So I successfully completed my first clinical rotation. WHOA. Definitely learned a lot and I feel like I have a small swing of things. My first rotation was kind of a "catch-all" general rotation, so I saw ketogenic diets, enteral diets, sepsis, surgeries, and all sorts of stuff.
One thing that I didn't get to practice (but I'm sure I will a lot eventually), is calculating a TPN diet. I think this is one of the toughest things I'll have to do and practice, but I feel confident I can get the hang of it. And, it's math, so I'm kind of excited.
But at the end of every rotation, there's an evaluation with my preceptor for that rotation. My first clinical evaluation went well, and I "met" all my compotencies. The choices for the evaluation are "exceeded," "met," "needs improvement," and "did not meet." While all of my evaluation marks were "met," I'm not disappointed in the least bit. It's extremely difficult to get all, or even one "exceeded" for that matter. But, that's not to say I'm not going to strive for it during every rotation. They just want us to know that there is always room for improvement when it comes to clinical duties.
So, this week is a week full of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Today was odd and there weren't any patients in the CF clinic, but tomorrow starts with 10 patients to see, another day or two this week, there's going to be up to 12 little kiddos to see! I'm very excited, as I really liked my clinic experience last week. This clinic is actually on-site at the hospital so no driving to unknown places again.
This weekend was amazing and I didn't want to go back, but yet again, if I don't go back, I won't finish...and it looks like I'm about half-way there. Which is insane. But exciting.
161 days...
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