As I was going to clinicals today, I felt less nervous and felt more calm than usual. I was on Med-surg today and I got to see several different things. I was able to feel and listen to a bruit. The patient was going through dialysis at that moment, so I got to see that as well. I had never seen that and I thought it was pretty interesting.
When I went to do my assessment on the patient who had a stroke, I found her with her hands in a tile over her head. She was diaphoretic and couldn’t tolerate her pain. She said she was waiting on her pain medications, but the nurse never administered them to her because she had to go to a meeting. I felt this patient should have been the main priority for the nurse.
I assessed a patient that had a stroke
When I went to do my assessment on the patient who had a stroke, I found her with her hands in a tile over her head. She was diaphoretic and couldn’t tolerate her pain. She said she was waiting on her pain medications, but the nurse never administered them to her because she had to go to a meeting. I felt this patient should have been the main priority for the nurse.
I assessed a patient that had a stroke