Megan Baccash

Labor/Delivery and Recovery/Postpartum unit

80 hours

I was able to administer medications, perform newborn and maternal assessments, take vital signs on both mother and baby, read and understand fetal/maternal monitor strips, reposition patients, foley catheter insertion, IV insertion, and communicate effectively with mothers and their support team under appropriate nursing supervision

Trauma Medical/Surgical unit

100 hours

I had the pleasure of performing assessments on patients, taking vital signs, performing blood glucose checks, IV insertion and removal, NG tube insertion and removal, catheter insertion and removal, bed baths, linen changes, wound cleaning and applying new dressings, colostomy change, JP drain emptying, oral, rectal, transdermal and parenteral medication administration, primed and hung IV tubing, and chart I&Os under appropriate nursing supervision

Medical/Surgical unit

100 hours

Cared and provided support for patients experiencing renal insufficiencies

I performed skills such as supervised medication administration, female/male catheter insertion and extraction, IV insertion and extraction, obtained vital signs, applied pulse oximetry, educated on incentive spirometry use, communicated and educated effectively, gave bed baths and changed linens, cleaned and dressed wounds, primed and hung IV tubing under appropriate nursing supervision .

Medical/Surgical Unit

32 hours

For my first clinical experience I applied skills such as bed to chair transfers, linen changes, bed baths, feeding patients requiring assistance, providing oral care, hair washing. I also was able to practice patient interactions and become better at communicating with patients.