Kim Walker, my clinical instructor, and I met over lunch today and she said, "you are doing very well." Oh my goodness that feels so so so good to hear! It's amazing how uncertain I am of myself and everything I'm doing, and just to hear those 5 little words make me feel oh so much better.
I am really loving my day in day out so far. Although a lot of the patients situations make me quite sad, I know that what I am doing is helping and that is such a rewarding feeling. Also, some of our patients are youg and out of the hospital quite quickly which is a nice break from sad. So far I have done an evaluation, strengthening exercises, ROM, education, assisted with splint fabrication, and documentation. I'm beginning to have a vague idea of what a true therapist does, although I am a long way from feeling like I could do everything completely on my own.
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