Today I was in Borger at the hospital on the med-surge floor. They had many different patients today and I interacted with all of them. My patient was a 77-year-old woman and she had COPD, hypertension, and chronic microcytic anemia. When I first went in the room with my patient I went with the RN and watched her perform her assessment and introduced myself to her and told her I was a student nurse and would be helping taking care of her. She was a sweet lady and pleasant, but you could tell she was not wanting to be where she was. When I did my assessment, she was pleasant and sweet and interacted in a conversation. Other than helping with my patient I also helped with the other patients as well. If they would call and needed something I would go with the nurse or just go
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I learned the computer information as well. An RN even stood next to me and showed me how to chart when my patient was discharged. The biggest thing that happened today and impacted me a lot was I did CPR for the very first time. I was just working on my documentation when a nurse came to our floor and told us to drop what we were doing and follow her, well we ended up in the ER. I will never forget this moment it was scary because it was my first time, but at the same time my adrenaline went through the rough. I was nervous at first when I was about to do the CPR all I could think was, “Will I do it right, will my hands be in the correct position, will I press hard enough?” Yes, I was thinking all of that but as soon as it was my turn my adrenaline went crazy and the training I had was there. I did what I needed do to, and even though it was scary all I could keep thinking is, “I can’t quit. Yes, my entire body is sweating and on fire, but I am trying to save a life along with all these other people.” When it was all done, we went back to where we were supposed to be and million things were running through my
I learned the computer information as well. An RN even stood next to me and showed me how to chart when my patient was discharged. The biggest thing that happened today and impacted me a lot was I did CPR for the very first time. I was just working on my documentation when a nurse came to our floor and told us to drop what we were doing and follow her, well we ended up in the ER. I will never forget this moment it was scary because it was my first time, but at the same time my adrenaline went through the rough. I was nervous at first when I was about to do the CPR all I could think was, “Will I do it right, will my hands be in the correct position, will I press hard enough?” Yes, I was thinking all of that but as soon as it was my turn my adrenaline went crazy and the training I had was there. I did what I needed do to, and even though it was scary all I could keep thinking is, “I can’t quit. Yes, my entire body is sweating and on fire, but I am trying to save a life along with all these other people.” When it was all done, we went back to where we were supposed to be and million things were running through my