The technology I observed while I was in postpartum was mostly the computers they do the charting on. I also observed the technology in the drug cabin, as well as the transporting system of materials.
Diagnostic procedures observed:
The only diagnostic medical procedure I observed was the procedure of draining blood, that would later go to the lab to get tested. Then I observed the diagnostic procedure of charting.
Therapeutic procedures observed:
I observed a few theraputic procedures and they include the nurse giving different patients blankets, ice chips, and some warm drink. I also observed nurses helping a patient to the bathroom and to the shower. The most medical procedure I saw was when the nurse gave a patient morphine to reduce the pain she was in.
Disease observed:
The most of the diseases I observed was women that had just had their babies because I was in postpartum. But there was one patient that was 8 weeks pregnant but had stomach pains, the doctors did not know what the cause of them were so that is why she was taken care of in postpartum.
Medical Terminology encountered:
During this rotation I did not observe any new medical terms.
What program do they use to chart? What kind of technology in the drug cabinet?
ReplyDeleteWhat were they testing for? How do these procedures help a patient recover? How long does a mother stay in postpartum? What types of disease process can happen in postpartum?