Impacting Patients’ Lives
I don't think that I realized just how much of an influence we have on our patients until this past week. I just started my internship 3 ½ weeks ago and during one of those weeks I was I was restricted to just observing due to contract issues, and then left the site for a day for the same reason.
In the one day that I was gone, the majority of the patients who came realized that I was not there and asked where I had been. This included patients that were not my CI's or mine. I was so surprised that they had even noticed that I was gone! It was so cute because some were concerned that I was not coming back. I felt so loved!!!
This really made me realize that even when you are working somewhere where the patients are not totally dependent on you, you still significantly impact their lives even when you feel as though you are not doing much. Life lesson: Always make sure you are making a good impact on a person's life because even the slightest negativity can affect a patient just like the slightest positivity can.