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Hum, I’m searching resourses for my paper in maternal nursing class. Over the last hour, I found a bunch. This should be a good start.

This week’s clinical was another fantastic day for me. I got to see 2 Cesarean sections. The nurses were very good in explaining things and let me have some hands-on experience.

The first C-section case I saw was carried out because the baby was in a breech position. There was a mistake among the caring team that the mom had twins, until C. greeted the parents saying “babies”, the father corrected the nurse that they were going to have a “baby”. I followed A. while she prepared a lot of paperwork. The mom needed to sign the consents for her surgery, any treatments (if necessary) for her baby and herself, disclosure of information, hepatitis B shot for her baby. Then A. put a gel on the mom’s abdomen, put a monitor on to monitor the baby’s heart beat. She also gave the mom medication that prevents vomiting, and something else that was put in her IV, and shaved her lower abdomen where the doctor would make an incision. Then we went to the operating room to preprare identification bands, other paperwork, and count the surgical items.
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Today I had a totally different experience from last week at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. I had more hands-on experiences with the babies, simple things such as checking their vital signs, and feeding them, but made me feel so good. They are such little cute babies.

First of all, I listened to the shift report with my nurse, B. Listening to the shift report is still a challenge for me, especially with the relatively noisy background with other group reports and all the beeping from the monitors.  Abbreviated medical terms were used. I would need to read and learn a lot more to understand these terms faster. Fortunately, B, my nurse today, was very nice and clear in answering all my questions. She also showed me how to do computerized charting. I like the way it works. Everything can be chosen from a list of descriptive options. That ensured professional medical records for all patients. The nurses could also write their own notes when necessary.

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Here I am, excited and stressful again to be back to school and have the 1st clinical for the semester. I think keeping my journal and sharing it with everyone is a good thing:

We all get the orientation, get to know our instructor and the facility. I have the impression that she is a good instructor that will be calm and supportive to me ^^.

While others choose to go to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Labor & Delivery unit, I feel it’s safer for the 1st day to go to the floor.
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