How To Write A Reflective Essay About My Clinical Experience

I was excited for my first day of clinical experience because I know that I get to work more directly and closely with clients and other healthcare providers this term. However, I was also worried about how my nursing skill and knowledge at that point would contribute to residents who I need to care for because I still felt inexperienced and did not want to hurt them physically or emotionally by accident. That being said I understand that I think I need to do more practice on the skills I am less confident at. I was less worried when I got to shadow one of the care aides who was patient, kind, and understanding. I could say that I learned a lot from what I saw how she performed her care to each resident very smoothly, efficiently, and quickly. I thought it was very clever when I saw her collected all the needed materials from her cart, including a bib, for one client’s morning care before breakfast time, so she did not have to go out from the resident’s room to get anything else. I did not see any hesitation in her movements and she positioned her assigned residents easily with her hands. I was surprised …show more content…
I am honestly still struggling a little bit with understanding my assigned resident’s routine and preference of care. Moreover, I noticed how hard it can be to just perform the morning care for someone who has a limited mobility even though I already saw what the care aide did. I would have to put a lot of consideration for planning out my care plan such as, thinking about what equipment and materials I need to have to prepare for the AM care and scheduling the care accordingly to my assigned resident’s usual routine. There are still many challenges and cooperative work I need to do with my assigned resident, but I hope that I can improve each day in my clinical