When I had my clinical experience, there was a patient who had just had his left knee amputated and could no longer enjoy the activities that he once participated in. He used to work as a CNA at a VA hospital and enjoyed taking care of the patients there. However he could no longer participate in that due to his condition. I did my assessment on the patient and took his vitals, and reported it off to the nurse. During…
Kyle McLaughlin Professor Goran Integrating Experience 1 11/4/2020 Wellness Goals Exemplar At the beginning of the semester, I set the goal to feel connected to a force greater than myself. I felt that this goal was important to me because it would increase my drive, as well as motivation to complete my coursework and feel excited to attend clinical each week. It was important to me to feel that sense of progression from completing my coursework, as with each assignment…
The Effect of Empathy and Compassion on Client Care Kyle McLaughlin University of New England 1 Throughout my life, I have always been close to my grandmother. She always has been supportive of my goals and my education, and would talk to me a lot about what my hopes and dreams were. She would inspire me based on the experiences that she had as a special education teacher and she always told me that, “If I loved what I did…
There were a few safety concerns I noticed during my reconciliation of the examined patients medications. I noticed that the patient was on a statin and found that some statins are not the safest for use in diabetics after doing some research. With further research, I discovered that Lovastatin, the medication that my patient was on, was safer for use in clients with diabetes than other statins. Another medication that I was concerned about in regards to the clients diabetes…
