This week at my experience things got even crazier than the last week. The patient that was diagnosed with HIV had returned for a follow up appointment. We were soon notified that he had unprotected sex and had transmitted his disease to someone else. The whole office was completely shocked that someone could do that to someone else and be completely okay with it. Even with the Doctor explaining to the patient that this isn't a disease just to let go and spread to other without them knowing. The patient didn't seem to show much concern and left the office without listening to what the staff had to say. This showed me the concern that the whole staff has for their patients and how they will care for anyone no matter their condition but had also showed me how people can be so care free with not only their lives but others lives as well. After the patient had left I was given the duty to complete all of the flue and prevnar 13 shots for the patients. The best part of this was hearing all of the positive feed back from the patients. Knowing that all my hard work payed off and that I could give injections to patients with little pain.
In some ways I do agree with James because these trophies do give children the idea that they can just show up with little effort and get rewarded. Also, I don't agree with James because his children are very young. An 8 and 6 year old don't often understand what those trophies really mean and end up on a shelf collecting dust. At that age they don't really pay attention to these trophies. Their father shouldn't have gone as far as he did by sending them back but should've explained to his sons that hard work will pay off with real trophies. This week at my experience I had seen many crazy things with new patients coming into the office. I witnessed my first patient with an STD to be tested and diagnosed with a disease. The reaction of the patient to me was very surprising because it was as if they already knew and they weren't nervous at all. After I talked with the doctor about treatment for this disease I was shocked hearing everything needed to control it. After this patient left we were informed that one of our female patients test results showed signs of ovarian cancer. I listened in on the PA call her and explain to her what they had found. I thought this was a good thing for me to watch because of the way she had spoken to the patient about her results. This was something I really took in and will remember for the future because I believe this is crucial in speaking to an ill patient.
I feel that the most important trait to have as an employee is confidence. I feel this is the most important because whether you are working in the medical field or in an office you need to show that you know what you are doing. In my first few days working in the doctors office I was very nervous and didn't show my confidence what so ever. I noticed that this had made my patients very anxious with me in their room. After observing this I decided to change my whole attitude and always walk into a room with complete confidence. This one hundred percent made a difference the first time I walked into a patients room. They were more open and talkative with me and definitely showed they were more comfortable. After this I say hands down this is the most important trait to have. Week 8 has overall been one of the most fun filled weeks I have had at my career experience. After training to give injections I can finally give patients their flue and pneumonia shots. This for sure gave me a new and exciting responsibility that I am so grateful to be trusted with. After becoming comfortable with injections I was then taught how to give a steroid shot. At first, I was uncomfortable because the shot is definitely more serious on how and where you place it. The whole day I sat in on the MA's giving these injections to see how they were properly done. With practice I should be aloud to start them on patients within a few weeks! Being more hands on this week has given me more of an incite on how a nurse would spend her work days. I will for sure be taking this experience with me in my future career.
In the work place, I feel that I have made the lives of the medical assistants way better. With short staff on certain day I will volunteer at any moment to help one of them out. They are constantly thanking me for taking over some of their duties to help them get on with their day. At any opportunity I will bounce at the chance to help out anyone of the girls in the office. Seeing all of the work they put in for their patients made me really want to step up and help them out. Like the doctors, they are also doing anything they can to make a sick patient feel better. I love being apart of that so if that means I stay longer at the office and help out the medical assistants than I will without a doubt stay. This week at my career experience I was given the opportunity to be trained to give intramuscular injections. My mom was the first to step up and be the first real person I could practice on. I learned how to fill the syringe with the proper amount of medication (B12) which my mom gets every two months for a B12 deficiency. After filling the syringe with the medication I then cleaned the area with an alcohol wipe, placed two fingers from her shoulder and put the needle in three fourths of the way inter her muscle. I thought being my first time doing this my mom would complain about it hurting but surprisingly she said she didn't feel it at all. After finally giving a real patient the first injection I have ever done I learned from our PA how to read a pelvic and spinal x-ray. In the x-ray she showed me that the lady it was taken on was actually diagnosed with bone cancer months prior and we could visually see the masses in her x-rays. This week was overall one of the best I have had during this experience.
