Reflection Journal
On Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 I continued my preceptorship by going to B6. Mrs. Colleen Hardee was having some family issues so my preceptor was Pam who is the clinical director. The mission statement of the hospital is, "To improve the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve while providing exceptional and compassionate care." I stepped on the floor at 0755 and stayed until 1430. When I got there I went straight to Mrs. Pam’s office and said immediately said we had a long day ahead of us.
My objectives of the day were to discuss the rest of the questions that I had not been able to ask. The first question we discussed was budget development. Factors influencing budget, managing the budget, managing resources …show more content…
She said she was just making sure the payroll was good for the week and then would call people if they hadn’t done it correctly. During the morning the explained the it was going to be an eventful day. She told me about a reprimand that needed to happen later in the day. This was an example of a problem/solving situation but extended throughout the day. She went into further detail and handed me an email that was given to her supervisor. In summarization, an employee was documenting that she was giving IV medication when she wasn’t. While I was sitting in the room, two charge nurses came in with more IV medication. At that point they asked me to leave. This was my frustration of the day because I really wanted to know what was going on. It was also a frustration because I ended up staying out in the hallway for about thirty minutes before she came out to talk to me. After she came back out, she told me she was going to have to go back in there, and so she sent me back to the neurology ICU. While I was on the unit, I helped the physical therapy. I helped her do couple exercises with the patient and then went to sit back down. When I realized it was about lunchtime, I went back to ask Mrs. Pam if I could take lunch and she said that would be
On Wednesday, October 7th, 2015 I continued my preceptorship by going to B6. Mrs. Colleen Hardee was having some family issues so my preceptor was Pam who is the clinical director. The mission statement of the hospital is, "To improve the health and wellbeing of the communities we serve while providing exceptional and compassionate care." I stepped on the floor at 0755 and stayed until 1430. When I got there I went straight to Mrs. Pam’s office and said immediately said we had a long day ahead of us.
My objectives of the day were to discuss the rest of the questions that I had not been able to ask. The first question we discussed was budget development. Factors influencing budget, managing the budget, managing resources …show more content…
She said she was just making sure the payroll was good for the week and then would call people if they hadn’t done it correctly. During the morning the explained the it was going to be an eventful day. She told me about a reprimand that needed to happen later in the day. This was an example of a problem/solving situation but extended throughout the day. She went into further detail and handed me an email that was given to her supervisor. In summarization, an employee was documenting that she was giving IV medication when she wasn’t. While I was sitting in the room, two charge nurses came in with more IV medication. At that point they asked me to leave. This was my frustration of the day because I really wanted to know what was going on. It was also a frustration because I ended up staying out in the hallway for about thirty minutes before she came out to talk to me. After she came back out, she told me she was going to have to go back in there, and so she sent me back to the neurology ICU. While I was on the unit, I helped the physical therapy. I helped her do couple exercises with the patient and then went to sit back down. When I realized it was about lunchtime, I went back to ask Mrs. Pam if I could take lunch and she said that would be