clinical day 4

I was so twisted yesterday about not having time to study effectively that I did not blog about my clinical day 4. It was quite different from my last clinical wherein I had a good patient. This time around, my patient made sure that access to him was very limited. He told me right from the onset that he was not going to answer any questions because his health history is not bodies business etc. I kind of backed off. However, the nurse saved the day for me. She knew that the patient was a bit on the difficult side and asked me to shadow her for the day which was fabulous. I was able to take his vital signs and some other assessments later. it did not begin well but I got to see several patients and watch the nurse do her medications etc. All's well that ends well and it did end well.