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Summer Internship Experience

Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics

Stephanie Gerrald

Introduction

The goal of this presentation is to highlight my internship experience with Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics during the summer of 2015.

What to look for: Internship site’s mission and goals Provider information A description of my day-to-day activities and duties Internship Projects

Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics

About Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics

CSP is a multi-physician, multi-office pediatric group owned by the Greenville Health System

CSP, along with GHS as a whole organization, is focused on preventive care

Mission: “Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics is dedicated to advancing the care of children and promoting healthy families.”

Goals: “serve as family resource for raising happy and healthy children” “provide as much education as treatment in order to help your

children thrive”

About the Providers

Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics has five providers that rotate between the Clemson and Seneca office to ensure that patients always see a familiar face!

About the Providers

Dr. Lorraine Bruce Pennsylvania State University Special interests: food, insect allergies, ADHD,

special needs, breastfeeding support, learning

disabilities, newborn care

Dr. Antoinette Bannister Louisiana State University Medical Center Special interests: asthma, nutrition, preventive

medicine, ADHD

About the Providers

Dr. Jordan Dean Emory University School of Medicine Special interests: ADHD, breastfeeding

support, asthma and nutrition

Dr. Atieno Ragwar Cornell University Medical College Special interests: health and fitness,

breastfeeding support, obesity and nutrition

About the Providers

Beth Dickerson, NP University of Virginia Experienced in diagnosing and treating

pediatric illnesses as well as educating

children and parents on diseases,

conditions, and healthy living

Intern Duties

Typical day-to-day duties include Retrieving patients from waiting room Taking vital signs from patients and conducting

patient interview Vital signs include height, weight, blood pressure,

temperature (if sick), head circumference of infants Vitals and information from interviews are entered into

Horizon Ambulatory Care (the web-based electronic charting system)

Intern Duties

More duties are Cleaning rooms between each patient visit Prepping vaccines Hemoglobin tests Urinalysis Rapid strep tests Checking on the status of Prior Authorization forms

for medications through different insurance companies

These two pictures show me performing one of the many urinalyses that I did this summer. I learned how to interpret the results as well as properly record them in the lab book and the electronic records system

Here I am on the phone with an insurance company checking up on the status of a Prior Authorization form for a patient’s ADHD medications

One of my favorite things to do was to prep vaccines. Here I am drawing a vaccine out of its vial.

Internship Projects

I assisted in the redecoration of the waiting room to help make it more kid-friendly. With an underwater theme, we decorated the walls with colored fish that the children really seemed to like

I was able to sit in on an interview for an open LPN position and give my feedback on the applicant to the office manager

Conclusion

My internship with Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics was very eye-opening and rewarding. I learned so many news things about the field of nursing and healthcare in general

The nurses that I had the privilege of working with taught me so many things and helped me every step of the way. I hope to someday be able to teach someone the way that they taught me

This experience has definitely strengthened my desire to pursue a career in nursing and I’m excited for what I’ll be able to do in the future because I was able to have this experience

Sources

"Clemson-Seneca Pediatrics." : GHS Children's Hospital. Web. 25 July 2015.