Reflective Journal: To be completed individually
and turned into Mrs. Dukes the Thursday after your simulation rotation.
1. Discuss 4 tasks you completed or tried to
complete in simulation lab.
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Followed
through with arranging the urology consult.
·
Coordinated
our health care team’s treatments, etc. (Role of “charge nurse”)
·
Ensured
the right equipment was easily accessible for team.
·
Dosage
calculation for IV ABX; reconstitution of medication.
2. What did you learn most about the
situation(s) you encountered in simulation lab?
·
We were
able to work really well as a team when we had a set plan and worked together
as a unit instead of four separate nurses.
3. What will you do differently during your next
simulation experience?
·
Be more conscious
about putting my gloved hands in my pocket
·
Write
down SBAR before calling doc.
4. While watching your peers’ simulation
experience, what are 3 things you learned?
·
Asses allergies
every time before giving meds even if you already did it.
·
Be ultra
cautious when labeling lab samples; it’s a “fire-able offense” at hospitals if
you mislabel a sample.
·
Be more
cautious about proper body mechanics.
5. What 3 things did you learn in the classroom
(didactic) that you put into practice during your simulation experience?
·
Be
cautious of drug interactions, especially in elderly patients.
·
Giving a
medication to help one problem can often cause another problem to arise.
·
AMS in an
elderly person is a big clue to diagnose dehydration/UTI.
