Clinical Group Reflection

This semester my clinical group and I were in Medical Surgical and this course was broken up into two parts, Adult Health I and Adult Health II. The first part of this semester my clinical group was assigned to Anderson Hospital and the second part we were assigned to Alton Memorial. After finding out that there were only four groups that were switching clinical instructors and hospitals, our group did not want to switch. At that time, we thought it was unfair and a waist of time to be switching hospitals and relearning computer systems, plus having to go through orientation again. Now that the switch is over, as a group, even though we still feel that it was a waste of time, we all feel that we have advanced so much more being at Alton …show more content…
After our first SIMS, my clinical group kicked coccyx and our instructor told us how impressed she was and ever since that day, I have felt my stress level go down. I am appreciating the switch because of the experience I have received from what the facility has provided me along with my new instructor, and nurses and tech’s. I gained more independence with my new instructor and her being who she is made me drive myself more to perform my skills to my best abilities. I have passed medications, given subcutaneous shots, started an I.V., started an I.V. pump, gave I.V. pushes, bed baths, V.S., shadowed a nurse (absolute favorite), I was also able to observed the cardiac lab and the wound care center.
Overall, I am very satisfied with my second part of this semester. The whole two different experiences are what I needed in order to have an interest in being a floor nurse. My goal is to eventually be an O.R., I.C.U. or E.D. nurse, from obtaining the experience at Alton I would consider being a floor nurse for a while in order to gain knowledge, experience, skills and confidence before I move to other parts of the