Great day 1

This is written post my first day. 

My first day today was great. Bentley hospital was everything I was hoping for. It was full of paperwork, orientation and talking, but it was good to visually take in the surrounds, and then get our heads around what we'll be dealing with. We weren't thrown in the deep end, unlike our outpatient counterparts (Arnika and Mons), and our supervisor was very supportive and understanding of our current knowledge level. Our supervisors goal is to facilitate our learning in a way that allows quality of the learning experience, rather than rushing through a great deal, and only absorbing a little. There are, and certainly will be expectations of us over the placement but I am eternally grateful for such a friendly and accommodating first day experience. 

The range of clients we'll be seeing is also exciting. It is such a varied placement as we have mornings in Ward 4 - Gero Rehab, and afternoons in a post surgical ward - a diverse range of patients and presentations to be seen on a daily basis. We did get hands-on during our first day, which was  good to break the nerves. We have a little to plan for tonight as "homework", as we'll be doing our first full assessment tomorrow - will include COVS, FR, 6mwt etc - we have the whole morning to complete the test - make as many mistakes (hopefully not too many) and be corrected on the spot with constructive feedback. Am looking forward to putting this semesters Gero lectures and labs to good use - clinically using what we've learnt and making sense of it all. No doubt the experience will shift as we gain more confidence and experience - just glad we didnt have to assess and treat on our own for our first day of prac, as Arnika and Mons did in outpatients - without a supervisor! Deep end suits some, good work girls!