Nursing
Growing up most of my family worked in the medical field. My mom, aunts and uncles were in the medical field having careers such as nursing, paramedics, and therapist. I always knew I wanted to be in the medical field since I was little, I would always play doctor with stuffed animals and dolls and I would always be interested when my mom came home. When I was little my dad got sick in the military and progressively got worse throughout his life, we always had home health care nurses in and out of the house 24 hours a day. My aunts and uncles were also nurses and paramedics, when I saw them I always had questions to ask. To me the medical field is something that is very fascinating and a good way to help give back to others.
My mom was an LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) and she worked in multiple places, she worked in the hospital, nursing home and I would always ask her questions such as “did anything exciting happen at work today?”, “did you do …show more content…
During my experience of shadowing the nurse I was able to see many different patients from many different variations of medical programs. While at the hospital I was able to see a patient with a high glucose level also called hyperglycemia. This patient had a glucose level of 830 mg which is dangerously high the normal blood glucose level is around 100 mg. I learned how to deal with patients who are verbal, meaning they only respond to verbal commands such as opening the eyes or looking at you when you call their name. I learned the levels of the alertness A is alert, they can respond and answer questions and are not confused. V is verbal, they can respond to verbal commands but will not talk back and will see confused. P is for pain, they will respond to painful stimuli such as a nail bed test or a sternum rub, they will most likely be passed out. U is unresponsive, unresponsive is when the patient does not respond to any of the above levels of
Growing up most of my family worked in the medical field. My mom, aunts and uncles were in the medical field having careers such as nursing, paramedics, and therapist. I always knew I wanted to be in the medical field since I was little, I would always play doctor with stuffed animals and dolls and I would always be interested when my mom came home. When I was little my dad got sick in the military and progressively got worse throughout his life, we always had home health care nurses in and out of the house 24 hours a day. My aunts and uncles were also nurses and paramedics, when I saw them I always had questions to ask. To me the medical field is something that is very fascinating and a good way to help give back to others.
My mom was an LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) and she worked in multiple places, she worked in the hospital, nursing home and I would always ask her questions such as “did anything exciting happen at work today?”, “did you do …show more content…
During my experience of shadowing the nurse I was able to see many different patients from many different variations of medical programs. While at the hospital I was able to see a patient with a high glucose level also called hyperglycemia. This patient had a glucose level of 830 mg which is dangerously high the normal blood glucose level is around 100 mg. I learned how to deal with patients who are verbal, meaning they only respond to verbal commands such as opening the eyes or looking at you when you call their name. I learned the levels of the alertness A is alert, they can respond and answer questions and are not confused. V is verbal, they can respond to verbal commands but will not talk back and will see confused. P is for pain, they will respond to painful stimuli such as a nail bed test or a sternum rub, they will most likely be passed out. U is unresponsive, unresponsive is when the patient does not respond to any of the above levels of