Pediatric Clinical Practicum
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Pediatric Clinical Practicum
During the clinical practicum rotation, student nurses often gain a variety of skills, expertise, and experiences from various pediatric patients with a variety of health issues. Additionally, the preceptor collaborates with the student to instruct, monitor, and make sure that the student is gathering the medical history, conducting a proper assessment, and applying critical reasoning demonstrated by pursuing differential diagnoses, primary diagnoses, and care plans that suit the clinical condition. This paper seeks to describe the clinical experience with the clients examined, their health problems identified, and the therapeutic plans encountered.
Care of Adolescents and Children
Excitements and Concerns
Dealing with pediatrics and learning about their various habits and illness processes is the most exciting aspect of my life. During hospital visits, parents, guardians, or family members usually accompany their children. They typically speak about their children’s medical problems and histories, while teenage children generally discuss their sentiments and health difficulties with the care professionals with the support of their parents. All health visits were delightful, and seeing infant development and growth was a fantastic clinical opportunity. The majority of first-time parents were ecstatic about their babies and sought knowledge on ways to care for them, including sleep patterns, breastfeeding, circumcision, and other practices that may jeopardize their babies’ health. The physical examination of a newborn requires unique expertise and skills since their bodies are so little and delicate that any aberrant results need special care. At home, parents frequently help provide information regarding their infant’s unforeseen health problems.
Strengths and Weaknesses
I found I had numerous strengths while operating at the clinical practicum site. First and foremost, when interacting with the parents of the children, I was confident. I could raise whatever concerns I had about their children’s illnesses in order to get the correct medication. Additionally, I was vigilant enough. When I care for children, I make sure that they are in minimal pain, and I monitor their behavioral and psychological responses. Lastly, I am adaptable because I can work with youngsters from all contexts.
One of my weaknesses is that I am sensitive, so I am worried about how much pain the children are in, and this makes me uneasy when I watch a kid in agony. Furthermore, even with older children who can readily explain the level of the pain they are experiencing, I use behavioral response when assessing pain.
Both my strengths and weaknesses are essential because they will enable me to conquer numerous obstacles and gain more knowledge about pediatrics, allowing me to provide exceptional care to them.
Perception of Family and Family Roles
A family is a group of individuals who share characteristics such as genetic ties. It is a group of people related by blood or marriage and who live together under the joint authority and have responsibilities to one another. Family roles may influence a child’s assessment in a variety of ways. For example, divorced parents face challenges such as economic shifts, which may impact a child’s health and nutrition. Financial woes may have a severe influence on a parent’s mental wellbeing, which may have ramifications for a child’s wellbeing (Anderson, 2014). A family that sticks together through adversity, on the other hand, contributes significantly to a child’s wellbeing. In this situation, the kid receives psychological and social help as a result of the assessment, and they show no signs of psychological disturbance (Behere et al., 2017).
Working with families can present a number of challenges that might result in frustrations and roadblocks to surmount. Feelings of guilt for the children’s issues, stress from other members of the family, cultural concerns, denying that there is an issue, and others not comprehending what they are experiencing are some of the challenges.
There are several approaches I would take in cases where parents do not want to vaccinate their children. First, I would talk about the advantages of immunizations as well as the potential for side effects. I would also be honest about what we know and don’t know about vaccines. Vaccine Information Statements, educational materials, and trustworthy Websites would also be provided to parents. Based on cultural views, vaccination concerns, and literacy level, I would tailor the information offered to parents.<