My exposure to the medical profession has been in the form of working with patients in a free care clinic. Being the first of four children, I have learned to venture into new territories on my own without any help and to pass my knowledge to my younger siblings. As a result, I have acquired the ability to help and work with people one-on-one. While working at Mythic Pediatrics, I have observed Dr. XX respectfully and patiently explaining her diagnosis of an illness to children’s parents in simple terms that they understood. I also saw how she was able to use her native language to communicate with patients who did not know any English. I, too, have such an advantage; being of Pakistani descent, I can communicate fluently in Urdu as well as …show more content…
The first thought that went through my mind was how I would take his height and weight. He clearly was not able to stand, and I was conscious of not wanting to embarrass him. Looking back through the old visit sheets, I found no previous record of his height and weight ever being recorded. However, I did not want to treat him any differently as a patient because of his disability where it wasn’t necessary. Then I realized that I could easily acquire the two measurements with the help of the boy’s father. The boy’s father verified that he picked the boy up out of his wheelchair at home to bathe him and put him into bed, so I asked if he would be willing to pick up his son and get on the scale with him. I then took the weight of the two together on the scale, then weighed the father separately, and calculated the patient’s weight by subtracting the father’s. To determine the boy’s height, I had him lie down on an examination table and used a measuring tape. This encounter with this particular patient and his father, who were delighted to be treated with respect despite the boy’s disability, was an important one for me that helped
... measure. They will not want the hassle of remembering two different measurements throughout their lives. Americans are not very stubborn and are willing enough to change to a simpler system of measurements.
immovable. As he took notice of me, I climbed upon his knee. He sighed and
Another resident assistant that I interviewed was Patrick Fullerton who serves Blanton Hall. His attention to carrying out the position in its entirety showed how I will also need to prioritize my commitments. A resident assistant is first a student and a worker second, so being able to carry out the demands of a RA but acknowledging that school is equally as important is crucial. Patrick’s excitement about encouraging residents exploration of the campus and the Red Hawk experience showed how a resident assistant’s job is never ending. You’re always recreating new ways to redefine the experience at MSU worthwhile especially for first-year and younger students. He spoke so proudly about the various programs, either social or educational, that
We have learned about lung sounds, bowel sounds, heart sounds in lecture and I got to listen for them on a real person today and it was different than the sim lab and neat. I also got to put an IV in today and when we were in sim lab we lectured over that and practiced. I was very nervous before entering the room, but the patient was grateful enough to let me a, student, stick her so I made sure when I entered that room my nerves could not be seen. When I practiced in sim, even on the arm, I was super shaky. Giving the IV today in clinical my hand was steady, and I stuck her once and I went a little too far through the vein, so my preceptor told me to back out a little and lower the needle toward the skin then advance and I got a flash of blood.
I was able to shadow a physician and a nurse at my current placement in Family Medicine.
weighing in at more than two hundred and thirty pounds. He has a black, rough-
Measure the child's chest around the fullest part. And place the measuring tape close under the arms. Ensure the tape is flat across the back.
Day two: on arrival to 3N at 530 am our clinical instructor handed as the RN patient report to see if anything had changed from yesterday. My second day was less stressful than my first because I had an idea of what is required. I was assigned to stay the same patient. I was more comfortable providing patient care and medication administration without feeling much pressure because I got to review my patient’s medication over the night before my second day. On my second I was also a little bit more settled than my first day, I was able to spend more time caring for my patient. I had completed safety check on my patient and witnessed the dose of insulin and heparin with another RN nurse before administering, double checking medication and
This weekend I was paired up with a nurse from the floating pull. It was a very interesting experience. For the first time since the beginning of the semester I can say that I was faced with a lot of critical thinking situations. I spend the day running around reminding my nurse of things he forgot or task we had to finish. It was already 2:00 pm and I still hadn’t performed an assessment on a patient, at this point I remember what Mrs. McAdams had said before “ we are in the hospital to help but our main priority is to learn and practice our skills” so I made the critical-thinking decision to tell my nurse that I needed to at least complete an assessment and since we were about to discharged a patient I could performed a final assessment on him before going home. I performed my assessment, had time to document and helped my nurse with the discharged. This weekend was a very challenging clinical for me but I also learned a lot. I learned to managed my time better, be proactive in my clinical experience and I also found my voice.
The body mass index of the patient is 59.4. Body mass index is a measure of body fat using the height and weight of the patient. Calculating the BMI is completed by dividing the weight in kilograms by the height in meters squared.
If in some cases, the measure of the height cannot be obtained, the use of forearm length (ulna) can c...
Webster-Mirriam defines stature as the natural height (as of an individual) in an upright position. Estimating stature is important for individualization in forensic cases and mass disasters. Along with assessments of age, sex, and ancestry, stature estimation assists a forensic anthropologist in building the biological profile of an unidentified decedent (DiGangi, Moore). Research has shown that measurement of the lengths of the long bones is the most useful for estimation of living stature of an individual when the full skeleton is not available (DiGangi, Moore). According to DiGangi and Moore, the following generalizations can be made when considering stature estimation:
Essentially, genetics can be a very useful and important role in determining the growth of a person. If a boy or girl has short parents then they will most likely be short as well. The opposite is possible as well. If one parent is tall and the other short then it can be somewhat difficult to tell if the child while be short or tall unless additional information can be observed, such as genetics.
I began taking advanced placement classes to challenge myself, to be the best I can be. Although it was difficult to maintain good grades, practice 10 hours a week for the swim team, and working a part-time job, I enjoyed the push and the outcome I received at the end. Due to wanting to be in the Medical field, I took Honors Anatomy and Physiology in order to learn more about the human body; prepare myself for the memorization and the use of note cards. All the information felt like my head was bottled up, I wanted to enjoy my high school years, because “they pass by so fast, make the best of them” my brother would constantly say to me but failed to mention if I really wanted to do what I loved, I had to let all that go and focus on school; which became my biggest responsibility. There were times where I just wanted to take the easy way out and drop the class, but I knew no good would come from that; instead I balanced out my schedule by prioritizing my time between school, practice and work.
5 foot 9 inches, light brown skin, and he had a thick body, and black hair. Aaron would always help out a