ok so i am nearing my final two weeks, well 6 days to be honest. i am both excited and sad. excited because 4 days after i am done i will be on a plane headed for canada land!! yay! and sad of course, because although i have been here for 3 months by then, it has flown by and i have enjoyed it so that i would consider staying on. HOWEVER, another thing i am excited about is my next fieldwork in a rehab facility. that will be so fun! and then after that (another 3mo.) off to take the NBCOT exam and start working baby! ok well there's that. now on to the debriefing:
last thursday was a stressful day, as most thursdays can be so hectic. we run 4 groups: light exercise, lunch group, focus group, and stress management. woah! anyhow. we had an emotional group for the focus group. our activity we planned was to discuss and focus on emotions through making music to resemble different emotions. at the beginning, two paients had a huge spat resulting in one busting out of the room and leaving, then a patient started to break down and cry which immediately affected another patient who was spanish speaking and her interpreter informed me that she wished to leave because she was uncomfortable. we started to get things a bit under control and then as we regrouped to see what everyone thought about the activity and how it made them feel, another patient said she felt "gay, but not like lesbian kind of gay"! OH BOY! it was intense.
i survived.days like this remind me that it isn't all roses. it is tough. but worth it. i luckily made my way to the soccer pitch and managed to find relief of my stress as i ran up and down the field. definitely helped!
ok well, our supervisor is still out for the rest of this week, and i have two evals to do in a 1/2 an hour here, so i better get going!
signed, OTS
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