Fourth Block clinicals...I'm finishing my last block of nursing, really? It's time to reflect here wow it's gone by quickly but it's very intense at times. This past week (Thursday, Friday and Saturday) was my clinical rotation at Maricopa Medical Center. (Fourth Block's main focus is critical care nursing)
I worked in the ER and the Surgical ICU. My clinical instructor asked what my weaknesses and strengths were for my student evaluation...what my weakness? Well my charting is something I hope to learn and improve on...and feeling how much freedom or not much freedom as to what to do as a student -- is always intimidating and learning the new department like the ER where things are...my strengths are being teachable, asking questions, and trying to talk to the patient with their best interests in mind. A blesssing about my clinicals this week was how much Kim Denault's and my friendship has grown. We know each other so much better in a sense we both can laugh at ourselves and we both have a weakness of whinning but we both try and catch each other on it. I pray that as much as I can learn from my textbooks I can apply that knowledge in my career as a nurse. I always pray the morning of my clinicals that I will be safe in my practice and able to accomplish and learn much.