The Image of Nursing Through a Patient’s Eyes
Everyone has a different perspective of nurses depending on their own personal experiences. For this assignment, I interviewed a friend to learn about the image of nursing, their education, and a nurse’s duties through his eyes. The person whom I interviewed is named Sam. Sam is currently a high school senior who takes several classes at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities; he is a PSEO student. He comes from a middle class family. He is deeply involved in sports, mainly soccer, and academics. He plans on pursing a career in business, so he does not have much experience in the medical field.
Experience
While playing soccer two years ago on April Fools Day, Sam broke his ankle while playing soccer when the large goalie slid and landed on him. He then went to TRIA Orthopedic Center several different times and had about five different nurses take care of him. April first to get it looked at, three days later to get surgery, six months later to check on it, and a year later for more surgery to remove the screws the surgeons had inserted into …show more content…
Then they added a fluid in but it went back into the needle with some of his blood. They tried again; he described his arm as numb and cold. He said they had forgotten to take off the rubber band part so the fluid could not flow up through his vein. The nurse said “my bad” and they took him into the surgery room. When he woke up after the surgery, the nurses gave him apple juice and a granola bar, which made him really pleased since he had not eaten that morning or the night before. The nurse asked him how much his ankle hurt to which he replied “its bad its bad,” so she gave him an injection in leg that numbed his whole leg. Overall, his experience was positive because it was the effort the nurses put in that made him feel good. They made sure he felt comfortable before and after
Everyone has a different perspective of nurses depending on their own personal experiences. For this assignment, I interviewed a friend to learn about the image of nursing, their education, and a nurse’s duties through his eyes. The person whom I interviewed is named Sam. Sam is currently a high school senior who takes several classes at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities; he is a PSEO student. He comes from a middle class family. He is deeply involved in sports, mainly soccer, and academics. He plans on pursing a career in business, so he does not have much experience in the medical field.
Experience
While playing soccer two years ago on April Fools Day, Sam broke his ankle while playing soccer when the large goalie slid and landed on him. He then went to TRIA Orthopedic Center several different times and had about five different nurses take care of him. April first to get it looked at, three days later to get surgery, six months later to check on it, and a year later for more surgery to remove the screws the surgeons had inserted into …show more content…
Then they added a fluid in but it went back into the needle with some of his blood. They tried again; he described his arm as numb and cold. He said they had forgotten to take off the rubber band part so the fluid could not flow up through his vein. The nurse said “my bad” and they took him into the surgery room. When he woke up after the surgery, the nurses gave him apple juice and a granola bar, which made him really pleased since he had not eaten that morning or the night before. The nurse asked him how much his ankle hurt to which he replied “its bad its bad,” so she gave him an injection in leg that numbed his whole leg. Overall, his experience was positive because it was the effort the nurses put in that made him feel good. They made sure he felt comfortable before and after