Thursday, May 10, 2007
#68 Clinical Prac Day 3
woke up at 6am to a beep... vulgar alarm didnt go off cos i didnt put the mmcard back into the phone properly.
anyway, left the house 1 min later than yest, and parked next to a pillar hoping no one will double park behind me again. well, after our morning hand over, margaret told me she parked behind my car.
well anyway, off we went, doing showers... i was sort of assigned to assist Sonia (carer) with showers or bed baths. did total of 2 showers and 1 bed bath, and then it was tea time, then finally went to give my resident a bath. LOL one carer was expecting me to wash my resident on my own... like erhhhhh RITE no confidence yet? well another carer came and i assisted with the shower..
so yea.. did the same thing as yesterday... walked around, did up lots of beds (made me start to think that i was working in a hotel or motel), showered, fed, washed hands, showered, assisted with hoisting, walked around, all the way until tea time (today our tea came LOADS faster than yesterday). anyway, off we went to tea, then sat down to do our client profile.... i wanted to have an interview with my resident but she had a visitor.. so i left them alone together.
at 11.45, we went around to feed people... today i got a gentleman who was a breeze to feed. and seriously, their food just smells yummy... and their dessert! looks so nice!! LOL then we did our normal stuffs of having lunch then sitting and doing our clinical forms. LOL
saw a peg feed and administration of morphine.
well at least i didnt screw up my back like i did yesterday... it was just the wrong position to feed the lady with dementia with... my back was twisted and leaning over just to feed the resident with my right hand (the resident was on my left). oh well.... next time, get a chair, or attempt to feed with left hand.
ive got my simple wound assessment tomorrow... then my physical assessment on tuesday. random pick. LOL i think musculo-skeletal assessment would be the EASIEST... neurological i really have to read on that again. cos thats quite hard to do. just anything but neurological i guess.... cos of certain reasons regarding my resident that i must not disclose in order to protect her privacy. LOL
oh well... dead tired again... still have neck muscle strains... now plus back muscle strains. LOL ive become an old lady myself! haha =P
miss you!!
anyway, left the house 1 min later than yest, and parked next to a pillar hoping no one will double park behind me again. well, after our morning hand over, margaret told me she parked behind my car.
well anyway, off we went, doing showers... i was sort of assigned to assist Sonia (carer) with showers or bed baths. did total of 2 showers and 1 bed bath, and then it was tea time, then finally went to give my resident a bath. LOL one carer was expecting me to wash my resident on my own... like erhhhhh RITE no confidence yet? well another carer came and i assisted with the shower..
so yea.. did the same thing as yesterday... walked around, did up lots of beds (made me start to think that i was working in a hotel or motel), showered, fed, washed hands, showered, assisted with hoisting, walked around, all the way until tea time (today our tea came LOADS faster than yesterday). anyway, off we went to tea, then sat down to do our client profile.... i wanted to have an interview with my resident but she had a visitor.. so i left them alone together.
at 11.45, we went around to feed people... today i got a gentleman who was a breeze to feed. and seriously, their food just smells yummy... and their dessert! looks so nice!! LOL then we did our normal stuffs of having lunch then sitting and doing our clinical forms. LOL
saw a peg feed and administration of morphine.
well at least i didnt screw up my back like i did yesterday... it was just the wrong position to feed the lady with dementia with... my back was twisted and leaning over just to feed the resident with my right hand (the resident was on my left). oh well.... next time, get a chair, or attempt to feed with left hand.
ive got my simple wound assessment tomorrow... then my physical assessment on tuesday. random pick. LOL i think musculo-skeletal assessment would be the EASIEST... neurological i really have to read on that again. cos thats quite hard to do. just anything but neurological i guess.... cos of certain reasons regarding my resident that i must not disclose in order to protect her privacy. LOL
oh well... dead tired again... still have neck muscle strains... now plus back muscle strains. LOL ive become an old lady myself! haha =P
miss you!!