1. What is it like for you to communicate with and relate to patients with psychiatric disorders? It was very pleasant and enjoyable to talk with my patient. The patient was open and cooperative. He talked about his alcohol use history and why he was admitted in to the NIH alcoholic unit. Of course, he talked about his family history and psychosocial factors that affected his drinking behavior. He also discussed his treatment and effectiveness. His withdrawal response was that hand tremoring. After 2 weeks of treatments, he has no pain and tremor any more.
2. Rate your mood and anxiety levels on a scale of 1-10, where 1 = sad/no anxiety; & 10 = euphoria/severe anxiety.
Since I did not find any sad or anxiety from my patient. I rated his mood and anxiety level to 1.
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Reflections about second clinical day.
The second clinical day was a great experience since I met with nursing staffs and successfully interviewed the patient. The staffs there were very supportive: they gave us a short orientation about the NIH and psychiatric units; then three of us were introduced to the alcoholic unit. The nurse educator helped us pick the appropriate patients, guided us how to find the patient admission history, psychosocial history and diagnosis. At the post conference, I learned from Dr. Ashby and my peers. In the coming week, it would be very helpful if we can discuss how the clinical research was conducted in the units? And why these research are important? What’s are they excited about their
2. Rate your mood and anxiety levels on a scale of 1-10, where 1 = sad/no anxiety; & 10 = euphoria/severe anxiety.
Since I did not find any sad or anxiety from my patient. I rated his mood and anxiety level to 1.
3. …show more content…
Reflections about second clinical day.
The second clinical day was a great experience since I met with nursing staffs and successfully interviewed the patient. The staffs there were very supportive: they gave us a short orientation about the NIH and psychiatric units; then three of us were introduced to the alcoholic unit. The nurse educator helped us pick the appropriate patients, guided us how to find the patient admission history, psychosocial history and diagnosis. At the post conference, I learned from Dr. Ashby and my peers. In the coming week, it would be very helpful if we can discuss how the clinical research was conducted in the units? And why these research are important? What’s are they excited about their