Febuary Blog Post
Monthly Hours: 9, Cumulative Hours: 18 This month, I continued my position at Manning Family Children’s Hospital. I finally feel like I’ve settled into my role and responsibilities. This past Sunday, it was especially meaningful to integrate some of the knowledge I’ve learned in class while observing what was happening on the floor. I answered a call from the lab stating that one of the patients’ troponin levels was elevated. I quickly went to find the nurse in charge of that room and expected her to rush in and administer one of the medications we’ve discussed in class for heart failure, maybe an ACE inhibitor, a beta blocker, or something along those lines. Instead, she calmly thanked me for letting her know and didn’t immediately take action. Later, I learned that the baby in that room had significantly higher troponin levels a few hours earlier. Although the levels were still elevated, they were trending down. She eventually spoke with the physician about the next steps, but i...
