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Date: 09 January 2006 22:47:06
I started my placement today. Before Christmas I decided to opt for the second option and my first day went well. With every placement, we have a ton of paper work to fill in, and this all gets collected in a big annoying folder (very often the cause of stress). Part of this should be filled in before the placement starts - I realised today I hadn't done it yet, so have done it this evening. Strengths, weaknesses, concerns, expectations, personal development objectives, module outcomes, skills outcomes, assignment outcomes, etc. Once you sit down and think about these things, then its relatively easy to do, but its just a pain. We have to fill in these pages and pages every placement, and it seems like we do it because thats what we always do. So much in nursing is like that. Just because something has been done for years, does NOT mean its the right thing to do. Hitler spent years killing Jews. This is not a direct compliant towards my current placement, its a generalised moan, because it is true in so many areas.
Though, one problem that was highlighted this morning, was the issue of incorrect training. I was sat in a training session, where a small group of people were being shown how to use the suction. This involved the use of sterile gloves - something i've personally not had lots of experience of, but have seen it done so many times that I know exactly what should be done. One of the people being taught was having a practice, and immediately touched the glove in the wrong place. I noticed, but being a student on my first morning, did not feel I could correct her. What astonished me, was that none of the other professionals corrected her. It was the mother who said, no - thats wrong. For goodness sake, if you don't teach these people properly and show them where they're going wrong, how are they ever going to do it correctly?!