For our final project in our Gateway to University honors class, we were required to reflect on a significant event/relationship/revelation that we wanted to reflect upon further. I chose to reflect on my clinical rotation on 9CCP at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center (UCMC).
This page includes:
1. A summary of my experience in the DEU program with Beverly Lathan as my instructor
2. A recipe on how to have a great clinical experience
3. Everything that I have learned thus far during this clinical rotation
4. Two examples of my clinical paperwork and medication sheets to exemplify how I have improved over the weeks
5. A copy of the proposal I wrote to propose this as an experience. It is titled "Honors Experiental Learning Project Proposal -- DEU Clinical"
This page includes:
1. A summary of my experience in the DEU program with Beverly Lathan as my instructor
2. A recipe on how to have a great clinical experience
3. Everything that I have learned thus far during this clinical rotation
4. Two examples of my clinical paperwork and medication sheets to exemplify how I have improved over the weeks
5. A copy of the proposal I wrote to propose this as an experience. It is titled "Honors Experiental Learning Project Proposal -- DEU Clinical"
This past semester, I was granted the opportunity to participate in the Dedicated Educational Unit (DEU) for my Care of the Adults clinical rotation. The DEU is exactly what it says it is: a hospital unit dedicated to providing exceptional education to their students.
Traditionally, nursing students are normally assigned to a clinical group with eight students and one clinical instructor. However, the DEU program allowed ten junior nursing students to be paired up one-on-one with a RN during our Care of the Adult clinical rotation. It has been very similar to how senior nursing students precept with a nurse during their last semester as nursing students. Since this is the first year that the College of Nursing has implemented such a clinical rotation, it was sort of a pilot test.
I was paired up with Beverly Lathan, an RN who has 38 years of nursing experience. We were on 9CCP, which is the Critical Care Pavilion for post-surgical patients at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. This event was significant to me because throughout the course of the past fifteen weeks, Beverly has not only become a great preceptor to me but also a great friend. She has come to be one of the most trustworthy people that I know. She exemplifies what it means to be a compassionate nurse and has been a great role model. Even though I probably asked her nearly a hundred questions during every shift, she never once complained or seemed to become frustrated with my questions. I feel as if through Beverly, I have learned more during this past clinical than what I have learned during my past two years of nursing school.
I would highly recommend more nursing students to become involved with the DEU program. According to our clinical instructor Robin Wagner, they will be offering another DEU program to the seniors. Although the experience of being on this floor was great, being able to be one-on-one and forming a relationship with Beverly throughout these past fifteen weeks was the real reward. I was able to confide in her and ask her all types of questions that probably seemed like common sense to her. Beverly has taught me not only how to prioritize and has helped me to grow not only as a nursing student, but into a more compassionate person as well. Now that I have had this experience, I hope that I will be able to prioritize my shifts better, make better clinical decisions, and complete a more detailed assessment.
I have created a recipe to represent how to have a great clinical experience with your preceptor. I chose to use the medium of a recipe so that everyone can see how many personality characteristics make up a great nursing student.
Traditionally, nursing students are normally assigned to a clinical group with eight students and one clinical instructor. However, the DEU program allowed ten junior nursing students to be paired up one-on-one with a RN during our Care of the Adult clinical rotation. It has been very similar to how senior nursing students precept with a nurse during their last semester as nursing students. Since this is the first year that the College of Nursing has implemented such a clinical rotation, it was sort of a pilot test.
I was paired up with Beverly Lathan, an RN who has 38 years of nursing experience. We were on 9CCP, which is the Critical Care Pavilion for post-surgical patients at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center. This event was significant to me because throughout the course of the past fifteen weeks, Beverly has not only become a great preceptor to me but also a great friend. She has come to be one of the most trustworthy people that I know. She exemplifies what it means to be a compassionate nurse and has been a great role model. Even though I probably asked her nearly a hundred questions during every shift, she never once complained or seemed to become frustrated with my questions. I feel as if through Beverly, I have learned more during this past clinical than what I have learned during my past two years of nursing school.
I would highly recommend more nursing students to become involved with the DEU program. According to our clinical instructor Robin Wagner, they will be offering another DEU program to the seniors. Although the experience of being on this floor was great, being able to be one-on-one and forming a relationship with Beverly throughout these past fifteen weeks was the real reward. I was able to confide in her and ask her all types of questions that probably seemed like common sense to her. Beverly has taught me not only how to prioritize and has helped me to grow not only as a nursing student, but into a more compassionate person as well. Now that I have had this experience, I hope that I will be able to prioritize my shifts better, make better clinical decisions, and complete a more detailed assessment.
I have created a recipe to represent how to have a great clinical experience with your preceptor. I chose to use the medium of a recipe so that everyone can see how many personality characteristics make up a great nursing student.
Recipe: How to Have a Great Clinical Experience
2 Cup of Patience
To deal with all of the “crazy” patients to help them calm down
1 cups of motivation
To keep you going even when you just want to pull your hair out or cry
1 heaping teaspoon of the ability to multitask
So that one can handle giving meds, assessing, and answering call lights of 4-6 patients
0 cups of fluids
Since there is hardly enough time to urinate during one’s shift
2 teaspoons of compassion
So that one may hold a patient’s hand and sympathize with them as they confide in you
A sprinkle of confidence
So that one may trust their instincts during a code or rapid response
1 AWESOME preceptor
So that you can ask her about a billion questions a day about every aspect of nursing
Mix all ingredients together at 5:30 in the morning. While baking, drink 8 oz of coffee to be prepared for your 9 hour clinical shift at 7am!
2 Cup of Patience
To deal with all of the “crazy” patients to help them calm down
1 cups of motivation
To keep you going even when you just want to pull your hair out or cry
1 heaping teaspoon of the ability to multitask
So that one can handle giving meds, assessing, and answering call lights of 4-6 patients
0 cups of fluids
Since there is hardly enough time to urinate during one’s shift
2 teaspoons of compassion
So that one may hold a patient’s hand and sympathize with them as they confide in you
A sprinkle of confidence
So that one may trust their instincts during a code or rapid response
1 AWESOME preceptor
So that you can ask her about a billion questions a day about every aspect of nursing
Mix all ingredients together at 5:30 in the morning. While baking, drink 8 oz of coffee to be prepared for your 9 hour clinical shift at 7am!
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