Can you believe we're 1/2 through October? I can't... I still feel like school has just started! My first placement - Orthopedics! - ended on a high note, which has continued to roll into the second rotation. Oddly enough, I'm back at the same hospital, but am now running around a Medicine ward.
It's taking a while for me to get used to working with 'sick' people. I know this sounds funny, but my last rotation in orthopedic surgery was like a well-oiled machine: people choose to have surgery. Care plans/flow sheets are massed produced, 90% of the patients have either their hip or knee replacement, and BOOM, they are in and out within a few days. Rarely is there a complication. Everyone left with a smile. But in Medicine, the patients are are truly sick. Organ failure. Pneumonia. C. diff. COPD. Pancreatitis. MS. Waiting for palliative placement. Some go home, others need long-term care, some pass away. In orthopedics, no one died!! Unfortunately, that's not the case here.
So again, another learning curve. Which is great, however it also plays on the heart strings. In terms of clinical group and Instructor, everything is good so far! Speaking of Instructors, I received a wonderful Final Review from my previous one, confusing me even more after his not-so-hot Midterm Evaluation. However, I'll take it! I took my solid A- and left him and his odd quirks behind.
Anyways. In addition to preparing for a new unit, I'm also getting things in place for my Ecuador trip! Which is such an unbelievable opportunity for me. I'm truly blessed! Lots more will be happening in the weeks to come. You can follow too! Go to: Dani in Quito 2012.
Cheers!
D.
It's taking a while for me to get used to working with 'sick' people. I know this sounds funny, but my last rotation in orthopedic surgery was like a well-oiled machine: people choose to have surgery. Care plans/flow sheets are massed produced, 90% of the patients have either their hip or knee replacement, and BOOM, they are in and out within a few days. Rarely is there a complication. Everyone left with a smile. But in Medicine, the patients are are truly sick. Organ failure. Pneumonia. C. diff. COPD. Pancreatitis. MS. Waiting for palliative placement. Some go home, others need long-term care, some pass away. In orthopedics, no one died!! Unfortunately, that's not the case here.
So again, another learning curve. Which is great, however it also plays on the heart strings. In terms of clinical group and Instructor, everything is good so far! Speaking of Instructors, I received a wonderful Final Review from my previous one, confusing me even more after his not-so-hot Midterm Evaluation. However, I'll take it! I took my solid A- and left him and his odd quirks behind.
Anyways. In addition to preparing for a new unit, I'm also getting things in place for my Ecuador trip! Which is such an unbelievable opportunity for me. I'm truly blessed! Lots more will be happening in the weeks to come. You can follow too! Go to: Dani in Quito 2012.
Cheers!
D.
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really enjoyed this blog Danielle..good for you...so much to learn!
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