Well I thought I'd best come back on here and post an update since this is my first week back on placement number two. I was really looking forward to getting back to placement although as I think I mentioned in my last post I was a little nervous as my first week I am on the rota for theatre.
So anyway, yesterday was the first day back in the department in quite some time so to say I felt a little rusty was an understatement. As I was on theatre I was only in the department for about half an hour before we were needed so off we went. It was my first time going down to theatre with a radiographer so quite a new experience and unfortunately it did not go so well as I ended up passing out which was slightly embarrassing!! I don't feel quite as bad about it now as I did yesterday as the clinical tutor (who looks after the student radiographers) has been really supportive and some of the radiographers and other staff have also really gone out of their way to help me which is great.
Today I went back into theatre with the aim of just getting used to the environment so as far as I'm aware it was slightly different in that it wasn't orthopaedic or traumatic etc so I didn't need to wear the usual restrictive kit that you normally do and there wasn't anything to see that might make me feel unwell which really helped. I even went back in the afternoon with a radiographer for a quick procedure and even got involved a little bit and managed with one of the lead gowns. Fair enough it was only a very short procedure and again there wasn't really anything for me to see that might make me start to feel funny but I felt like I'd made a bit of progress today, even if it was just a little bit.
There wasn't an awful lot of opportunity to take x-rays today with me being in theatre and then going straight into a tutorial which we have every week. At the moment the department is quite busy with a lot of students so it was a case of taking it in turns when a request card came in with something that we could do. So I managed to do a few and although I felt rusty and couldn't remember it all I found I remembered more than I initially thought I did and managed to attempt some projections which I hadn't had a chance to or didn't feel confident enough to try during the last placement. When there is a bit of a lull I like to try and practise positioning techniques with other students so that if a request card does come in and it's something I haven't tried yet with a patient I feel more confident and that was the case yesterday.
I do enjoy placement and get a lot out of it but it doesn't half wear me out. Think I will have an early night so I'm ready for tomorrow. I'd best leave it there for now as there isn't really anything else to report at the moment. Again, if anyone is reading and wants to find out about anything in particular feel free to comment and I'll do my best to help.
Tuesday, 26 June 2012
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
The calm after the storm
Hi guys,
Well I failed miserably at keeping this blog alive didn't I haha - I barely started so apologies for that. I am now fast approaching the end of my first year having just done all my exams and only having one placement to go.
The whole year has gone by pretty quickly really. It started off at a slower pace than I expected to up until Christmas and then the pace really picked up. I think it has been what I expected it to be. I have handled going back to uni as a mature student much better than I thought I would and have not been half as stressed I expected it to be. However, the one thing that has been a surprise is the real lack of money!! But I keep telling myself it won't be forever. I can truly say I have enjoyed my first year and having just had my exam results back it hasn't quite sunk in that my average mark for the whole of the year is 77%!! I'd love to get a first but I won't get too carried away as I know I have two very tough years ahead of me but I will do my best.
My next placement starts in a couple of weeks so until then I have some time on my hands to prepare for that and get over a busy May. Once I start next placement I will try and come on here regularly and keep it updated with how things are going but if it's anything like last placement I won't have much free time and will be pretty tired so bear with me if I can only manage a weekly update.
The way placement works where I study is that you are allocated to a hospital trust but you have one hospital as your base. Then over the course of your placement you might get rotated to another hospital in the trust for the week or maybe another department in your base hospital, in theatre or on mobiles etc. My first week on my next placement is going to be in theatre which I am a little (well quite a lot actually) nervous about. I am a bit squeamish and have only been in theatre once before. Let's just say it didn't go very well!! I had been pretty ill all week and I think it all got too much so hopefully this placement I can get over my fears. I have a whole week of it so I'm sure I'll be just fine (I hope).
In the meantime if anyone is reading this and has any questions feel free to post or send me a private message. Not sure what sort of things people will be interested to hear about but I'll do my best.
Well I failed miserably at keeping this blog alive didn't I haha - I barely started so apologies for that. I am now fast approaching the end of my first year having just done all my exams and only having one placement to go.
The whole year has gone by pretty quickly really. It started off at a slower pace than I expected to up until Christmas and then the pace really picked up. I think it has been what I expected it to be. I have handled going back to uni as a mature student much better than I thought I would and have not been half as stressed I expected it to be. However, the one thing that has been a surprise is the real lack of money!! But I keep telling myself it won't be forever. I can truly say I have enjoyed my first year and having just had my exam results back it hasn't quite sunk in that my average mark for the whole of the year is 77%!! I'd love to get a first but I won't get too carried away as I know I have two very tough years ahead of me but I will do my best.
My next placement starts in a couple of weeks so until then I have some time on my hands to prepare for that and get over a busy May. Once I start next placement I will try and come on here regularly and keep it updated with how things are going but if it's anything like last placement I won't have much free time and will be pretty tired so bear with me if I can only manage a weekly update.
The way placement works where I study is that you are allocated to a hospital trust but you have one hospital as your base. Then over the course of your placement you might get rotated to another hospital in the trust for the week or maybe another department in your base hospital, in theatre or on mobiles etc. My first week on my next placement is going to be in theatre which I am a little (well quite a lot actually) nervous about. I am a bit squeamish and have only been in theatre once before. Let's just say it didn't go very well!! I had been pretty ill all week and I think it all got too much so hopefully this placement I can get over my fears. I have a whole week of it so I'm sure I'll be just fine (I hope).
In the meantime if anyone is reading this and has any questions feel free to post or send me a private message. Not sure what sort of things people will be interested to hear about but I'll do my best.
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