Health Histories!! Today we learned how to do a health history with a patient. We went through the health history paper, did vitals for the first time, looked up medications in our DDH, and charted all that. It's kind of tough to internalize this type of stuff because we have no way to make it practical knowledge. I took a health history paper home and my stethoscope and BP cuff so that I can practice with my family members. Hopefully that will help me out! It is going to be hard to remember what to write and where to write it. I hope so bad that all of this comes back to me when I need it!! It is actually pretty cool to look up the medications and see what they do and what the side effects are.
All in all, clinic went by really fast this morning. The stuff that we learned today and struggled to internalize will be second nature to us in time. I can not wait for the day when we all walk into the clinic with confidence on our faces because we know what to do and how to do it!!
Will that be in this lifetime???
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