This week at my career experience I was asked to do some crazy things. After completing an EKG on a patient I took out a high dose flue shot and put on the needle for the MA to give the patient. While waiting for the MA the doctor became antsy and wanted the shot done right away and ordered me to do it! Right away I was excited to be granted permission to do something this interesting but with very little practice and no experience on a patient I refused to do the shot. I was very taken back by the fact that the doctor would allow me to do so with no certification or experience. I refused to do so because if anything were to go wrong I didn't want the doctor to deal with the consequences. After I continued doing new blood tests I have never done before. The MA's showed me how to run a HgA1C and cholesterol test. I learned very soon that these test must be done accurately or the results will fly off the charts.
So far I feel that my goal has been accomplished and I am confident in my work place. My goal was to be less shy around patients and be comfortable bringing them into their rooms. I have successfully completed both of these tasks and will without a doubt continue in doing so. My strongest part of my employer review was being comfortable with patients and my weakest areas were asking more questions. To improve my weakness I will continue to ask as many questions as possible and try to learn every new thing that I can. This week at my experience I decided to follow around our physicians assistant Stephanie. While I was with her I learned the daily tasks of a PA. Every patients we seen she would first go over their chart, perform normal vitals and ask them of their symptoms and how they have been feeling. After watching normal office visits I got to observe a female exam. At first I was uncomfortable with the watching and stayed behind the patient but after sitting in on so many of them throughout the day I became more comfortable. While I was following Stephanie I noticed how many times she washed her hands throughout the day. Many of us would think she is crazy for washing her hands over and over again but after seeing all of the things she is exposed to I would definitely be doing the same.
The character I chose was Dory from Finding Nemo because throughout my childhood her saying '' just keep swimming'' has kept me going through every tough time. The advice given to me by my employer to help me be successful in life was to never give up because once you do you will always regret that you did. These words will empower me through my schooling to get through anything I might not believe I can do. This week was very exciting for me. I finally got to bring in patients on my own, take their vitals and perform any minor tests they needed. In just a few short days I learned how to take X-Rays of the knee, chest and hip. I also learned how to properly inject steroid shots into a patients knee and the effect if has on them after receiving the shot. This week, I also learned how hectic it can be in a healthcare facility. When one doctor gets behind it can cause the whole team to get behind on their work as well. At one point things got crazy people were complaining and doctors were running around everywhere trying to talk to every patient that hasn't be seen yet. Seeing this made me realize you NEED to be on top of your game everyday to get what you need done to keep everyone happy. If the environment was my permanent work place there would only be one thing that I would change. As you can see in the picture the charts left on the counter are all patients who need to be called back. Most of them sit there for a week without being touched or known which doctor it belongs too. I would for sure change the way the staff leave important information around for doctors to get to. I would put in a labeled shelf for each chart to be stored in so that each doctor can see who needs to be called back without the hassle of searching through each chart. This first week at my career experience went I learned so much in such a small amount of time. In ten hours I learned how to properly clean medical equipment, how to give immunizations, and putting away medical charts. On the first day I worked with both the medical assistants and the nurse practitioner. I noticed they all had everything prepared way before their patients got in the room. I helped them set up and sterilize the medical equipment they would be using for each specific patient. For the first week I didn't expect to learn as much as I did. I am extremely excited to go back next week to learn more. In Audri's video I learned the true grit of a little boy who expected there to be more fails than success but still continued to keep going. To me Audri shows more true grit than most children would. After watching the video I was inspired to follow Audri's persistence and I am going to make what I learned an everyday thing for myself. Something that looks difficult at work is bringing in the patients. Yes, I know this sounds ridiculous but for me this has always been a struggle. Being on the shy side is something I want to get past while I am experiencing this career. I will stick with this task until the end to make sure I will feel confident to bring in patients. To make sure I reach this I will push myself to ask if I may bring the patients back without any help. I will show them that I can do it without anyone asking me or pushing me to do it. persistence (http://definr.com/persistence) n 1: the property of a continuous and connected period of time [syn: continuity] 2: persistent determination [syn: doggedness, perseverance, persistency, tenacity, tenaciousness, pertinacity] 3: the act of persevering [syn: perseverance, perseveration] confident (http://definr.com/confident) adj 1: having or marked by confidence or assurance; "a confident speaker"; "a confident reply"; "his manner is more confident these days"; "confident of fulfillment" [ant: unconfident] 2: persuaded of; very sure; "were convinced that it would be to their advantage to join"; "I am positive he is lying"; "was confident he would win" [syn: convinced(p), positive(p), confident(p)] 3: not liable to error in judgment or action; "most surefooted of the statesmen who dealt with the depression"- Walter Lippman; "demonstrates a surefooted storytelling talent"- Michiko Kakutani [syn: surefooted] |
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