Head Toe Assessment Research Paper

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Wow!! I have had two very exciting and educational days in practice this week and getting a chance to see different areas of nursing that I have not yet been exposed to. I am hopeful that the remainder of this rotation will continue to provide me with great learning opportunities. I am appreciating the feedback that has been provided by yourself. You come from a different nursing back ground than my previous instructors and I'm enjoying your knowledge and insight. Thursday was my first time in the OR, to be honest I was excited to have this opportunity but, I was pretty nervous at the same time. I was unsure if I was going to be able to handle watching a surgery. Once I was in the OR the scrub nurse explained everyone's roles in …show more content…

Caring for a pt with a chest tube and uncontrolled pain. I learned a lot that day. I have been reflecting on your tips about my head to toe assessment and I have decided I am going to change the order in which I do things. However if I would have been able to do the chest tube assessment on my own, I would have made it a priority assessment when I initially went into to the pt's room to do my safety check I would not have waited to assess it during my head toe, of course I would have reassessed. This is another reason it's so great that as students that we have the chance to work with so many different instructors as nobody has ever suggested that I could make changes to the way I do my assessment, so thank you! I think I was able to take a small leadership role in asking Harley to give my pt his 0800 meds when I was unable to leave the med room, and knowing that it was more important for the pt to get his Dilaudid, than for me to practice the skill; I asked Harley if he could give the med if my instructor wasn't back within ten minutes. In the past I have felt like if I can't do everything within my scope for my patients that means I'm not doing a good job, but I'm trying to be more mindful that it is okay to call on a team member for

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