Good Evening to my fellow bloggers,
I spent yesterday at Toronto East York General Hospital with my daughter who had day surgery to correct a "clogged" tear duct. The surgery was apparently successful, hopefully we will not have to go back again to redo the procedure. The doctor tried the less invasive procedure first which sometimes is not successful.
As first year nursing students we are taught many things in regards to theory and clinical practice. We are taught that blood pressures are always to be taken without clothing present and we are taught that stethoscopes are to be in our lab coats and not hanging around our necks. Before my daughter went into surgery, the nurse took my daughter's blood pressure on top of her hospital gown which can cause a false reading. After the surgery I was in the recovery room with my daughter, I was amazed that every single nurse in the department was wearing their stethoscopes around their necks, exactly what we are taught not to do.
I'm not trying to criticize other people's practices, but I'm happy to acknowledge that these are practices that I will not use or take into my clinical placement in January.
Tracy Dodge
I spent yesterday at Toronto East York General Hospital with my daughter who had day surgery to correct a "clogged" tear duct. The surgery was apparently successful, hopefully we will not have to go back again to redo the procedure. The doctor tried the less invasive procedure first which sometimes is not successful.
As first year nursing students we are taught many things in regards to theory and clinical practice. We are taught that blood pressures are always to be taken without clothing present and we are taught that stethoscopes are to be in our lab coats and not hanging around our necks. Before my daughter went into surgery, the nurse took my daughter's blood pressure on top of her hospital gown which can cause a false reading. After the surgery I was in the recovery room with my daughter, I was amazed that every single nurse in the department was wearing their stethoscopes around their necks, exactly what we are taught not to do.
I'm not trying to criticize other people's practices, but I'm happy to acknowledge that these are practices that I will not use or take into my clinical placement in January.
Tracy Dodge
2 comments:
Wow, I hope your daughter is doing alright! You must be completely overwhelmed by all of the time you have spent getting your daughter to the right doctors. However, I am really glad she has finally had the operation.
I can only imagine how stressed you must feel by trying to juggle school, as well as a family... Well I am really happy we are together in this program, because you are very wise when it comes to medical knowledge and overall, you are a great friend!
Best of luck with everything!! :)
I find it interesting how much we've all already become nurses. I look around all the time and think of what could go wrong and how I can fix it. I love that you were observing the nurses. Just imagine how it will be when we graduate!!
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