Recently I was asked this and realized that I\u2019ve probably never really clarified that. As you\u2019ve obviously read, I am a nurse in a medical clinic. But what do I do?<\/p>\n
1) We screen patients for the doctors to see\u2014i.e. measuring their height, weight and vital signs, ask for the stori of their \u201csik, what medications they take, when their sik I kam ap (when there \u201csick came up\u201d), etc.<\/p>\n
2) Draw and run lab work\u2014drawing blood, preparing the samples for testing, running the tests, preparing the samples for send-out to a lab in Australia if necessary, doing urinalyses, testing for various diseases, etc.<\/p>\n
3) Give immunizations.<\/p>\n
4) Irrigating ears for wax buildup.<\/p>\n
5) Take x-rays and load them onto the computer, sometimes also preparing them for submission for visa applications.<\/p>\n
6) Do ECG\u2019s (electrocardiogram\u2014measuring your heart rhythm).<\/p>\n
7) Assist the doctors with whatever they may need help with (casting a broken bone, spinal taps, suturing, irrigation of a wound or dressing it, etc.) and joining them in assessment of the patients.<\/p>\n
8) Preparing patient medications.<\/p>\n
9) Answering questions via phone, email, radio and in person, and filling med for our missionaries and other patients.<\/p>\n
10) Start IVs and IV fluids.<\/p>\n
11) Responding to emergency situations with our doctors\u2014providing whatever care and assistance ordered by the doctors and helping them to treat and transport patients as necessary.<\/p>\n
12) Learning any skills the doctors want to teach\u2014i.e. suturing, removing skin tags, freezing warts, diagnosing patients and prescribing medications, what to look for under the microscope for a variety of diagnoses, etc.<\/p>\n
Any or all of this may be part of a typical day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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