Katherine Donnell

What I observed:

• Heat stroke patients
• Vascular disease- diabetes
• High blood pressure
• How to do a full blood work-up
• Heart monitors
• Pace maker insertion
• Lower limb edema
• EKG
• Atrial Fibrillation
• Echocardiograms
• Heart murmurs
• Congestive heart failure
• Arterial clarifications
• Hyperthyroidism
• Fibrotic Esophagogastric Endoscopy
• Dyspepsia and Dysphagia
• Aortic Stenosis
• Cushions Syndrome
• Hyponatremia

• Babysitting/ caring for children ages 1-10 in the morning through mid-day

• Organized and printed pamphlets for the labor and delivery nurses
• Organized supply closets
• Restocked supplies in patient rooms
• Cleaned patient rooms
• Made ‘new mother’ packets for the Women’s Care Clinic
• Assisted nurses with calling patients to confirm appointments
• Cleaned and organized provider instruments

• Cleaning up trash in local creeks
• Cleaning the shoulders of local highways
• Cleaning up litter around Westminster Campus
• Raking weeds
• Cutting honeysuckle plants
• Planting trees

• Observed a physician and nurses obtaining histories
• Well-woman exams
• Pap smears
• Endometrial biopsies
• Labial/ perineal biopsies
• Simple excisions
• Colposcopies ē biopsies
• New OB ultrasounds
• Return OB visits
• STD evaluations and treatments
• IUD and Nexplanon placements
• Hospital shadow- SVD (spontaneous vaginal deliveries)
• LTCS (low transverse caesarian section)
• Observed intrapartum procedures
• Artificial rupture of membranes
• Internal fetal monitor placement
• Assisted nursing staff by holding infants, holding laboring patient’s legs while pushing, and getting cool cloths and ice chips
• Surgery Shadow TVH (total vaginal hysterectomy)
• LTCS (low transverse caesarian section)
• Sacral Neural Modulator placement
• Bilateral tubal ligation

Observation in the Emergency Room:

• Intoxication- head traumas
• Fractures
• Elder abuse/ neglect
• 2nd degree burns
• Acute myocardial infarction (heart attack)
• Migraines
• Observed reports from EMS