3 down, 2 to go, oh no!
today was really fun and productive. i came in, saw my first shower assessment, was whisked away to an OT study day with MH OTs from nelson and here, learned about Interactive Drawing Therapy, MOHOST and had a two hour lunch at Wither Hills winery (ooh flashy! these people know how to plan a study day) and ended the day with supervision during which I received some positive comments that my supervisor had received from other staff. :)
tomorrow, i go in at 830 to watch an old man (who doesn't know it yet but who will be my case study) have a shower after his stroke. 91 year old man. Lovely! But I'll only be maybe an hour (yes it took us that long today with the old lady this morning) and then I can come home and if I want, go back to bed and have my sleep in then. Ha.
I felt a bit awkward during the shower assessment today but not as much as I'd expected to feel. Just a little because I wasn't expecting to see a catheter+bag and a stoma bag. Eep!
Funny that I thought the most common diagnosis in the ward on my placement would be stroke. It really seems to be rectal/colon/some other bit downstairs cancer.
Only 2 weeks more to go and not even two full weeks and I have yet to do my case study nor my activity analysis nor my education session, not to mention study for DFO... Oh but I'm gonna and I'm gonna love it too! Hooray for 3 day weekends (even if it begins with watching a 91 year old man shower)!
off then to work. it's so interesting, really. especially the cryptic abbreviations. hooray for online medical encyclopedias!
I feel positive and excited! we're over the hill now!
tomorrow, i go in at 830 to watch an old man (who doesn't know it yet but who will be my case study) have a shower after his stroke. 91 year old man. Lovely! But I'll only be maybe an hour (yes it took us that long today with the old lady this morning) and then I can come home and if I want, go back to bed and have my sleep in then. Ha.
I felt a bit awkward during the shower assessment today but not as much as I'd expected to feel. Just a little because I wasn't expecting to see a catheter+bag and a stoma bag. Eep!
Funny that I thought the most common diagnosis in the ward on my placement would be stroke. It really seems to be rectal/colon/some other bit downstairs cancer.
Only 2 weeks more to go and not even two full weeks and I have yet to do my case study nor my activity analysis nor my education session, not to mention study for DFO... Oh but I'm gonna and I'm gonna love it too! Hooray for 3 day weekends (even if it begins with watching a 91 year old man shower)!
off then to work. it's so interesting, really. especially the cryptic abbreviations. hooray for online medical encyclopedias!
I feel positive and excited! we're over the hill now!