This week was pretty challenging. I was on contact precaution for the first time, so my patient was in isolation. This means I had to put on a gown and gloves every single time I entered and exited the room. I didn't really connect with my patient this week...it's not that he didn't like me, because he did, and it's not that I didn't like him, but I think that having a gown and gloves on at all times really provides a barrier. It really does make you feel more distant, which is sad cuz I even felt it. I got to take off my gown, but everyone that my patient saw was wearing a gown, which is not friendly at all.
I felt really disorganized this week, and I just didn't FEEL good after clinical and I felt really stressed...like, my chest literally felt tight. And I was super warm, from the bedbath and changing my patient.
School's winding down now, just a few assignments, but nothing too tricky. I'm sad that summer's coming ONLY because we won't have clinical rotations anymore.
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