What I Learned In My Clinical Experience
1. Describe a situation that you had in clinical that was directly related to content you discussed in one of your classes. Address whether what you experienced was congruent with what you have learned in class, or whether there was incongruency. If there was an incongruency: Why do you think the difference exist? When theory and practice are not congruent how does it affect the care your patient receives (in your particular situation)?
a. One thing that was the same in my clinical experience was the roles that the different surgical personnel had. The surgeon performed the surgery. The surgical technician helped out the surgeon. The scrub nurse made the sterile field, and she handed the surgeon the different instruments he requested. …show more content…
The most difficult learning experience from today was related to the tracheostomy. This procedure was performed on a ten year old little girl. Even though the nurse said she had many more problems related to her airway, it was still sad to see. When I was told that I was going to be watching a tracheostomy, I imagined a middle aged, maybe elderly patient. However, when I showed up into the operating room, it was ten year old little girl. That was definitely difficult because it made me think about all the stress that the family have to go through and how that would have affected my family if the same thing had happened to me.
6. Evaluate teaching that you carried out during this clinical experience, the methods used to facilitate learning environment, etc.
a. I was not able to teach in this environment because I was not very knowledgeable about any of the surgeries that were occurring. However, my nurse did this for one of the patients. He made sure the patient and the family knew what was happening. To facilitate the learning environment, my nurse made the environment quiet. He also asked questions at the end to make sure that they were not confused about anything.
7. Select one question each week from Question for Reflective Practice on the following page and write a brief
a. One thing that was the same in my clinical experience was the roles that the different surgical personnel had. The surgeon performed the surgery. The surgical technician helped out the surgeon. The scrub nurse made the sterile field, and she handed the surgeon the different instruments he requested. …show more content…
The most difficult learning experience from today was related to the tracheostomy. This procedure was performed on a ten year old little girl. Even though the nurse said she had many more problems related to her airway, it was still sad to see. When I was told that I was going to be watching a tracheostomy, I imagined a middle aged, maybe elderly patient. However, when I showed up into the operating room, it was ten year old little girl. That was definitely difficult because it made me think about all the stress that the family have to go through and how that would have affected my family if the same thing had happened to me.
6. Evaluate teaching that you carried out during this clinical experience, the methods used to facilitate learning environment, etc.
a. I was not able to teach in this environment because I was not very knowledgeable about any of the surgeries that were occurring. However, my nurse did this for one of the patients. He made sure the patient and the family knew what was happening. To facilitate the learning environment, my nurse made the environment quiet. He also asked questions at the end to make sure that they were not confused about anything.
7. Select one question each week from Question for Reflective Practice on the following page and write a brief