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My clinical rotation in the acute care hospital has definitely been a great learning experience, it was a big transition for me having been working in a long-term care facilities for six years. There were three positive aspects about my performance that I will take away from this learning experience. When working and during my clinical rotation in long term care I had patients with functional limitations due to chronic illness or patients that were there to stay and live there. It was limiting to certain clinical experiences. During this rotation I got hands on experience with patients with acute conditions, infections and accidents. Another good learning experience was being able to navigate and document in the patient’s chart with the computer system Power Chart. It has helped me gather information about what areas need focused on when completing a comprehensive assessment on my patient. I got to read assessments of various healthcare providers. Also safety, as the computer prompt me during medication administration to help prevent any errors. …show more content…
Lastly, was completing a head to toe assessment on an actual person.
I think it is different when practicing on a manikin versus actually doing it in real life. My instructor was able to give me some great feedback, as well as helpful tips that I will be able to apply during my next clinical rotation. An area I believe I need to improve on is my communication skills; looking for opportunities to interact with patients, family members, nurses and doctors. I need to practice professional communication skills, with all these people, adjusting the terminology and level of detail to be right for the person I am communicating with, and asking more questions to get more information about my
patient.
A few added helpful things it does is: installs quickly, lets patients do more, and is more profitable. Epic has been named the number one overall best software in 2013. It continues to get great ratings about how quick they are. Epic system also is not only helpful to the employees it is also very useful for the patients. Like I mentioned in a prior statement, Epic system allows patient to be able to log in and see their history of health. This helps the patient because they can keep track of all of their medical history, as well as print off the information they may need instead of going through the actual facility. According to a Nurse colleague of mine, I had interviewed her about this product. She says “it is a great system and very easy to work with.” She claimed it helps out a lot to have the e-learning class to jump start on the system when you’re a new employee. At her current location, all the employees love the system, and love to be able to learn hands on from day one of
Ask each person what they learned about themselves and how it will help them communicate with patients and improve quality care.
Over the last few years, I shadowed a Primary Care Adult Nurse Practitioner whose office is located in the underserved urban area of Irvington, NJ. She also takes care of patients from the surrounding areas of Irvington, Newark, and East Orange, all of which have very large underserved populations including African Americans, Latinos, and patients from the Middle East. During my clinical shadowing, I gained a appreciation for the complexity of treating long term chronic conditions such as asthma, diabetes, HIV, and hypertension. In many cases these conditions were exacerbated due to poor nutrition, non-compliance, and lack of education about healthy lifestyle choices. I gained a keen understanding of the importance of patient education and the ability to connect patients with community services to help them with their economic and social challenges.
These were to enjoy helping people, strong communication skills, strong interpersonal skills, good problem solving, creativity, flexibility, and to enjoy working with others. I feel like I’m good at problem solving, and I enjoy helping others, but I lack strong communication and interpersonal skills. I feel like these are two skills that a person working in the healthcare setting should excel at, and I’m still working on them. I’m also a little shy, so I feel like I lack the “outgoing” personality that most healthcare professionals seem to have.
Critical thinking will strength with my continuing education as I learn the patient, the disease process effect on the body and performing a good history and physical. My computer technical skills will improve now that I have Microsoft Office downloaded to my computer. In my free time I create power point presentation. Interpersonal skills as it relates to non-verbal communication is a working in progress. Emotions and feeling shows in my facial expression, which I have try to relax with taking deep breath before going into my patient room.
From my feedback it is recognised I have no areas that I need to improve on however I feel my communication will continue to improve and I feel I lack communication skills with young children and will be aware of this if I have a pediatric
them. If I can improve these skills, my patients will benefit as I aim to improve the standard
It allows the students to build their competence in performing clinical skills and to be ready for clinical practice, in a safe, non-risky environment. . Provide students the opportunities to practice and make mistakes without the risk to the patients or themselves. . Decrease students’ anxiety and stress when performing any procedure. . Enable students’ to get immediate feedback from the supervisor. . Patients’ permission and confidentiality will not be affected.
As mentioned by Hunter and Arthur (2016), one of the main reasons I could maintain and improve my practice was due to clinical placements. During clinical placements we are frequently being assessed and taught in dealing with real situations. Feelings As learning is a lifelong process, I’m sure there are many things I need to improve and learn to better myself. However, the lessons I learned during the course as a nursing student shall always remain as a bedrock for my future development.
What went well during my clinical day was that this was the first time that I was treated very well by the nurse. This nurse was really good about sharing what she was passionate about, so this encouraged me to want to learn more about what she was teaching me. The best part of my day was patient and parent interaction. I went into two patient’s rooms and played games with them or colored with them. It brightened up my day seeing them laugh despite the health issues they had going on.
Coming into the nursing program, I was hopeful and looking forward to the new career. I have had issues, and it has taken me longer than expected to complete the program. I think because of this my strengths and areas of growth have changed. Per Strengths Quest my top strengths are ideation, connectedness, and individualization, strategic, and deliberative. I think the areas that will help me most as a nurse are ideation, individualization, and strategic. Ideation has helped me to learn ideas and concepts quickly. So, I can explain them to those around me including patients. Likewise, being able to focus on the individual means I can what people need by finding the best way to act that out. It particularly helps in the areas of educating, and advocating for the patient, as many procedures and protocols will be the same. Also, being strategic will help me get things done efficiently. As I get more experience as a nurse I can use this to consider new ways to improve the working environment for those around me as well.
...arly with other healthcare members. Proper communication is a skill that may come naturally to some people. For those nurses that do not have efficiency in communication, practicing will help in feeling confident in communicating with patients and staff as well as providing a solid platform for quality patient care.
This reflective essay will discuss three skills that I have leant and developed during my placement. The three skills that I will be discussing in this essay are bed-bath, observing a corpse being prepared for mortuary and putting canulla and taking it out. These skills will be discussed in this essay using (Gibb’s, 1988) model. I have chosen to use Gibb’s model because I find this model easier to use and understand to guide me through my reflection process. Moreover, this model will be useful in breaking the new skills that I have developed into a way that I can understand. This model will also enable me to turn my experiences into knowledge that I can refer to in the future when facing same or similar situations. Gibbs model seems to be straightforward compared to the other model which is why I have also chosen it. To abide by the code of conduct of Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC) names of the real patients in this essay have been changed to respect the confidentiality.
I have developed strong communication skills and gained such strong interdisciplinary relationships with doctors, nurse practitioners, patient care technicians, and healthcare professionals. Teamwork and collaboration attributes will be useful in my preparation to become an autonomous nurse practitioner and I am looking forward to further developing my connections, challenging myself and expanding my nursing
For so many years I’ve asked myself the question, “what are you going to do with your life?” For a period of time I struggled with this question. Today, I sit staring at my computer, confronting myself, asking my subconscious “what do I want to do for the rest of my life?” Have I finally found the answer I 've been looking for, or am I under the false assumption that this is the right path for me. This semester has been the ultimate opportunity to explore my questions, doubt, issues, and concerns. I feel that by the end of this paper I will have answered all these questions, and will have made the best decision for my future.