The morning consisted of rounds in the Same-Day surgery area where Naudia checked her chart and began assessing patients before they were taken back to have procedures done. In order to be efficient with her charts while moving around from patient to patient, Naudia uses a computer that is hooked up to a mobile transport device that allows her to travel with the computer from room to room. The first patient we saw was a young Hispanic girl who had been admitted into the hospital in order to have a dental procedure done. After Naudia assessed the patient by asking the mother about the family's medical history and her daughter's current condition, Naudia checked the young girl's heart by listening through her stethoscope. Frequent questions that Naudia asks her patients are whether or not they have any heart problems such as a murmur or arrhythmias or any pulmonary problems such as asthma or sleep apnea.
After we finished with the patients in the Same-Day surgery area, Naudia explained to me that each day they typically have add-on patients scheduled for surgery meaning that they just recently were added to the surgical schedule, so they have blank charts and need an evaluation. Naudia checked her add-on chart and saw that we had a few patients to see upstairs on some of the other floors, so we took the elevator and headed up to the patient floors. The first patient we saw was another young Hispanic girl who had recently been involved in a car accident and been admitted to the hospital with a broken ankle. Because the father of the young girl could not speak English, Naudia called an interpreter who assisted Naudia in obtaining the needed information about the patient from the father. Next, we took a trip down the hall where we met a female who arrived at the hospital to have her gall bladder removed. In general, Naudia asks the same basic questions to each patient regarding their medical history and current health. Once we came back down from the patient floors, we headed back to the office for our next assignment.
After we finished with the patients in the Same-Day surgery area, Naudia explained to me that each day they typically have add-on patients scheduled for surgery meaning that they just recently were added to the surgical schedule, so they have blank charts and need an evaluation. Naudia checked her add-on chart and saw that we had a few patients to see upstairs on some of the other floors, so we took the elevator and headed up to the patient floors. The first patient we saw was another young Hispanic girl who had recently been involved in a car accident and been admitted to the hospital with a broken ankle. Because the father of the young girl could not speak English, Naudia called an interpreter who assisted Naudia in obtaining the needed information about the patient from the father. Next, we took a trip down the hall where we met a female who arrived at the hospital to have her gall bladder removed. In general, Naudia asks the same basic questions to each patient regarding their medical history and current health. Once we came back down from the patient floors, we headed back to the office for our next assignment.