Clinical Reflection: Prioritization
I walked into the emergency department for the clinical observation expecting to see nurses and doctors in an organized chaos, hustling, running, and bumping into each other in their effort to provide life sustaining critical care. Too, I was hoping to see George Clooney performing advance cardiac life support to a patient who was coding, like a scene straight out of the television show. However, that was not what I saw. Instead, I found how calm and organized the unit was in spite of the constant patient stream coming in dire need of emergency care. Every member of the collaborative care team know and effectuated each of their role, as if it was rehearsed and had been done a thousand times before. I assumed that was the whole purpose of triage. So, as I stepped forward and try to be a part of that team, I had to think on my toes and rely solely on the acquired knowledge in fulfilling my role. Thus, with …show more content…
I need to be able to to attain the same level of competency needed in rendering intervention and making clinical judgement, not only in dealing with minor disease presentation, but also during a crucial emergency situation. Moreover, I need to gain a full understanding of the whole the nursing process to be able to make safe and accurate clinical decisions. Nurses should be able to communicate and collaborate with the inter-professional care team, and be able to demonstrate competent provision of care. This experience at the emergency department taught me that. Notably, clinical observations afford students the opportunity to gauge and enhance their readiness in joining the nursing profession. Thus, this clinical rotation imparted a valuable lesson in adapting and prioritizing, even when faced with different challenges in implementing the concepts of caring; to this I will base my nursing
I walked into the emergency department for the clinical observation expecting to see nurses and doctors in an organized chaos, hustling, running, and bumping into each other in their effort to provide life sustaining critical care. Too, I was hoping to see George Clooney performing advance cardiac life support to a patient who was coding, like a scene straight out of the television show. However, that was not what I saw. Instead, I found how calm and organized the unit was in spite of the constant patient stream coming in dire need of emergency care. Every member of the collaborative care team know and effectuated each of their role, as if it was rehearsed and had been done a thousand times before. I assumed that was the whole purpose of triage. So, as I stepped forward and try to be a part of that team, I had to think on my toes and rely solely on the acquired knowledge in fulfilling my role. Thus, with …show more content…
I need to be able to to attain the same level of competency needed in rendering intervention and making clinical judgement, not only in dealing with minor disease presentation, but also during a crucial emergency situation. Moreover, I need to gain a full understanding of the whole the nursing process to be able to make safe and accurate clinical decisions. Nurses should be able to communicate and collaborate with the inter-professional care team, and be able to demonstrate competent provision of care. This experience at the emergency department taught me that. Notably, clinical observations afford students the opportunity to gauge and enhance their readiness in joining the nursing profession. Thus, this clinical rotation imparted a valuable lesson in adapting and prioritizing, even when faced with different challenges in implementing the concepts of caring; to this I will base my nursing