Today was my first day of acute care for ClinEd II. I can’t believe I’m out on clinical again! It
seems like it has been such a long time since I was able to be with real
patients. I was nervous, but not as nervous as before I started my first
clinical. This time I felt confident that I could interact with patients and
was more nervous about getting there early, having a good CI and liking my
placement.
Lucky for me, I did all those things. I got a quick orientation as
far as being introduced to everyone and my CI oriented me to the electronic
documentation system as well as our orders for the day. We ended up seeing six
patients. This is a huge difference from out-patient when I was used to seeing
10-13 patients. It seemed slow, but we weren't really sitting around doing
nothing either.
I came home a little worried because I am really hoping that I
like this experience and I had an “ok” day. Nothing horrible happened, but
nothing really exciting happened. But, I am keeping my hopes up that I will
begin to like it more as I get used to how everything works. My CI was really
good about explaining everything to me and told me she obviously doesn’t expect
me to remember everything all at once. I observed for most of the day, but did
get to assist with a couple people with walking. I felt fairly comfortable and
I’m definitely ready to jump in, but I was also glad that my CI did not throw
me to the wolves and instead allowed me to observe and get used to how everything
works.
So, here's to hoping things can only go up from here!
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