Zarephath Reflection

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During my past couple of weeks at Zarephath, I have continued to take vital signs and note patient symptoms and complaints, but I have additionally had the chance to be involved with the clerical aspect of patient care. I have learned that it is imperative to stay organized or one will quickly get overwhelmed—over three hundred patients equates to over three hundred files. Accidentally misplacing a single file can be pretty catastrophic; one time, this one patient’s file was not where it should have been alphabetically so I spent over 30 minutes looking for it with no luck. Essentially, if a volunteer there accidentally places a file in the wrong place, it is lost forever. The importance of organization in clinical care cannot be emphasized

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