If someone had told me a few years ago that one day i would be sharing my stories and experiences with students to help them learn, i would have probably replied with with something like you're crazy i could never do something like that... Never say never because that is exactly what my life is now
Here comes the cheesiness
(Told you cheesiness haha...)
Today I was doing Level
I Therapeutic Communications in Adult Nursing Unit aka
role playing, we had to simulate handover with them anyone who has experienced
some Hospital stay will be familiar with the handover.
Going in I was a bag of mixed emotions nervous and excited,
rolled into the lab that they had set up which looked just like a Hospital ward
and I waited for my students or Adult Nurses.
I was doing 2 sessions of role playing today, and I am not
going to give the students names but I much preferred session 1 over session 2
So here was the layout each group was 3 students to 1 service
user
Student 1: Assessor (carries out your assessment)
Student 2: Mentor (to support the assessor and offer
occasional prompts if necessary)
Student 3: Less experienced student (to observe and learn, may
take notes, ask questions)
In my first session I only had 2 Assessor and Mentor and
they were both lovely young ladies so naturally we got on like a house on fire
and half way through the handover I had to break character because they were
unsure to whether I have had surgery or was waiting for surgery (I must be a
good actor like Tom Cruise damn it I’m in the wrong job haha)
I told them I was in Hospital today to have right foot
reconstructive surgery, I kept to my same story twice.
It was a pleasure and it went so smooth my first session,
session 2 wasn’t bad but this time I had 3 students
Student 1: Assessor
Was fine
Student 2: Mentor
Spent most of the time looking at her feet (from my point of
view)
Student 3
Just looked bored
Today was all the fun and we had so giggles too, I do love
doing this and I am not sure why I get so nervous I guess it’s just a natural
human reaction when going into the unknown.
Life begins at the end of your comfort zone and that is so
true, I always tend to find when I give talks as I get into it I feel like
weight is taken of my shoulders and I become at ease and more relaxed like a
flowing rap star on stage.
I just hope I helped the students out today and not talked a
load of old rubbish.
I feel like this is my way of giving
back I always come away with a sense of achievement and hope I helped the
students in some small way with their future careers and I hope to do more.
