First week in Day Surgery Unit

What I have learned my first week in Day Surgery Unit

*new professional words
*self-confidence in English speaking
*what is to work in Day Surgery Unit in Ireland
*what kind of patient you have in Day Surgery Unit
*what you have to do and observe before and after operation

My first week was so nice experience. Staff were kindly and helpful for me, I gave good orientation and I was taken by management measures. I met new people, saw what happens in theater room and learn lots of new things. After second day I felt that I can understand what's going on in this unit and all the time I felt myself welcome to this placement.  

Mental health - Fourth (and last) week behind

This week was better than last. It is also my last week in mental health, 'cause next placement is some kind of day surgery ward. In here, this placement, I took a part of different kind of social groups and relaxations. I made practical nurse works (still) but maybe repetition is the mother of learning, right?

Staff were still busy, but individuals were very kindly for me and they told their diagnosis so openly. Those conversations gave me more information about symptoms and patients feelings. I had a couple of patients with whom I went through in their lives. We talked about their families, backgrounds, symptoms and futureplans.

Other students had asome kind of class which deal with harm-self and suicides. So I was involved in this class and it gave me a new perspective to think mental health work in Ireland. Things looked same than in Finland and I have found many similarities between my home country and this country.

Anyway, after those fourth mental health practise week I feel myself more confidence to meet mental health patients in Finland when I'll coming back to home. New people, experience and practising with mental health disease have gave me a lot and it feels good to know, that people are same all over the world despite the fact that they are sick.

Mental health - third week behind

Third mental health practise week was first in my new placement. It's sub-acute unit in hospital and there are 32 beds for individuals. It's so confusing change placements after two weeks, just when you know daily routines and patients.

Here in Ireland students can't work with medication or take bloodtests, for example. It makes me seem that I'll do practical nurse work in this placement. This week I took bloodsugars, bloodpressures and helped people take a bath.

Anyway, my week here went quickly and I learned many new things about mental health diseases. Staff were so busy with their patients and paperworks, so other students (from UCC, fourth and second year) gave me an orientation about unit. They told me what to do and where is monitors and towels and other things what I would need this days.

I met my attitudes again, because first days made me feel a little bit uncomfortable. That's cause some  patients just looked at me like a foreign pig and I didn't know if I should have say something, just look back or ignore that. But last day in this first week was better and I had good conversations with some patients.