JANINE AT SAN IGNACIO HOSPITAL

I spent these past two weeks at San Ignacio’s Out Patient Clinic. Sister Garnett placed me under the guidance of Nurse Westby – a sister in Christ who has also become a dear friend. The week started me off with taking vital signs and blood pressures of the patients who came in. At ten in the morning the clinic receives patients for injections and bandaging. By day three I was mixing and giving injections under supervision and changing the bandages on most patients by myself. As a sophomore nursing student I was thrilled at the hands on experience! Nurse Westby is always on call for the ER and would transfer patients from Out- Patient to beds in the ward when needed. I was able to help with stitches and IVs and saw a lot of how S.I. hospital handles registering of patients. I had to rely on observation, as most of the time I was unable to understand the language. It is amazing how you learn to see things when you cannot understand what is being explained. Overall the experience was amazing; I learned so much!