Two days later, McCormick underwent surgery for the implantation of a device to stabilize his ankle fracture. After surgery, plaintiff was on crutches and in a boot for four weeks and during this time, he was restricted from bearing weight on his left leg and also attended physical therapy. On October 21, 2005, plaintiff again underwent surgery, this time to remove the implanted device. The surgeon reported that plaintiff’s ankle had “healed nicely.” On November 5, 2005, Allied requested Dr. P. Drouillrd to examine plaintiff and Dr.Drouillrd stated that plaintiff could return to work with no restrictions. On November 17, 2005, plaintiff was examined by his surgeon, who observed that plaintiff’s “wound is healed very nicely” and that plaintiff “need to be in seated work for approximately six weeks.” After six weeks, plaintiff was examined by his surgeon and was cleared to go back to work with no restrictions.
In the 2005 examination, doctors found damage to his left thighbone, showing that King Tutankhamen fractured his leg before he died and it could’ve easily become infected and threatened his life (kingtut.org). King Tut was also missing a bone in one of his left toes. The bones in part of his foot were destroyed by necrosis. There was new bone growth occurring in his foot which proves that King Tut had necrosis before his death. (National Geographic) King Tutankhamen, according to MSNBC, also had Kohler’s disease.
The registered operating department practitioners (ODP) and l made sure that all the necessary equipment which included, but not limited to the fluid and body warming devices, intubation aids, monitoring equipments was available for the operating list and we carried out the pre-use safety tests and working tests for the equipment needed both in the anaesthetic room and in the operating theatre. We checked the anaesthetic machine following the AAGBI guidelines. This was done at the beginning of every shift. The anaesthetist informed us of the anaesthetic plan he had formulated for Hellen. According to Shields and Werder (2002) , ‘adequate preparation of the anaesthetic equipment, resources and patient is essential to the provision of safe anaesthetic care.’ When the whole team was ready the patient to be brought down to the anaesthetic room.
But after starting the cardiac system in anatomy class I was hooked. However I was short lived, after finding no local colleges offered a degree in sonography. The idea relieved by my mother in law a nurse manger of a local cardiac cath lab, my true enforcer, in support to education; introduce me to the position of a radiologist cath lab technician. After being introduced to the field by showing for a day I knew it was love at first sight, I wanted to know more about radiology. I found the idea diagnoses imaging amazing because it gives a different perspective on the human body without having to do surgery, and I was fascinate by the suffocated technology and computers used to produce these imagines, I found that the field was a lot more complex then I originally guessed and
My 2nd practicum placement is where I give care directly to the patient. I take the patient’s vitals signs, I prepare and administer the medications, I assess the patients for irregularities and I feed and clean them. My first week started with just one patient to take care of, in between those times I try to help out my primary nurse whenever I can. My primary nurse is responsible for 4-6 patients on any given day and so I try to lessen the nurse’s burden by helping out. From my perspective, on some of the ‘routine’ things that needs to be done for the patient, it is just simply done.
Also when I was in the hospital I saw what the nurses did and I thought it was pretty interesting. After all this I decided this was something I knew I wanted to do. Nurses have many daily activities that they must follow in order to perform their duties. The activities or roles the registered nurse may change depending on the day or the patient. All nurses have a scope of practice they must follow but depending on the patient will tell them what procedures to perform.
Nursing practice can be best described as a person who is able to competently evaluate the patients conditions. They must be able to recognize not only verbal but non-verbal cues as well. Each patient is to be treated as an individual and on a case by case bases. The nurse must be qualified and have the compassion to properly analyze, assess, conduct a plan of care, and also provide intervention and evaluation. The nurse also has to treat the patient with dignity and aide in the healing process that is conducive to each individual.
Circulating nurses manage the care of the patient undergoing surgery, they assist anesthesia, monitors for breaks in sterility technique and assists with the needs of the surgeon. Scrub nurses work directly with the sterile field and the surgeon, the pass instruments and items needed for surgery. Perioperative nursing takes into account the metaparadigm of nursing, which consists of the persons, environment, health, and nursing. Person in perioperative nursing refers to be patient and the patient’s family. According to Neuman’s Systems Model, the person is composed of psychological, sociocultural, physiological, developmental and variables (Creasia & Friberg, 2011).
It is imperative that documentation is done thoroughly and properly every time data is recorded. Any time a patient calls, misses an appointment, or very difficult and aggressive it should be recorded in their chart. It is important that all information pertaining to the patient be recorded in case there is a question about proper documentation. Availability of the Correct Information Most offices, facilities, and practices in the healthcare field have operating hours with more than one shift. A patient may be in need of the date a Hepatitis B vaccination was given or inquiring about their next appointment.
Step three would be planning and the outcomes of the patient’s diagnosis, the nurse must do some rapid changes in the patients care to make sure they get treated. Step four consists of the nurses implementing the patients planned health care plan to ensure full recovery of the patient. Last but not least is step five, which incorporates evaluation of both the patients and the nurses’ health plan for the patient (“The Nursing Process”). Just like the nursing process, the scientific process includes five steps as well, with step one being asking a question for the problem being faced with. Step two consists of making a hypothesis to what is to what the answer to the question is Step two would be to develop a study design in order to solve the question Step four is testing the hypothesis with an experiment and analyze the data gathered to see if the hypothesis is.