Paged on-call surgeons and specialists. Took patient messages for doctors offices. Remained calm when dealing with aggravated…
Nursing has a critical role to ensure that patients are prepared for surgery. This is done through education and through thorough review of their medical/social history. Specifically, the ambulatory…
This position opened my eyes up to a new field of medicine and taught me skills I will use in the future. I was responsible for therapy tasks such as ultrasound ,laser therapy, and scribing the initial exam for the doctor. I was promoted to the office manager…
I learned that it is very important to think ahead of time as to which way you bring the bed into the room. Since I brought my patient into the room feet first I was not able to perform my surgical lateral hip on the table. I wasted too much time and put in my patient in unwarranted discomfort by having to slide the resuscitation board under him. I wish it would have not happened that way but it was a good learning experience.…
Surgical Site Infections are related to delayed healing, increased patient morbidity and mortality, increased hospital stay, readmission and facility costs. Anderson et al. (2014) explains that these infections extend a patients hospital stay on average of 7 to 11 days and cost roughly $3.5 to $10 billion annually in healthcare expenditures according to the consumer price index for inpatient hospital services. Most of these costs are not reimbursed by insurance because they fall within the 30-day readmission rate. Shepard et al.…
I introduced intravenous injection and started running intravenous fluids for the anesthesia provider to come inject anesthesia medication in the fluids. When the patient was ready for surgery, the operating room nurse together with the anesthesia, the surgeon and I could wheel the patient to the operating room wear the required sterile gear and perform the required surgery. I was also responsible to help nurses in the recovery bay after patient’s surgery. I was a senior technician in charge of five other junior technicians who we worked as a team. I oversaw ordering of surgical supplies and surgical implants making sure we had enough supplies for future surgical cases.…
Being a surgical technologist can be hard work; not only should a technician watch after all patients, but must keep a check on themselves. A technician needs to remain as stress free as possible, always making sure all body mechanics are in order. Forgetting to do this can lead to emotional stress, which has a negative effect on the body. A surgical technician not in full control of himself causes things to go wrong in the operating room. A technician must always be completely focused on the job.…
This was an excellent week. I learned how to do assessments based on the cardiac and respiratory systems. I was able to serve food, help assist with feeding, and observe the residents chart. In addition, I worked more independently with the residents at the nursing home. I was able to engage in conversation, assist with toileting, and attend a social activity with the residents.…
My reflection focuses on the role I took as an ODP student at the pre-operative checks on admission unit, anaesthetic and surgery in the general theatre. For purposes of completing this assignment, I will refer to the patient that journeyed to the theatre for lobectomy thorascospic (a surgical procedureto remove one of the lobes of the lungs to check for any disease) operations as Mrs. A for the purpose of confidentiality. The reflection is presented based on Gibb 's Reflective Cycle (Gibbs, 1988). The reflective cycle comprises of five stages and these include the description, the feelings, the evaluation, conclusions, and the action.…
Nurses performed it in a perioperative setting. It was therefore held in Ireland et al. Hospital and Evans and Kenkre hospital (Hegarty et al., 2009). Research Questions and…
In this report I will be reflecting and analysing my first two weeks of placement at a orthopedics ward. Within this two weeks I was able to learn, observe, and carry out different tasks. I will be using Driscoll (2007) reflection model as I believe it will enable me to expand my knowledge whilst gaining experience and maximis my learning opportunities. This model consists of 3 main stages which are; what: discribing the details of the situation, so what: evaluating and analysing what happened and why it was important and now what: identifying what I have learnt and what action will be taken in the future, as well as identifying areas of new skill development and learning. I will be on a reflecting mainly on the morning l assised a patient…
I feel that the preoperative briefing that took place before the patient arrived is what allowed the team to work so well in this emergency case, all of the details that was known about the patient was shared to the entire theatre team, with enough time to be able to prepare and collect all the appropriate equipment that was needed but also equipment that was possibile needed so that all avenues of care was covered and prepared. Bethune (2011) stated that teamwork, communication, and efficiency in the operating theatre is widely recognised to be suboptimal. Poor communication is the single biggest cause of medical error. The surgical operating theatre is a potentially highly stressed environment where poor communication can lead to fatal errors.…
When the patient was in labor and began pushing, I aided in supporting one of her legs while the nurse supported the other. I think it was truly amazing to see a child being brought into the world. The postpartum care was also a teamwork. While my preceptor was getting the ice pack, I filled the peri-bottle with warm water and placed dry tower on the bathroom floor to prevent falls. I remembered from class lecture to check for clots in the urine because abnormal size (golf ball size) can be concerning.…
Having any type of a career is a huge importance in life. This because not only do people need money to buy simple things like food, and clothing but it also shows responsibility. Having a career is a huge step in life, it shows they’re ready for a huge responsibility. Any job whether it be working at a gas station, restaurant, etc is still a huge responsibility. Having a job must know when to work, what time to be there, also to make sure to be on time.…
There, I would practice everything from spiking primary bags, administering intramuscular medications (IM), and starting intravenous (IV) medications. Also, I got together in a study group where we went over the patient’s chart and looked…