Almost All By Myself
11/13/06
Today I got to work on a patient by myself. At first I was really nervous and scared, but it turned out okay. The one thing I need to work on in planning for the patient is looking at the goals and deciding what I am going to do from there instead of just repeating the last person’s treatment. I felt like I used the treatment time effectively. The only part I would have like to have spent less time on was transferring and positioning the patient. But that part did go better than the last time I worked with this patient. I also need to work on keeping a more organized treatment area. This patient was one that I couldn’t just walk away from, so I definitely depended on the floating first year for help at times because I didn’t have everything I need in at hands reach. I think I have improved in working with patients in last month or so. I was working with the patient on doing AROM in short sitting. This did not work out with keeping her balance. Before I probably would have gotten flustered and not known what to do, but this time I did a little more problem solving. One thing I think I did really well this time was talking to the patient. I asked her opinion on she felt as far as her body being straight, or if the exercise was challenging her. I also feel that the documentation went well. I feel more confident with documentation each time I do it. Overall, it was a good treatment.
For the second hour, I followed the second year. She was working on gait with a patient. Now that we have gotten through the lower extremity unit in kinesiology I feel like I understand a little better and can pick up when patients have an improper gait. So overall this was a good day in clinic.
