Clinical Reflection: Lab Skills Today was not the typical clinical rotation‚ in fact‚ we did not even get to go to the clinical site. There was no assessment form to be completed‚ no vital sign to be documented‚ nor chart to be investigated‚ but important nursing skills are needed to be practiced nonetheless. After a long grueling week of tests‚ deadlines‚ and mounds of study materials‚ the clinical serves as an inspiration to focus on what is ahead. I look forward to Thursdays with great anticipation
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Reflection on a clinical skill. Introduction The clinical skill this reflective assignment will refer too is that of the measurement of blood pressure. As the experience predominantly involved feelings and thoughts‚ I found it appropriate to use the Atkins and Murphy (1994) reflective model. The use of this model enables me to reflect on the experiences described below. It also guides my thoughts as to critically analysing the experience and enlightens me as to what has been learned from the
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Clinical Skills- Formative Assessment. Bridget McCarty. Tutor: Sharon Jones TASK ONE * D: So Stacey do you want to tell me why you came into the doctor today? P: Um‚ uh yesterday I sort of fell down my stairs‚ going to‚ going to work and I did something to my ankle‚ D: Mmhmm P: And it’s just it’s really really sore. Yeah. D: Cool‚ how did you fall down the stairs? I chose this segment because it is at the beginning of my consultation after initiating the session and it is very important
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Clinical Reflection: This week in clinical I had my first real labor and delivery experience. My patient‚ RW‚ was admitted for pre-Eclampsia and headache. She was my first patient to be married and older than me‚ so my experience was a little different. One of the most striking complications of her pregnancy was her obesity. She had a BMI of 49.89‚ which complicated her FHR monitoring‚ mobility‚ and labor progression. RW had also had back surgery which was complicated by osteomyelitis
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MASENG THABO lethata STUDENT ID: 200901924 BNS311 (internship) ward: p.s.w Third CLINCAL REFLECTION ( week 28 May-01 june 2012) Learning objectives: 1) Function collaboratively as members of staff 2) Serving as client advocate 3) Developing leadership and managerial skills Activities done to achieve the objectives Functioning collaboratively as members of staff In order o achieve this objective I carried out the
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This week was the first time I did my clinical rotation as an FNP student and it was absolutely a completely new world for me! Why? First‚ I was expecting to just follow my preceptor who is a PA as I mentioned before. However‚ it was great that I an opportunity to follow my PA’s supervising physician who is a surgeon! Before going any further‚ I would like to share that I am in a specialty clinic – hand surgery - a subspecialty of orthopedics. The clinic deals with issues related to the elbow and
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Clinical Reflection: Friendship The social stigma that comes with mental illness is often more disabling than the illness itself. The labels attributed to those who are mentally ill are not only discriminating but also isolating; those perceived less than able are kept and ignored. However‚ there are organizations that advocates and helps to integrate these most vulnerable individuals into our society‚ and that is what made this clinical rotation at Friendship special. Most of the individual
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My individual health needs assignment will be looking at a task I undertook for my clinical skills assessment. For the assessment I had to take my fellow colleagues blood pressure. This assignment will be looking at the positive and negative skills I have learnt throughout practice and experience; it will also show the areas I need to work on more. My assignment will also look at the importance of respecting my colleague’s needs and preferences. The assignment will also look at the importance of
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NS4 Clinical Reflection Throughout nursing science 4 I have made tremendous growth not only as a nurse but also as an individual. This semester truly put my skills and confidence to the test by increasing the workload and skills I could perform on my own. I am proud of my achievements made in clinical this semester and I believe that they will greatly impact my future practice as a nurse. Although some days were worse than others‚ both the bad and the good days contributed to the great nurse I am
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Clinical Experience Reflection Journal Name: Date: Week 1. Choose one patient (new mother‚ newborn‚ or pregnant/laboring woman) and identify the priority problem. What did you contribute toward resolving or easing the problem? N/A for this week 2. Provide an example of an incident during clinical that reinforced the theory you have learned in OB lectures. An incident that reinforced what I have learned in lecture was the postpartum hemorrhage simulation. I learned how chaotic
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