Of course, I learning language all the time but in practise I learned some pieces of my professional vocabulary. I read many books of mental health there and gave new worlds in my mind.
Like I wrote earlier, I have no negative attitudes right now if we thinking about mental health rehabilitees. However, my next placement is in hospital where are more sick people. They don't have a balance of care and need more treatment. In my first placement, clients need like "friend" not "nurse".
Because of two weeks in placement, I learned by force what are clients daily habits. For example, what time they will coming in centre, when they take a part of groups and what kind of groups each likes. What time is dinner time and who are friends with each others.
I got a good relationship with my own client. He told me tips of his illness and how he goes. Our "morningsession" was very rewarding for both of us and I hope that I was able to give something for my client. Anyway, we were well discussion contact which help me to learn and my client to meet his fears.
Many times I crossed myself, because I'm terrible singer and two times in my placement I took a part of singing group. And both time I sang a song. Second time was easier and I sang our national anthem. In addition I was in art group, relaxation group and women group. All of them were important experience for me and centres clients.
In the end, I got very good forms about my training and learning and my mentor said that liason with other staff was excellent.
So, now is good to go next placement. I have seen what it is to work with mental healt rehabilitees and I will see next what it is to work with serious mental health illness (acute phase).
Roosa
VastaaPoistaI love to read that you had reached a good relationship with your named client. That was also one of your personal learning goals and it is one of the goals from my point of view, too. Please describe shortly, why did you succeed so well with this therapeutic relationship? I would like you to blog some of theoretical points, why it all went so well as it did. Because I am sure that you "did many things right", what were those issues, please write couple of examples.
Wonderful to read the feedback from your mentor. Yes! Now in your second placement, please ask your becoming mentor to read through at least some part of your blog and write down his/her thought. You can do that in the end of your practice together with him/her.
I believe that national anthem sounded just great (I wrote this with all the good).
Roosa, you have done a good job so far. Now when beginning your hospital practice, read through the assessment criteria and reflect some of the learning goals from there, too. I am sure that your mentor will help to mention some of the goals which are possible to reach there. And please check the questions I asked in your well-done blog.
Kind regards, tsemppiä!
Jukka
Roosa
VastaaPoistaI am looking foreward your learning experiences of the mental health hospital settings. Have a good week, I will back with your blog on wednesday.
Jukka
Relationship with my own client based on those little questions which I asked every morning of my client. "How are you today?", "How was your night?", "Did you have any news today?", "How do you feel today?" etc..
VastaaPoistaIt was very important to show my client that I'm interested in to know his feelings and mood. We chatted first about everyday things like our families, interests and news. Step by step he was ready to tell me about his diagnose and symptoms before medication.
Also it meant a lot for him that I called him by his name every time when we met in hall or dayroom. It was important thing to other clients too. However I felt that the precense of chats and meetings was the most important thing for clients in this placement.
By provoting some information about myself for my clients made me feel that they were more open for me. The thing could be just how many sister of brothers I have or who is my favorite actor. In that placement clients were good mood and health so I didn't need so high "professional ethics" - they knew that we were staff and that was enough to keep professional atmosphere around us (mean staff).
Sorry for the delay of my comment.
VastaaPoistaGood blogging for my question, thank you. So you started thee relationship from the very basics, which is actually very professional even though it might feel non-scientific.
Good.
Jukka