week 5! entry 1

Yesterday I was asked to do a full mobility assessment of a new patient admitted to the restorative unit post right hip hemi arthroplasty. I was a little nervous at doing this as this was the first time I was doing the whole assessment by myself, as previously I was doing mini assessments or part of the extended assessment. I had some time before seeing the patient to read through her notes which helped me a bit to get a better picture of her health background and social history and gave me a chance to ask my supervisor any questions I had.
As the patient had recently had a hemi arthroplasty I knew to be careful on the movements I asked her perform on her right side to avoid the dislocating positions. I think I was effective in the questions I asked as I was able to get all the information I needed and the questions flowed well within the conversation I was having with the patient. The patient was able to follow my instructions fairly well so I think my communication was quite good too.

I think I could have improved my time management as the assessment did take me a while to do, but my supervisor was quite happy with the length as she said with practice you get quicker at doing these assessments. I probably could have been a little my synced with my assessment which would have made to assessment quicker.

I’m pretty happy with my mobility assessment today, I was able to get all the information I needed and my supervisor was happy with what I presented to her. But with everything there can be improvement and with more practice I think I’ll get faster and more organised in my approach.

Yesterday was a pretty tops day!