Reflection On Clinical Rotation

Description

Clinical rotation for spring 2018 started off at the recovery unit at the General Hospital, it was quite a slow start to my day. The task began with 66-year-old G.L, male who entered the recovery room at 10:35 am from his haemorrhoidectomy. After, Mr. G. L we had several other patients who came to the recovery room from operating theatre, which all the patient underwent different procedures, from D&C to Laparotomy just to name a few. Although the nurses and ward manager stated that we choose a slow day to do our clinical rotations, we made the best of our days. The patient was G.L. 66-year-old male who was diagnosed with Prolapse Hemorrhoid. He was an outpatient, who arrived at 8 am to get ready for his surgery.

Feeling

I was ecstatic and enthusiastic to get back into the field of work to do my clinical rotations. Although I was ready to have a new experience at the recovery unit, I was also extremely scared, because this unit was a specialized unit, where the patient needs vital care while recovering from anesthesia. In addition, the experience was great because been assigned to a specialized area, one is expected to know all the basic for caring a patient, that just undergo a procedure. For instance, vital sign,

Furthermore, the amount of time a patient spent in the recovery room depends on the patient's advancement and the type of anesthesia they may receive. During the first hour after surgery, patients will need to lie flat on their backs to reduce the risk of headache induced ant anesthesia, which can be painful. Before a patient is discharged, full sensation must be regained in the lower part of the body. After the two outpatients is recover, from the anesthesia they were sent home and were required to do follow-ups at the clinics close to them; however, the inpatients were returned to their respective