The Emergency Life
Learning Report
1. Responsiblites: Emergency nurses specialize in assessing, intervening and stabilizing a variety of trauma and illnesses with decisive action.
2. I learned the steps or observed the steps taken when a patient walks in to the E.R., transportated by ambulance and arrived, and when a patient comes back from testing.
3. The best thing that happened was that I got to see the treatment of a homeless patient, a stroke patient, and a patient throwing up blood.
4. Nothing bad happened.
5. There was no mistake
6. Overall: Good- I got to see and experience a lot. The hospital staff was very recepetive of me, and was very willingly to let me jump in. They also were very good about after preforming a procedure they explained it to me. I learned a lot, and was very excited about the time I had there.
Learning Experience
1. The technology I observed was an E.K.G. and an X-Ray. They have a tech that comes in and does the testing. An E.K.G. is a test that checks for problems with the electrical activity of your heart. An EKG translates the heart's electrical activity into line tracings on paper. The spikes and dips in the line tracings are called waves. An X-Ray is an electromagnetic wave high energy and very short wavelength, which to pass through many materials opaque to light.
2. With the patient regurgitating blood, since he walked into the E.R. I got to witness the questions and timeline of the patient's history. I was able to see how the medical professionals listened to the patient, and really pined pointed the right information that they needed. After coming up with 2 main ideas of the patients chief complaint.
3. With the stroke patient, in his medical history it stated that he had a a stroke in the past and is very receptacle of having stokes in the future. After, he came from a C.T. Scan I observed the E.R. Nurse diagnosing the problem. You could really tell that the patient had a stroke, so the patient and the nurse came up with a plan. In result, they would together tell the family the plan and the steps to get the patient back to stable condition would begin.
4. I observed 3 main patients. The first patient woke was vomitting blood at home and was continuing while in the E.R. room. That patient had a history of 2 cancers, but no other medical diseases or disorders. The second patient was a homeless patient. With that patient I only witnessed taking his blood. Due to the fact that it could turn in to an unsafe environment. The third patient was the Stroke patient. A stroke is a sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion caused by rupture or obstruction (as by a clot) of a blood vessel of the brain.
5. There wasn't any used.
6. I loved the E.R. floor. They were very receptive of me, and very willingly to let me learn and ask questions. It took a while for the floor to start getting busy, but in that time they talked to me about what has happened, their favorite part, and other hospitals. It was a great time and experience, but people need to know is that you are not going to have the same experience unless you take your education into your own hands.
Journal
When I first started to head to the E.R. I got lost, lucky another student found me and helped me. When I finally arrived and I walked in, you could smell coffee, heard laughing, and beeping of monitors. The Nursing Station had several nurses around checking on patients and visiting. They were very welcoming, and talked to me about the unit. There was a portable X-Ray machine in one room that was easily to get to and move around. When patients started coming in I saw the use of an E.KG., the X-Ray machine, and the taking of blood.
When the Nurse I was following started to treat the patients I observed the way that the whole E.R. really works together. It was a great learning expeirnce to see how the tech, the nurses, and the doctor all work together in one room. I was just sitting there watch all these health care professional amazed. When one of the patient's ex-wives arrived I got see how the nurses handled the family situation. She was very kind and thankful for all that they were doing for her ex-husband. I saw several Therapeutic and Diagnostic proceduces done. I saw the drawing of blood, the E.K.G, and the portable X-Ray machine. It was very cool to see how fast they all go and how the patient can say one thing and then the doctor will change his thoughts of what is wrong. It was very cool.
I learned so much on this unit. I learned how to handle so many situations and procedures, and skills that are needed to really diagnois the problem. Like I said before, the nurses would handle a situation and then later described me why they did that test and what that test will tell them. The Nurse told me that people on this unit sometimes get burned out but later will come back. For a student they need to understand that you need to be able to jump right in. They will help you don't get me wrong,but if you want to see something or something like that you really have to take it in to your hands. I really understand now that my education when it comes to or clincal rotataions is really in my hands. The health care professionals liked how much I liked being there. For like the first 15 minutes we talked about E.R. shows, and injuries I have seen being an athletic trainer. It was a a great educational experience.
