My Clinical Experience: A Case Study

I attended to the mother and the child and ignored the father. I felt a lot of sadness and powerlessness about the child’s situation. In retrospect, I wonder if the father had experienced abuse and was repeating the trauma of his childhood. I also wondered if he had an undiagnosed mental illness that resulted in his behavior. In this situation, the healthcare professionals involved were very straightforward and direct. No one treated either parent rudely or unprofessionally but there was no compassion directed toward the father, either. Situations such as this call for strong psychosocial skills, as anything that can support the physical and emotional health of the father will ultimately benefit the child and the rest of the family.
Discuss your growth as a clinician from the beginning of the course until now. What specific areas do you feel fairly proficient in, and what do you need to focus on for your final clinical course?
My clinical skills in speculum exams, pregnancy visits, ultrasound results and contraceptive management improved vastly after working with Dr. Jain. I also had a great experience with my Family Nurse Practitioner preceptor, Paula Lowe. I became much more comfortable and proficient in interviewing and examining children, adolescent and adult patient in the clinic. I was allowed to chart in the electronic medical record (EMR) on all patients. This allowed me to gain speed and comfort in completing the EMR. I am starting to feel like all the elements of the advanced practice nursing are coming