As I went through these experiences, I realized that at any given time once I start my professional career as a nurse, I will have a patient faced with one of the complications experienced in either the conference or in other activities preformed. I realized that each member has a different role to play, and I must respect them if I want to have a smooth day. I must be willing to work as a team to get the best results possible for my patient.
During care coordinator experience, I learned how the hospital runs behind the scenes. Everyone was so professional and did not show any signs of frustration, when beds were not available when needed. Each person continued to work well together and helped out when possible. I had no idea the care coordinator did so much to keep everything running smooth. After this experience, I understand how important it is to make sure that the patient discharge planning is starting upon arrival to the hospital. On occasion, it was noted that step 2 was not completed when the patient was already on step 5. As a nurse, I need to make sure that everything is completed in a well-defined timeframe, so …show more content…
Throughout the Winter Emergency Conference, I learned what it means to put the patient first. There was a speaker who talked about Professionalism and he asked the group what it means. Most of the answers included; trust, autonomy, honesty, and respect. I learned not to put my interest ahead of my patients’ and that I am violating my profession by performing unnecessary tests, disclosure. I need to remember who is paying, which is my patient. That is why I need to put my patient first. When talking about clinical reasoning one speaker talked about the use of heuristics, which is an approach to problem solving, learning a discovery. Some that the Dr. Hoffman talked about