My Nursing Practice Placement

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My practice placement this semester is in KLH o the medical floor. Every Monday and Tuesday we arrive on the floor for 7am. We work with one assigned client in providing all care for them that is within our second year student nurse scope. Additional skills we have acquired thus far in second semester are IV medication admin, insulin administration/glucose monitoring, sterile gloving, suture/staple removal and high flow oxygen and oropharyngeal suctioning.

Student Comments:
This semester started off a bit shaky as I felt slightly off after coming back from the long winter break. I took a couple shifts to get back into the swing of things especially being in a new environment. I really enjoy interacting with different clients and learning

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