This was my twelfth and final night shift following Meagan at Rady Children’s Hospital. I was expecting the day after Thanksgiving to be really busy. To my surprise, it was the least busy night out of all the shifts I saw while I was at Rady’s. The census was at an all time low of 15. Due to the low census and recent holiday, all the nurses on the floor were calm and giddy. In this particular journal, I will address the theme of forgiveness.
Clinical Experiences
S.V. is a thirteen-year-old boy who was hit by a car on Thanksgiving night after dinner. He was skateboarding to his friend’s house to invite him over for dessert when he was hit by a car. This was my first experience with a hit and run situation. The part that made it even more sad was that S.V.’s dad was also in a hit and run accident a few months prior to S.V.’s incident, but unlike S.V., he was permanently injured. S.V. was lucky enough to make it out of the accident with a grade 3 splenic laceration. Thank God he had no head injuries, which was a miracle because he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. S.V. told me that every nurse and doctor who came to talk to him …show more content…
As we walked away from the room, she told me that it took everything in her to avoid exploding at him. She talked about how the decisions he was complaining about are not even up to her, she simply follows doctor’s orders. One comment that he made in particular bothered her. A.C.’s father had said something to the effect of not seeing the point of giving him the Motrin we were giving to him. Megan said, “Well he has inflammation, and this is going to treat that, that is the point.” I told her how much I really respect her for the way she reacted to the father’s verbal attack. It became apparent to me that it was really difficult and took a lot of self control for Meagan to do what she did, but she did it, and I was honestly blown
Clinical Experiences
S.V. is a thirteen-year-old boy who was hit by a car on Thanksgiving night after dinner. He was skateboarding to his friend’s house to invite him over for dessert when he was hit by a car. This was my first experience with a hit and run situation. The part that made it even more sad was that S.V.’s dad was also in a hit and run accident a few months prior to S.V.’s incident, but unlike S.V., he was permanently injured. S.V. was lucky enough to make it out of the accident with a grade 3 splenic laceration. Thank God he had no head injuries, which was a miracle because he was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. S.V. told me that every nurse and doctor who came to talk to him …show more content…
As we walked away from the room, she told me that it took everything in her to avoid exploding at him. She talked about how the decisions he was complaining about are not even up to her, she simply follows doctor’s orders. One comment that he made in particular bothered her. A.C.’s father had said something to the effect of not seeing the point of giving him the Motrin we were giving to him. Megan said, “Well he has inflammation, and this is going to treat that, that is the point.” I told her how much I really respect her for the way she reacted to the father’s verbal attack. It became apparent to me that it was really difficult and took a lot of self control for Meagan to do what she did, but she did it, and I was honestly blown