I think I have said this a million times on this blog, but I have truly had the best time on the E.R. unit. Not just for educational, but also personal experience. I have watched Grey's Anatomy, New York Med, and Untold Stories of Life in the E.R. and for someone to have watched those shows for years and then fianlly you get to see it is a great feeling. When I came back to our classes meeting spot I and the biggest grin on my face. I had that smile on my face all day. It was great cause I left there knowing that even I didn't help out a lot but that I was a part of their first steps heading toward getting back to a stable condition. The professionals there were great, and they were very willingly to let me be in rooms and listen and take notes. I had a great experience, and I am so blessed that I was able to go and that kind of experience.
2. With the patient regurgitating blood, since he walked into the E.R. I got to witness the questions and timeline of the patient's history. I was able to see how the medical professionals listened to the patient, and really pined pointed the right information that they needed. After coming up with 2 main ideas of the patients chief complaint.
3. With the stroke patient, in his medical history it stated that he had a a stroke in the past and is very receptacle of having stokes in the future. After, he came from a C.T. Scan I observed the E.R. Nurse diagnosing the problem. You could really tell that the patient had a stroke, so the patient and the nurse came up with a plan. In result, they would together tell the family the plan and the steps to get the patient back to stable condition would begin.
4. I observed 3 main patients. The first patient woke was vomitting blood at home and was continuing while in the E.R. room. That patient had a history of 2 cancers, but no other medical diseases or disorders. The second patient was a homeless patient. With that patient I only witnessed taking his blood. Due to the fact that it could turn in to an unsafe environment. The third patient was the Stroke patient. A stroke is a sudden diminution or loss of consciousness, sensation, and voluntary motion caused by rupture or obstruction (as by a clot) of a blood vessel of the brain.
5. There wasn't any used.
6. I loved the E.R. floor. They were very receptive of me, and very willingly to let me learn and ask questions. It took a while for the floor to start getting busy, but in that time they talked to me about what has happened, their favorite part, and other hospitals. It was a great time and experience, but people need to know is that you are not going to have the same experience unless you take your education into your own hands.
Journal
When I first started to head to the E.R. I got lost, lucky another student found me and helped me. When I finally arrived and I walked in, you could smell coffee, heard laughing, and beeping of monitors. The Nursing Station had several nurses around checking on patients and visiting. They were very welcoming, and talked to me about the unit. There was a portable X-Ray machine in one room that was easily to get to and move around. When patients started coming in I saw the use of an E.KG., the X-Ray machine, and the taking of blood.
When the Nurse I was following started to treat the patients I observed the way that the whole E.R. really works together. It was a great learning expeirnce to see how the tech, the nurses, and the doctor all work together in one room. I was just sitting there watch all these health care professional amazed. When one of the patient's ex-wives arrived I got see how the nurses handled the family situation. She was very kind and thankful for all that they were doing for her ex-husband. I saw several Therapeutic and Diagnostic proceduces done. I saw the drawing of blood, the E.K.G, and the portable X-Ray machine. It was very cool to see how fast they all go and how the patient can say one thing and then the doctor will change his thoughts of what is wrong. It was very cool.
I learned so much on this unit. I learned how to handle so many situations and procedures, and skills that are needed to really diagnois the problem. Like I said before, the nurses would handle a situation and then later described me why they did that test and what that test will tell them. The Nurse told me that people on this unit sometimes get burned out but later will come back. For a student they need to understand that you need to be able to jump right in. They will help you don't get me wrong,but if you want to see something or something like that you really have to take it in to your hands. I really understand now that my education when it comes to or clincal rotataions is really in my hands. The health care professionals liked how much I liked being there. For like the first 15 minutes we talked about E.R. shows, and injuries I have seen being an athletic trainer. It was a a great educational experience.
I think I have said this a million times on this blog, but I have truly had the best time on the E.R. unit. Not just for educational, but also personal experience. I have watched Grey's Anatomy, New York Med, and Untold Stories of Life in the E.R. and for someone to have watched those shows for years and then fianlly you get to see it is a great feeling. When I came back to our classes meeting spot I and the biggest grin on my face. I had that smile on my face all day. It was great cause I left there knowing that even I didn't help out a lot but that I was a part of their first steps heading toward getting back to a stable condition. The professionals there were great, and they were very willingly to let me be in rooms and listen and take notes. I had a great experience, and I am so blessed that I was able to go and that kind of experience.
ER is a very exciting unit. It can be very stressful at times but extremely interesting. You have to be on your toes. If I had to do it all over again, i might have ended up in the ER.
ReplyDeleteThat's why I was thinking about doing ER
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