Clinical Experience On A Medical Surgical Floor Reflection

This is a reflective essay based on my experience of participating in delivery of anaesthetic and surgical care to a patient undergoing abdominal hysterectomy under general and regional anaesthesia.

Clinical experience on a medical surgical floor reflection. Week three med surg journal by leigh ann tatnall sn experience. One day two births first time on the ob floor. Medical surgical nurse manager. As a loudspeaker announcement projected over the woman s screams and nurses and doctors rushed in response i instinctively clasped my hands behind my back.

Due to this learning experience my clinical skill on surgical wound management was further enhanced. My patient was a 73 year old male that had just undergone a facet injection for lower back pain and left sided sciatica. He had a history of atrial fibrillation coronary artery disease hypertension hyperlipidemia type ii diabetes renal insufficiency and a high psa. Oversee the daily operations of 3 medical surgical units to ensure smooth and efficient patient care management.

Daily leadership rounding of patients and staff to ensure quality care. Clinical experience reflection journal name. In administering fundamental and basic medical surgical nursing care to assigned clients. Through this experience i have utilized reflection to aid me in attaining an optimum level of learning by not only focusing on my knowledge but most especially on the positive changes that i ve achieved with my skills.

Going forward with my clinical experience i remind myself that i am a student and that the whole purpose of my clinical experience is to learn and become better. I think it is best that this reflection writing is happening a few days after my first clinical day as a nursing student. Don t get me wrong there is huge value in physically writing down your feelings and emotions immediately after a new experience but this time i think i needed a few days to let my thoughts about the day really sink in. Clinical experience is a requirement for higher education.

It s true that shadowing is great experience as it. By now i feel like i have experienced it all but i know i have only seen a small fraction of what the realities of nursing are. By akinyemi akintaro 0711964 dip of he odp enhanced theatre practice ope09 1 reflection on the learning contract. I am only a second semester nursing student.

If there is one lesson to gain from reading about my experiences it should be that the success of a clinical whether a preceptorship or group experience is entirely what the student makes of it. I performed my assessment and. With only four days of clinical under my belt i have become very comfortable with kids and their families who range from being very easy going to extremely nervous and in need of reassurance. As a third year medical student i was on my six week clinical rotation in obstetrics and gynecology and it was day one of the two week portion on the labor and delivery floor.