I guess today I had one of the most life-changing field trip ever. Shall not mention the hospital because I don't wanna be googled out. Haha. But yeah....
Sometimes, as we work as a nurse, we really get too carried away with tasks at hand. We know so much on the medical stuff, try to "please" our consultants as much as we can, dread over admissions (by that, we get it done as quickly as possible), type trendcare, write report fast fast. But somehow, there isn't any human touch. Don't get me wrong, there is human interaction but no human touch.
I have not ever tried to dig deep into my patient's feelings, especially with regards to cancer. All I wanted to do was to get my job done, and be a good staff. But now when I go back, I really want to walk through the cancer journey with my patients. And I guess that's the whole concept of holistic care, and being a..... nurse.
I remember I had a patient close to my heart (who passed on already). Because we were close, she was able to rant to me her frustrations. All I did was to sit there and listen. And all she wanted me was to sit there and listen. So was so funny. After ranting, she would say, "Ok, thanks for listening... You can go do your work. I know you're busy." For now I know, what I did wasn't enough. I could have explored her feelings more.
5 months into my advanced diploma and I can say that I've learned so, so much! I can't wait to go back and make a difference :) I don't care if my colleagues comment that I'm "wasting time" chatting with my patients or being so "PR". Well, if they ever do, I will ask them, "Do you have a problem with that?"
Ok bye. Time to complete my assignment before I get hanged.