My Greatest Challenges And Accomplishments In Clinical
My Greatest Challenges and Accomplishments in Clinical Clinical has progressively gotten better for me because I gained more hands-on experience. My greatest challenges so far have been thinking appropriately in a quick amount of time and taking initiative. All of my challenges will make me stronger and more confident in the Long-Term Care setting. More so, I’ve had accomplishments in the setting which have made me more sure of myself. I believe it’s important to learn from the challenges, rather than thinking of it as a doom. Nurses are going to be facing difficult situations, but we have to learn to think appropriately and do the best we can. Actually performing the skills on real patients rather than mannequins is a little different. Even practicing on students in class is different from helping the patients in real life because it is more nerve-wracking. The same concept applies to the challenge of taking initiative. I felt more comfortable having another peer work with me the first time on having a resident use the bedpan. After the first time doing a skill, I had a little bit more
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I enjoyed the time of talking and getting to know some of the residents. I was able to keep a consistent conversation with my last resident who experienced some feelings of sorrow and sadness because of a loss of her mother who she was really close with. Sometimes it’s enough to listen, understand, and use touch for someone who is hurting. Matthew 5:4-5 states, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” ((New International Version). This makes me think about how much of an impact a nurse can have on someone’s life. If there wasn’t people who were hurting, there would be no compassion. It’s important to support one another as God would do for
I enjoyed the time of talking and getting to know some of the residents. I was able to keep a consistent conversation with my last resident who experienced some feelings of sorrow and sadness because of a loss of her mother who she was really close with. Sometimes it’s enough to listen, understand, and use touch for someone who is hurting. Matthew 5:4-5 states, “Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted. Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth” ((New International Version). This makes me think about how much of an impact a nurse can have on someone’s life. If there wasn’t people who were hurting, there would be no compassion. It’s important to support one another as God would do for