The Function Of Student Nurse - 1752 Words

Monday, October 19th: Today I was at Moses Cone renal floor in the role of student nurse. I had two patients. One patient was a patient I have had before who went to hemodialysis. My other patient I had not had before, and she was admitted because her salivary glands were swollen and infected. My past patient went to hemodialysis at 7:45 right after I got report and introduced myself to her as my student nurse. I was able to go see her in hemodialysis. The nurse who was working with her explained to me who hemodialysis works. He had a little bit of a cultural/language barrier and it was difficult to understand exactly what he was explaining. I was able to understand a little bit about how to monitor your patient and make adjustments.†¦show more content†¦She was on a dysphagia 1 diet and was receiving her pills crushed in applesauce. She wasn’t tolerating it well because it was so bitter. Since I observed her eating her breakfast without any problems, and since the o rder to crush her pills was a nursing order, we tried her on swallowing pills with water. She did really well with this, so I spoke with her nurse about changing her order. This nursing intervention we implemented deals specifically with learning outcome #2 which talks about analyzing nursing interventions as they relate to health promotion in the older adult. The intervention we implemented promoted our patient’s comfort and also led to decreased gagging and greater adherence to taking medications. Another less critical intervention I implemented were daily cares such as bathing, ambulating, and changing her gown. These were also interventions for comfort and that contributed to the patient feeling better about herself which will lead to healing. My personal goals for this week at Moses Cone were: I will help another student with one of their tasks by the end of the day. I will make a discharge plan or discuss with my nurse what discharge planning looks like before leaving. I will introduce myself to my patients with my nurse. My patient goals are: My patients will be able to explain what they need to do upon discharge to maintain health. My patients will state a non-medicinal therapy that can be used in their treatment before the end of the day. My