I will learn from my mistakes. That there will be times that I won’t know how to do something and that it’s okay to ask for help.
We have learned that social, cultural, and ethical factors influence patient care. I never understood really how much these factors influenced care until this morning. The nurse showed me that some families can be very demanding. She took time to answer their questions she even pulled up test results when she was unsure of the results. When she did not know the answers, she sent the doctor a note so that when he came in the room he would know what questions the family was asking.
Today I watched the nurse make many clinical decisions. On this morning, the nurse I was shadowing had a newly admitted patient. We had been in her room most of the morning and the nurse had others she needed to assess. This patient was in pain and wanted pain medication. The patient wanted to take try to take 2mg of a pain medication instead of the 4mg that was prescribed by her doctor. The nurse could have easily have said no that doctor order it this way but the nurse took time to call the doctors office and get the order