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Saturday, March 08, 2008

Inspired

Today was my last day attached to IMH. I was actually sad but i told nobody about it. Fearing people will response, "You siao ah!!". Hahaha! But 2 weeks really passed by pretty fast. We had a mini party with our patients today, i was actually smilling inside.

I've learned alot of things, for example im able to list the differences between IMH settings and the normal ward settings. To me it was really an eye-opener. In normal ward, especially when its busy, your relationship with a patient are basically like touch-and-go. You explain to patient about the procedure, perform the procedure and then off you go to the next one. It'll just go on and on like a daily ritual. Where else in IMH, it is more of therapeutic nurse-patient relationship. I really gained alot of confidence in terms of communication skills and let me tell you it wasnt easy for me to interview and ask personal questions from patients.

One thing i regret is that i could have done better during the 2 weeks there. I could have just gather all my confidence, pick up any of the management files and do education on that particular patient (that i did my case study on). Well i hope i did make at least a small difference in the patient's life.

Well at the moment i think marks, grades and comments from attachments should not bother me to the bits. I know where i stand, i know what my strengths and weakness are, and i know be it during the 6 months prcp or when i enter the workforce, i will do my best. Sometimes its a fact that CI/CF are not practically always with you to see what you are doing, therefore there are bound to be a certain degree of biasness.

I guess im getting used to all this biasness, politics and boot-licking issues. It shouldnt be any of a huge obstacle for me in future, i hope.

Hehhhh! And on the last day, i was actually considering to work in IMH in future, maybe after 2-3 years of working in normal general hospital. Why not right? And quit joking about me being a permanent resident in there. Its funny but too much of it really sickens me. And i wish i could terminate all the stigma on patients with mental illness.

I better head to bed now. Busy days ahead.

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