Practicum Imperfections
Today it was another busy day. For the first 2 hours of the shift, we had walk ins. I saw altogether 7 patient independently. It is hard to believe that I have only 2 more week left to finish my practicum hours. I started as a naïve nurse practitioner student and now I find myself more confident in collecting history, doing physical exam, ordering diagnostic testing, differential diagnosis and creating plan. It has been wonderful learning opportunity for me with a great preceptor and working environment. The reason for the visits were hives, possible sinus infection, HTN and hyperlipidemia follow up, swollen foot, lower leg pain, lower back pain, stomach pain and crohn’s disease. Patient with hives was given prednisone for 6 days at urgent