Wednesday, May 9, 2007
#66 Clinical Prac Day 1
I was supposed to blog this yesterday but was too tired.... just sat on my chair and half chatted away....
well, left house at 7.23am, brought my brother to school, and reached the place at 8.10am. Its at bateman!
well, we had our introduction to the place, brought around and orientated...
we had our own morning tea, where we were allocated to our residents. so pretty much the whole day we were collecting information from the files that we were allowed to see, to put in the resident's health history.
then at lunch time, we helped feed food to residents that require assistance in feeding.. well i didnt get to feed anyone cos everyone else was being fed already *food smells yummy*
really have to be patient... have to cater to them... just have to be slowwww..... and encourage and prompt them to open their mouths... have to cue from their facial expressions or sound they make, to see if they want to eat their dessert or drink their juice etc.
after feeding them, we had our own lunch..... too bad i only brought biscuits. not exactly very appetizing. anyway, we went back to writing notes after lunch, only to ask my tutor something and she deciding that i needed a change of residents because my resident is known to be rather resistive. and bedbound. not exactly good for physical assessments..
at 3pm we had our manual handling course form the physio, and at 10 to 4pm we were all allowed to go home. before i went home i was told that i'll have another resident allocated to me but will intro me and let me read her file the next day.
nothing too eventful. missed him lots.
well, left house at 7.23am, brought my brother to school, and reached the place at 8.10am. Its at bateman!
well, we had our introduction to the place, brought around and orientated...
we had our own morning tea, where we were allocated to our residents. so pretty much the whole day we were collecting information from the files that we were allowed to see, to put in the resident's health history.
then at lunch time, we helped feed food to residents that require assistance in feeding.. well i didnt get to feed anyone cos everyone else was being fed already *food smells yummy*
really have to be patient... have to cater to them... just have to be slowwww..... and encourage and prompt them to open their mouths... have to cue from their facial expressions or sound they make, to see if they want to eat their dessert or drink their juice etc.
after feeding them, we had our own lunch..... too bad i only brought biscuits. not exactly very appetizing. anyway, we went back to writing notes after lunch, only to ask my tutor something and she deciding that i needed a change of residents because my resident is known to be rather resistive. and bedbound. not exactly good for physical assessments..
at 3pm we had our manual handling course form the physio, and at 10 to 4pm we were all allowed to go home. before i went home i was told that i'll have another resident allocated to me but will intro me and let me read her file the next day.
nothing too eventful. missed him lots.