Back in university, I had the opportunity to go on clinical placements where I shadowed different health professionals. During that time, I was encouraged to write weekly clinical journals. I was digging around in my computer and found these, so just thought I'd share them. Names have been changed to just a random letter.
First placement: Nurse at St. Paul's Hospital 10C ward
May 28th 2012
May 28th 2012
Both during and after my clinical
placement with a nurse at St. Paul’s 10C ward, I experienced a wide range of
emotions. D, the first patient I met, has been diagnosed with HIV twelve years
ago and recently with progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy (PML). Before entering
to see him, the nurse instructed me to put on a gown and gloves because he
also has vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). As this was my first time meeting
patients with VRE, I felt apprehensive as I did not know how contagious VRE is.
