• In one situation, I was giving an IV medication to an eight-year-old patient. Before I gave the medication, I reassured the patient that it would not hurt, and explained that the medication would help him feel better. After I finished, I praised the boy for doing a good job.
2. Describe specific strategies you used to promote and provide family centered care in the outpatient clinic setting.
• I talked to parents and made them feel a part of their child’s care. I also talked to a seventeen-year-old girl about where she was from, which ended up being the city I am from! I asked her different questions while I was giving her IV medications. I made “baby faces” and talked to my patient when she woke up.
3. Describe a situation in …show more content…
During this clinical day, I gave many different IV medications to three of my nurse’s patients. Being able to learn the skills in application lab, then getting the opportunity to solidify my knowledge during clinical was very beneficial to me. This included knowing not to push IV medications too fast as well as knowing how long to clean the port before giving the medication.
4. What was the best part of your outpatient clinic day? Please describe.
• The best part of my clinical day was getting to interact with the seventeen-year-old girl and her family. After hearing that they are from the same city I was from, I found a major way to connect with their family. This calmed me down when giving medications and talking to her like she was anyone else I knew. She was such a sweet girl to get to know and talk to, even though she had just gotten a diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis. She helped me remember that the patients in the hospital, as different as they are, just want a person to talk to sometimes.
5. Was there a part of your outpatient clinic day that needed improvement or could have benefitted from a different approach? Please
2. Describe specific strategies you used to promote and provide family centered care in the outpatient clinic setting.
• I talked to parents and made them feel a part of their child’s care. I also talked to a seventeen-year-old girl about where she was from, which ended up being the city I am from! I asked her different questions while I was giving her IV medications. I made “baby faces” and talked to my patient when she woke up.
3. Describe a situation in …show more content…
During this clinical day, I gave many different IV medications to three of my nurse’s patients. Being able to learn the skills in application lab, then getting the opportunity to solidify my knowledge during clinical was very beneficial to me. This included knowing not to push IV medications too fast as well as knowing how long to clean the port before giving the medication.
4. What was the best part of your outpatient clinic day? Please describe.
• The best part of my clinical day was getting to interact with the seventeen-year-old girl and her family. After hearing that they are from the same city I was from, I found a major way to connect with their family. This calmed me down when giving medications and talking to her like she was anyone else I knew. She was such a sweet girl to get to know and talk to, even though she had just gotten a diagnosis of Ulcerative Colitis. She helped me remember that the patients in the hospital, as different as they are, just want a person to talk to sometimes.
5. Was there a part of your outpatient clinic day that needed improvement or could have benefitted from a different approach? Please