Sunday, September 12, 2010
Clinical 1- WMO
I was very nervous about my first clinical. It was such a rushed morning and I wasn't used to driving in the dark so early. But by the time I got to WMO and met my patient all of my nerves went away. The minute I went into his room he was just chatting away about his childhood and then went on to show me all of the degrees he has earned. He has continued his education through 2007. I was impressed! I think it's wonderful to keep your mind sharp like that. When it came time for us to leave he was stalling reading his poetry and I think he was upset to see us go. It made me a little sad. I think I'm going to have a problem getting very attached to my patients and when something goes wrong I know I"ll have a hard time dealing with it. At least now I shouldn't be quite as nervous for clinical #2!
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I know that i will have a problem getting attached as well. I think it is something that we will for sure acclimate to in some ways....But for instance, and I don't mean to upset you, but the reality is that it is a possibility that you may have that nurse-patient relationship with someone as great and interesting as your patient was, and then he may pass away.
ReplyDeleteI am worried about my overzealous sentimental-ness in general...But i know that my sensitivity is going to make this a challenge for me. I am especially nervous about finding myself in that situation and dealing with family... But i know that with knowledge and experience i will compose myself, and be prepared.
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OH YEAH, and on a lighter note, I think it should be beneficial for us, if nothing else, to go over the objectives with Jen at the end of lab tomorrow. I am still trudging my way through them... I dont know why the gathering of information takes me SO LONG! but i have been enjoying learning the information in the chapters...Especially getting into the Nursing process stuff because i know that that will be a sort of nursing school bible for us.
I heard you did really well on the midterm, Jessica. Congratulations! I know you worked really hard! :)
ReplyDeleteYeah, I think it will be hard not to get attached to patients or upset when they are not responding the way we would like with treatment. I'm sure with more experience we will learn how to handle it beter or know which niche to get into. Thanks for your input :)
That is so cool that your patient continued his education to 2007. That's awesome. It is very easy to get attached to your patients. I am strongly attached to some of my patients and my contact with them is 5 min at the most. What makes the attachment stronger is I always try to build a rapport with people I am about to jab a needle into so I try to make an impression and when my patients have standing orders that cause them to visit often we just build off of that. I have had a lot of people that wont let anyone but me touch them! So far I have lost three patients and it hurts so i couldn't imagine if I were taking care of them on a daily basis. I will have to learn how to cope when I will be dealing with it on a higher scale...:(
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