Today, Lance and I got to go to a hospital in Cape Fear and shadow the vascular access team that was stationed there. We got to watch 2 midlines, 1 PICC, and 1 IJ which was super cool to watch. We also got to shadow one of the nurses, and she showed us some of the critical thinking that she does every day.
For example, one of the patients we looked at was a little overdue for a dressing change, but her skin was so fragile that taking off the dressing would have taken some of the skin with it. The nurse we were shadowing met with the nurse assigned to the patient, and we got to listen in on their conversation on what to do. It was very interesting to listen to how they came to an answer, and the nurses were quick to explain any jargon we didn’t understand.
