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Emergency Room Experience Reflection

John Glenn Balacano completed a clinical rotation in an emergency department at Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation. He observed that while major traumas do occur, most patients experience typical accidents that could happen to anyone. Balacano was impressed by the organization and attention to detail of the nurses and staff. He administered a tetanus shot to a woman injured in a vehicular accident. Throughout the day, Balacano helped patients with various injuries. The experience reinforced his interest in becoming an emergency room nurse.

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Emergency Room Experience Reflection

John Glenn Balacano completed a clinical rotation in an emergency department at Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation. He observed that while major traumas do occur, most patients experience typical accidents that could happen to anyone. Balacano was impressed by the organization and attention to detail of the nurses and staff. He administered a tetanus shot to a woman injured in a vehicular accident. Throughout the day, Balacano helped patients with various injuries. The experience reinforced his interest in becoming an emergency room nurse.

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  • Reflection Paper: The section is a personal reflection on the author's initial experience working in an emergency department, highlighting lessons learned and personal growth.

BALACANO, JOHN GLENN REFLECTION

PAPER
BSN-4A

My first experience in an emergency department setting happened three


weeks ago at Far Eastern University Nicanor Reyes Medical Foundation in Quezon
City. As a fourth-year nursing student, one of my intended paths for my career will
be as an emergency department nurse, and sure that this will provide me a good
introductory experience. A typical day in the Emergency Department is not all
vehicular accidents, gun shot wounds or other incidents with overwhelming trauma,
but more accidents that can occur to anyone in a typical day.
The day started with a tour of the facility by a very intelligent and approachable
nurse Sheila, who has worked at the hospital for a lot of years now. I was amazed
at the level of organization and the attention to detail that everyone seemed to give
to the facility and the job they were expected to do. Actions as simple as placing a
chart into a wire file dictated a course of action; the charts are numbered with a
priority scale and placed in the correct order of importance. This process allowed
the attending physician to see the patients with the most demanding needs first.
Given the fact that the Emergency Room has just be upgraded the facility has been
revamped from the ground up and sure it is even the staffs are so much in life of
enthusiasm towards their work, their skill and agility towards attending to each
patients is what I admire the most in Emergency Department Nurses and Staff.
My first patient was a middle aged-women who has been involved in a vehicular
accident. With scabs on her knees and the forehead. I administered a tetanus toxoid
onto her as a prophylaxis in the emergence of tetanus in her blood. Throughout the
day we save several other patients with injuries ranging from dog bites to more
severe such as Congestive heart failure. I may not have experienced a day in the
ED that will ever make an episode of a reality show, but I did learn that all sorts of
people, at some time in their life, need emergency medical care, and that I am even
more looking forward to being able to help provide that care.
In the last day of our exposure in the Emergency Room I was lucky enough that I
was able to insert an IV into a patient it may seem to be a simple task but if was
very fulfilling deep inside of me. In conclusion my experience in this clinical
rotation has been fulfilling, exciting and I have learned a lot not only to our clinical
instructor but also into the real life even as an insight of being an emergency room
nurse.

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