The 210 midterm skills test was a hard thing to come into and leave. Although, I tried to prepare and present all of nursing’s global concepts, I ran out of time and let my nerves get the best of me. I did have a few successes, but I also need to work on some items for the future.
I tried to come to my midterm skills test fully prepared, but I had a few hinderances which caused me to falter while performing skills. I made sure I went to every open lab I was available to attend within three of the midterm date. There, I would practice everything from spiking primary bags, administering intramuscular medications (IM), and starting intravenous (IV) medications. Also, I got together in a study group where we went over the patient’s chart and looked …show more content…
Before starting care, it is vital to ask about culture, because, as nurses, we would not want to offend one of patients by being ignorant to their healthcare beliefs. Different healthcare beliefs from mine could have come from a multitude of different factors such as gender, race, religion, age, and social class which all could have affected the cultural relationship the patient had. I demonstrated this in my midterm by before starting any of my skills, I asked the patient if he would have any cultural barriers to any of the skills I would be performing. The next thing I did well on was professionalism. I dressed appropriately for the midterm in my clinical gear, and I made sure I had all required materials I needed to be able to do my skills. I also showed accountability by showing up early before my preparation time (Des Moines Area Community College, 2017-2018, p. 13). I also tried to keep a respectful, professional tone with the client which also means I treated him his age. My client was an older adult which changed the way in that I do care. Therefore, I tried to explain the procedure of the skills I was doing and have an understanding about the general health of an older population. The last thing, I think I did a nice job on is the nursing process. I assessed the client in the beginning to look for any complications which he had a really high blood pressure. Therefore, I had an order for labetalol which decreases blood pressure, and if I had time to administer it, I would have come back thirty minutes later to reassess his blood
I tried to come to my midterm skills test fully prepared, but I had a few hinderances which caused me to falter while performing skills. I made sure I went to every open lab I was available to attend within three of the midterm date. There, I would practice everything from spiking primary bags, administering intramuscular medications (IM), and starting intravenous (IV) medications. Also, I got together in a study group where we went over the patient’s chart and looked …show more content…
Before starting care, it is vital to ask about culture, because, as nurses, we would not want to offend one of patients by being ignorant to their healthcare beliefs. Different healthcare beliefs from mine could have come from a multitude of different factors such as gender, race, religion, age, and social class which all could have affected the cultural relationship the patient had. I demonstrated this in my midterm by before starting any of my skills, I asked the patient if he would have any cultural barriers to any of the skills I would be performing. The next thing I did well on was professionalism. I dressed appropriately for the midterm in my clinical gear, and I made sure I had all required materials I needed to be able to do my skills. I also showed accountability by showing up early before my preparation time (Des Moines Area Community College, 2017-2018, p. 13). I also tried to keep a respectful, professional tone with the client which also means I treated him his age. My client was an older adult which changed the way in that I do care. Therefore, I tried to explain the procedure of the skills I was doing and have an understanding about the general health of an older population. The last thing, I think I did a nice job on is the nursing process. I assessed the client in the beginning to look for any complications which he had a really high blood pressure. Therefore, I had an order for labetalol which decreases blood pressure, and if I had time to administer it, I would have come back thirty minutes later to reassess his blood