CLS Assessment

2015 - 2016 - Clinical Learning Summary Assessment

NURS 151 Practical Nursing Practice 2 (PN, 12-Jan-2016 - 07-May-2016)

Student : Maria Guineva Galvey

Clinical Teacher/Preceptor : Zaynab Panchbhaya
Program Coordinator : Wendy Chow
Location : William Osler Health Centre/Brampton Civic Hospital
Placement Setting : Agency
Unit/Office/Clinic : N3 ACE
I declare that this is my original work and the sources used are acknowledged.

1 Strengths in clinical practice (in relation to course abilities/outcomes).

M.G.G. : 1. I can take a full set of vital signs and recognize a strange number within my patient's vital signs, that could put them in risk. Through the

correct method of taking vital signs, I can recognize and set my nursing priorities for my patient. It also helps me in giving medications such

antihypertensive meds, antipyretic meds, etc., without putting my patient at risk for adverse effects.

2. Communication and Rapport. I am able to communicate with my patient and walk them through in any procedure or assessment that I am doing. In

this case, I am involving them in their care, actually asking for consent and building trust and relationship with my patient making them more

cooperative and attentive to their regimen. In addition to that, I also make sure that whatever assessment, procedure or results that I am doing or

getting is that I will be reporting it to my primary nurse. In this case, I am building relationship with them and not overpowering them over the patient's

care.

2 Areas of clinical practice to continue to develop.

M.G.G. : 1. I will continue to be familiar with medications that are usually used and administered on patients. With that said, I will be bale to recognize

the do's and dont's for each medications. I will also be able to know what lab values to be aware of before administering a medication.

2. Ausculation. I haven't had a patient who had any adventitious sound or abnormal heart sounds that I will be able to listen to. I want to continue to

develop this skill because it would be really helpful if when doing a head to toe assessment.

3. Nursing priorities. I want to develop the skill that will help me prioritize what to assess for in my client regarding their diagnosis. As of now, we are

always doing a head to toe assessment for our clients to get used to it but in most cases we have to do a specify and prioritize a specific system

assessment based on the client's diagnosis.

3 Effective learning strategies in clinical practice.

M.G.G. : 1. I can strengthen my auscultation skill I want to develop by watch video skills from Evolve. Listening to youtube videos for sounds (heart

and breathing). I can also auscultate my family members for heart and breathing sound and recognize if there are any abnormal sounds and lastly, I

will try to look for a patient that have wheezing, crackles, etc., that I could listen to, to be familiar with the sound.

2. Read our theory notes that would help me figure out what to prioritize based on the diagnosis of my patient. Moreover, I will always check my

patient's Kardex for any nurses' charts that are relevant about her diagnosis.

3. Regarding with the medications, I will review the notes from pharmacology class, and would look in my medication research that I went through

since the first week of clinicals.

Submitted Date: 31-Jan-2016 18:04