Pediatric Care Experience Essay

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My second experience on the pediatric ward was a heartache to observe so many babies on the pediatric ward today. With sixteen children admitted at the pediatric ward, the oldest child was 3+ and the youngest was like a week old. The patient was a one plus child with a lower respiratory tract infection.
Feeling
In general, I felt sad to see all those sick babies on the pediatric ward, also there were still two children who remained on the ward from our first clinical rotation to the pediatric ward. I was also thinking that asthma is the most prevalent chronic disease in childhood.
Evaluation
By assessing the pediatric ward today there was a great need for comfort throughout the shift. Kolcaba's Theory of Comfort states that

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