Clinical Observation Report

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. During my clinical rotation at Clearbrook, I was able to follow morning and afternoon shifts nurses and assist them with passing medications to Clearbrook clients. In this facility, most of the clients are diagnosed with MR or mental retardation. The causes of mental retardation can be some infections, before or after the birth, or chromosomal abnormalities, for example a Down Syndrome. Patients with mental retardation need a lot of help and assistance with their daily leaving activities. They also might have some problems in communication, so it is very important to develop appropriate communication technics in order to be able to understand patients’ needs. Some of the clients, I was able to take care during this clinical, had a PEG tube and were required a routine assessment of this tube before medications administration. PEG tube is placed for a patient if there any problems with an oral intake, and those clients, that I met at the clinical, were not able to eat a regular food due to aspiration precautions. PEG tube …show more content…

Some of the resources may include a diabetes education, substance abuse program, teens pregnancy, adult education, like ESL etc. When I first came to the United State, my English was very bad, I was not able to communicate with other members of the community I lived in. ESL classes prepare people to be fully engaged with their community. ESL program is available to those who wanted to learn English language and be able to communicate, and go to school or find another and better job. This program was offered at evening hours, so people who wanted to attend it, were able to work during the day and do not take off work. ESL classes are very beneficial not only for individuals of the community but also for the community itself. Increased opportunity for education, better job and financial stability allow those families to function with fewer

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