So after 2 weeks in the ICU and following my mid-placement assessment, I've been told I need to relax more around the patients and other staff, be a little more 'light-hearted'.
I guess I've been pretty serious since I've been working in an area that is really quite critical and been around patient families who are all very upset. There must be a fine line between being more 'relaxed' but serious enough to appear as though I am not up there joking around and patient family members wondering "who is this guy acting so casual when everyone here is critically ill?". Maybe when I underdstand everything a little better I can relax and appear more confident at the same time. At the moment I'm just happy if my patient is still alive after I've been in to treat them.....
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Dont worry Jarrod, quite a few GEMs have been given feedback on ways to improve our verbal and non-verbal communication, as you well know myself included. As long as you know you're fine just take it with a pinch of salt. If only supervisors would factor in the exhaustion factor of GEM students!!!!!! There are many types of personalities on the planet and if we were all the same how boring would life be I reckon
hey jarrod...sounds like you are having a serious time in ICU. yes i can understand what you mean.
A patient that i was seeing for an exacerbation of COPD in a general medical ward just passed away...if patients in gen wards can be so vulnerable, what more ICU?
Just make sure you dont bring work home..as i'm sure you dont.
I agree with how to act around pts. It is not always easy to know what 'face' you should put on and there is a fine line between being to happy and too serious. I guess we will learn that as we progress
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