These patients had several medications for their chronic conditions such as diabetes, CHF, COPD, and hypertension. This lead me to administer several medications throughout these shifts. In addition, I performed several blood glucose checks, skin care treatment, and performed all assessments and charting for all six patients, and performed change of shift report on five patients. In relation to advocacy I had to advocate for almost every one of my patients in different ways. One patient needed an additional medication to control his heart rate, one patient had some cultural preferences she wanted to include, and another family who was not happy with their care on a previous unit.…
I’ve had the opportunity of completing my clinical rotation at Baptist Hospital with the medical team in which I've observed the different participants in the collaborative team and the specific role each person played. The team consists of physicians, surgeons, social worker, ARNP, physical therapist, and occupational therapist. While observing the team, the best outcome for the patient's treatment and prognosis is focused on before being discharged. For example, if the patient does not have insurance coverage, community resources are addressed to assist and provide the patient with the proper care post discharge. Learning how cares for patients that have been newly diagnosed with various neurological diseases as well as their long-term care…
Thank you for reviewing my petition and getting back to me. I just wanted to point out that I had already withdrew from that class on time. When I submitted the petition it was for late drop. The reason I applied for late drop after already withdrawing from the class was because I wanted to make sure I was withdrawn in case you didn’t accept my late drop petition. I was told that I could still apply for late drop after withdrawing to be safe.…
The patient is a 56 year old Bangladesh male came by ambulance due to sudden onset of shortness of breath at 3 o’clock in the morning when he woke up to go to the washroom. The patient also has chest pain, nausea and vomiting, fever and worsening orthopnea The patient is having dementia, hypertension and ESRF stage 4. However, patient reused HD and was under nephro clinic, but planned for palliative management. The patient had been admitted to the hospital due to the same presenting complaint for several times.…
Throughout the entire semester, I incorporated evidence based practice into my clinical days. Whether if I was performing a skill or if I was observing my nurse do a skill, I was thinking is this evidence based. I observed nurses use water instead of alcohol to clean an area on the skin before pricking a patient’s finger for a blood glucose check; this I knew was evidenced based. Some none evidence based thing that I observed were using 5/8inch needles when the nurse should have been using a 1inch length or not using two hands when assessing a patient’s fundus. I met my midterm goal of telling the nurse nicely that this is not what we learned in school.…
My clinical experience so far has been quite interesting, because I learned basic clinical procedures and preventions that I know will benefit me as a nurse in the near future. During lab, we discussed infection control, personal hygiene, and isolation precautions. These procedures impact my personal health and wellness, because I need to ensure that I am using the proper techniques in order to keep me safe. Also, I know that it is important to make sure my patients are not at risk of developing hospital associated infections.…
On August 24, 2008, I began my first year of college at Tidewater Community College (TCC) pursuing a science associate degree and changed my major to applied associate of science with a concentration in Administrative of Justice. For the six semesters, I continually maintained a 3.0 or better GPA along with being apart of the Dean’s List twice. However, my last semester I had failed to uphold my academic commitment due to working full-time to support my myself financially through school. I was not able to effectively manage my time. Therefore, my overall GPA become out to be a 2.9 upon graduation.…
It was a sunny summer day, June 21, 2017 when i was headed to the hospital at exactly 4:00 pm. I was going to get surgery on my right ankle to take out some screws that were on my foot for over 6 six years. However, it was stressing about how i was going to be able to pass my Eng 102 dual enrollment class. It was stressing that i had 1 week left and had to work on an 2 page letter and a final essay that were due on the last day of class. I joined the dual enrollment program(A.C.E) the summer of 2016 and since then i have had good grades in my previous courses taken and in my English 102 class i had a C already which was not ok; although, i had a C i wanted bring up at least to a B…
Yesterday I received a letter of dismissal from DePaul school of nursing. I am aware that my grades have been low for the last two semesters in which I take full responsibility. I write this appeal letter to explain the cause and ask you to please consider reinstating me. I wish to state that my poor grades are not due to low ability or not being able to retain the material. Neither was it procrastination to study.…
I am appealing an earlier petition of tuition reimbursement that was denied. They denied it because the health problems where all current and ongoing. While they are not wrong about that I do feel as though they ignored some important key factors in the situation and there has been some new health diagnosis as well. I dropped my Accounting II class and my Computers in Society class, I am just asking for a tuition reimbursement so I can retake them in the following semesters.…
I am sorry for my confusion on to why I thought you called recently. I assumed it was due to my missing log in attendance issues in logging Alphonso into the daily calendar. I recently looked at the log of Alphonso's classes. He does have missing attendance days. He has been absent due to his illness.…
I have received a letter concerning my academic suspension from Lycoming College for the Spring semester. And I am writing this because I want to appeal to continue my studies at Lycoming College. I want to continue my educational journey and experience at Lycoming College on academic probation. I have never been afraid of a challenge, especially one that I know will benefit myself and my future. My Fall semester grades are a poor representation and I can assure you I was not prepared at all.…
Whenever you receive my final transcript from the University of Alabama, you will notice I received a grade of a “D” in one of my final courses. This is the first and only class in my life I have ever received a grade lower than a C- in. I have a genuine explanation of why I have done so poorly in this class for the semester. I had an emergency surgery in November and was in an excessive amount of pain that lasted until December, which caused me to miss a lot of days this semester. My professors worked with me to help makeup a few things that I missed, but I found myself unable to focus and do my best with all that I was going through at the time.…
My first clinical experience was at St. Vincent hospital on a geriatric unit, when I was a second year nursing student. During my time there, nurses often approached me to provide small learning experiences and teach students how to be efficient. When a nurse on the unit asked for help with a bed bath for a patient with whom I was not familiar, I agreed. I wanted to get as much experience as I could. The nurse led me to the patient 's room right away.…
Nursing is a lifelong learning. To grow professionally in nursing I need to reflect and analyse on my clinical experiences. It will help me to improve my professional practice, gain more knowledge and skills, and increase my critical thinking abilities and confidence in dealing with difficult situations. To reflect on what I had learned during my past work experiences I will use Gibbs reflective cycle. It was my first week of work as an Operating Theatre (OT) nurse.…