on for each…
Directions: Develop an educational series proposal for your community using one of the following four topics which was chosen within your CLC group:…
At first I was very nervous to apply as a volunteer and had doubts about being hired. After a long process of applications, interviews, and trainings, I was assigned to work at 6-CD on Geriatric floor. While I was volunteering there I met with different people, nurses, doctors, and pharmacy technicians. Seeing the pace of work they work in made me realize how important it is to work in healthcare. For me, the most significant issue was to get the used to patients who have passed away. I have seen a situation where a nurse and a doctor telling a family member that their father has passed away. At first I hesitated and asked myself if I am brave enough to do the same in future. As I volunteered there I realized I got used to everything, I was able to handle…
I was assigned to visit with Molly Forrest, MN, RN, LSN at North Education Center in New Hope, MN. I started to prepare for this assignment in many different ways. Molly sent an email with a few links to explore before coming to the school. Since I had no idea what the school was like I started by reading all about the school (Mgeni, n.d.). I also printed the document titled “Shadowing a PHN for a Day: Scope of Practice Observation/Interview/Analysis.” I’m glad I printed the document ahead of time because that allowed me time to read and figure out what I was suppose to asking her.…
I was very wrong, interviewing Ms. Rose taught me many new things and helped me understand that every ethnic group deals with hardships, maybe not the exact same hardship but similar ones. Hearing some of the hard time Ms. Rose encountered with her live made me appreciate that I am living in a time where there is not much discrimination within communities. Although there are still hardships I know I cannot compare to the ones that Ms. Rose faced or to what her own family faced, where many rights were not available for to them and not able to share ideas or be involved with other ethnic groups. Ms. Rose shared that she has some chronic conditions that have been hard for her. In which she always has to be on the lookout for her health because serious problems could arise if she does not. This really opened up my eyes on how I need to take care of myself and try to be healthy because it can affect me in my older years. Although, Ms. Rose said she does not let her condition stop her from taking care of herself and being active. Getting to know Ms. Rose's condition made me realize that many elderly people endure these conditions or face other more challenging illnesses that affect their well-being on a day-to-day basis. Learning from Ms. Rose experience has helped me expand my thoughts on how I can help the elderly around me and share the knowledge that I have acquired from my interview and the knowledge gained from my class lectures. One of the difficulties that I encountered with my interview was that I had to communicate with Ms. Rose over the phone. I really would have liked to have met Ms. Rose in person because it would have been nice to see her expressions in the way she shared details of her life and accomplishments. Another thing that I had difficulty in was going out of my comfort…
She was very concerned about the outbreak of strep and coxsackie virus throughout the multiple classrooms in kindergarten and first grade. She went through protocols and found templets, printed handouts for the kids and to send out to parents about the outbreaks and what symptoms to look for. She even called a mother whos child was in remission to specifically keep an eye on her daughter because of all the outbreaks. Another role I observed was her involvement in leadership, and letting the kids that came to her manage his/her own condition. There is student who come in everyday multiple times a day who is a type one diabetic. He needs to check his sugar before and eats and before exercise/ recess. He was fully capable of checking his own sugars, adding up his carbs that he had to eat, and even setting his own pump to distribute the proper amount. The whole time the nurse just observed and checked over his numbers when he was finished, but she let him do everything himself and he was comfortable in doing…
My third day at Rotary Rehab started out busy again. Mrs. Burrell had new patients that arrived in doing on Tuesday evening when she got off. When the patients first come in Mrs. Burrell have do an assessment with them. Doing the assessment, she introduces herself, give them discharge planning details, which includes; how long the rehab is planning on keeping them, and how it works with insurance. She then verifies address, ask what kind of home they stay in, who they stay with, if they have any caregivers, if so what time are they there with them, if they had a home health agency prior to their arrival, if so the agency name, if they had any equipment at home, if so what kind, if they have a ramp on their home, what kind of work they did,…
For my service hours, I attended Special Olympics, an event where disabled or mentally ill students and adults compete in a series of sports. I was in charge of a severly autistic teen named Tony, whos life is spent in a group home. I was unable to get much information out of him, as he was barely able to communicate let alone stay in one place.…
I’ve worked in renal dialysis at the Glens Falls Hospital for the past eight years. Working at the renal center is a very different type of nursing. You may say, “What is different about this type of nursing?” Well let me tell you, what is different about this type of nursing is that these patients require dialysis three times a week for the rest of their lives. In this type of nursing, it’s not like the patient who comes into the hospital needing surgery or possibly has an infection or pneumonia. These patients are usually in and out of the hospital in a week or two. Your contact with these patients is brief. In dialysis you take care of patients for years or until they die. It’s a very difficult situation because you get this great experience…
January 24, 2014- My first day at my internship, the North Carolina Council for Women (NCCWF) at the Department of Administration (DOA) located Downtown Raleigh, NC. Ms. Tara Minter interviewed me and asked me what I would like to get out of this internship. I explained. She continued to tell me what some of my duties where going to be around the office and that the Council had an event coming up February 7, 2014 called the “Go Red” event and they would like me to help them prompt it. It was an event held downtown to make women aware of heart disease and how they can live a heart health life.…