How I made a Difference
Over the course of the semester, I was very fortunate enough to be able to experience a clinical rotation in person as well as online. There were many times that I felt that the little help I was able to offer the nurses and patients at my clinical sight made a difference in their day or even their stay. However, one moment that really stood out to me was when I walked into the room of a patient that was very disoriented to where she was. \As soon as she saw me walk in, her face lit up and was shocked because she thought it was her son whom she hasn’t seen in a few days because of her hospitalization walked through the door. I started doing vital signs on her and she just couldn’t stop talking to me about how much she missed him and how she wanted to see him. Luckily the floor was particularly slow that day, so I was able to stay and talk to her for a little bit before having to move on to the next room. As I was wrapping up with this client and getting ready to leave, she grabbed me by the hand and gave me a huge thank you and told me how nice it was to see a somewhat familiar face when she woke up even though it wasn’t who she thought it was.
This interaction really stuck with me after all of these weeks because I never really thought that something so simple as just talking with someone about a person they miss with a complete stranger could have such an impact on a person. When I left clinical that day, I knew that I made a difference for the client. I may not have helped her recover from the procedure that she was receiving but I know that I helped make her time at the hospital a little more bearable.
