Jenna's Eportfolio

This simulation experience has been unlike any other nursing experience that I have ever had prior to joining this class. My group responsible for utilizing communication wisely to gather information from our client as well as helping them design goals for treatment. This was quite a big challenge for me personally because I typically become a little anxious around the idea of speaking one on one with real patients. Nursing school up to this point has presented with a large…

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Modern day medicine has allowed the creation of artificial elimination pathways in patients that have gastrointestinal tract (GI) complications. An ostomy is a diversion of the GI tract towards the outside of the body that does not enter the colon and rectum. Most artificial ostomies are in the abdominal area. Therefore, waste is moving directly from the intestines to the outside of the abdomen. The patient will no longer be able to control the amount of waste that comes out…

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Assignment: “Your past experience, assumptions, and hopes for your future career will influence what you contribute to and gain from this course. Describe any nursing specialties you are interested in, what sparks that interest, and what you would like to learn more about that specialty. Describe your assumptions about evidence-based practice and what informs those assumptions. Reflect on how you will apply what you learn in this course to your other courses (classroom or clinical) and how this learning will help you in future practice.” There…

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PROMPT QUESTIONS 1. Why do you think there is so much stigma associated with mental illness? What factors do you think contribute to self-stigma? 2. In what ways might a person’s culture impact their response to mental illness? Consider, for example, how religiousness/spirituality might intertwine with a person’s conceptualization of wellness and illness. I think there are negative stigmas associated with mental illness because the having this illness is not something that you can typically see on the outside. People…

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Over the course of this semester, I participated in multiple service-learning opportunities of different natures. Since we are currently facing a pandemic, it was quite difficult to be able to stay on course with one learning activity, therefore, my list of hours looks different than they would during a normal school year. This semester, I partook in a CECE online event, a breast cancer awareness walk, training for a high school mentorship (this did not work out; therefore it was…

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I chose a patient who is currently taking 4 medications. This patient was prescribed 2 of the medications, and takes 2 others over the counter. When observing this patient’s medication reconciliation record that I personally created, I made my patient’s safety a priority. Therefore, I focused on all aspects of the medications that could potentially harm the patient. At the beginning of this project, I struggled in finding safety concerns for this patient. I noticed that there were no interactions…

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The last two modules are based of knowledge and clinical judgment, as well as priority setting frameworks. In this post, we will be going over the content, and how it relates to nursing school experiences. Knowledge and clinical judgement was a module that was based off of making the most right choices for our patients. As a nurse, you are responsible for having a background of knowledge for a variety of reasons. You will need to know how medications work,…

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This picture defines the term collaboration to me. In this picture, there are people from opposing sides that are adding their own piece to the puzzle. Therefore, allowing the pieces to form and the puzzle to fit perfectly. This picture relates to the term collaboration, by showing how working together brings a positive outcome forward. This relates to the medical field, because there is a holistic perspective on individual patients. For example, you need the collaboration of doctors, nurses, and…

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