WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.070 --> 00:00:03.470 My name is Sierra Trost and currently 2 00:00:03.470 --> 00:00:05.200 line:15% for a living I have two jobs; 3 00:00:05.200 --> 00:00:08.920 line:15% I work at The U of M Twin Cities as a Research Assistant 4 00:00:08.920 --> 00:00:11.480 line:15% in the Families in Long-Term Care Projects 5 00:00:11.480 --> 00:00:13.220 line:15% through the School of Nursing. 6 00:00:13.220 --> 00:00:15.780 And I also work at a hospital in the Emergency 7 00:00:15.780 --> 00:00:18.500 Department as a Medical Scribe. 8 00:00:18.500 --> 00:00:21.180 Yeah, so a typical day is I get paired 9 00:00:21.180 --> 00:00:25.845 with a provider everyday so if a shift is noon to eight 10 00:00:25.845 --> 00:00:28.660 line:15% that's what the provider's shift is as well. 11 00:00:28.660 --> 00:00:32.820 line:15% So I'll go there, meet up with the provider 12 00:00:32.820 --> 00:00:34.830 line:15% I see all the patients with them 13 00:00:34.830 --> 00:00:39.830 and then I write down history of present illnesses 14 00:00:40.030 --> 00:00:43.543 sort of what the background story for the patient is. 15 00:00:45.230 --> 00:00:48.480 And then I also clean up their charts so their medical 16 00:00:48.480 --> 00:00:51.613 history is their current medications, 17 00:00:52.570 --> 00:00:54.960 if they're a smoker or non-smoker. 18 00:00:54.960 --> 00:00:57.170 So I kind of go through it with the provider 19 00:00:57.170 --> 00:00:59.370 line:15% it's not the provider goes and comes 20 00:00:59.370 --> 00:01:00.860 line:15% and tells me and I just write it down. 21 00:01:00.860 --> 00:01:04.410 line:15% Like I get to see the interaction which I really enjoy 22 00:01:04.410 --> 00:01:08.320 line:15% I get to see if, how the patients respond 23 00:01:08.320 --> 00:01:09.990 to certain things that a provider does, 24 00:01:09.990 --> 00:01:14.250 how providers respond to some things that patients will do. 25 00:01:14.250 --> 00:01:17.450 And so you go through with that and then you also 26 00:01:17.450 --> 00:01:20.610 at the very end write down it's called 27 00:01:20.610 --> 00:01:22.340 the "Impression and Plan" but it's basically 28 00:01:22.340 --> 00:01:27.260 like what the patient has and then how the Doctor 29 00:01:27.260 --> 00:01:31.520 is going to either treat them or request follow-up. 30 00:01:31.520 --> 00:01:34.780 line:15% So that is very helpful for learning 31 00:01:36.570 --> 00:01:38.290 line:15% sort of like just how to diagnose 32 00:01:39.275 --> 00:01:41.140 line:15% and just the various things that I would 33 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:43.740 have never seen if I hadn't been a Scribe. 34 00:01:43.740 --> 00:01:46.560 But what we do in the Families in Long-Term Care Projects 35 00:01:46.560 --> 00:01:50.050 is we aim to alleviate the stress of caregiving 36 00:01:50.050 --> 00:01:53.630 for someone with Alzheimer's 'cause a lot of responsibility 37 00:01:53.630 --> 00:01:55.940 and a lot of stress comes with caring 38 00:01:55.940 --> 00:02:00.790 for someone with memory loss, and so we aim to alleviate 39 00:02:00.790 --> 00:02:03.420 that with our projects and there are multiple projects 40 00:02:03.420 --> 00:02:06.860 we're working on right now: there are remote health 41 00:02:06.860 --> 00:02:11.740 technology where it's like a sensor system set up 42 00:02:11.740 --> 00:02:14.340 in the house of the person with memory loss 43 00:02:14.340 --> 00:02:18.040 line:15% and it just sends alerts to the caregiver's phone 44 00:02:18.040 --> 00:02:20.430 line:15% if they've been out of bed at midnight 45 00:02:20.430 --> 00:02:25.430 line:15% or if they've been outside at an odd hour of the day 46 00:02:26.130 --> 00:02:28.943 so it just helps them with that, that's one of 'em.