Hello all,
Yet another note discussing the matter of being burnt out and stressed affecting our performance.
I am in my neuro prac at the moment and had a difficult patient for two days who would say some inappropriate things and make false jugments on some things that I was saying to him. I have over ten year of experience dealing with many difficult people (both mentally ill and "normal" public patrons) and situations. I would like to say that as the supervisor in my old job that I was always quite responsive to these people and could deal with all different kinds of people (ie; ill, angry, panicked, depressed, stupid) and was always quite good at getting them to calm down and resolving (or dissolving) the situation. In this situation, however, I found myself to be very tired and so "over it" that it was too much energy for me to sum up to try and resolve (or deal with) a problem that, I could say, would have been most likely solved by me. Instead, I passed the patient on to my supervisor who passed him on to a male physio.
This would normally bother me as I enjoy a good challenge and like to try solving my own problems before I rely on someone else. But this time I don't care. It's really too bad that I have come to this point in which I am no longer displaying my own personality because I am so burnt out. A shame really....
Nic
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Hi Nicole, I think you are not on your own. The thing to remember is that you are on your third clinical placement without a break and its neuro. I found neuro placement quite exhausting as it was very physically demanding and mentally draining. Don’t blame yourself of how you dealt with that patient, as same patient’s respond better to different physio. I can’t see anything wrong of what you did with this patient in terms of passing him on to another physio if his behaviour was inappropriate. Don’t be hard on yourself and just remember that graduation is around the corner and then you can have a good break before you get in to your career as a physio!
I agree with Vaidas,the fact that the (very experienced) supervisor passed this patient onto a male physio is a reflection of the issue and demonstates that it is not about you and any lack of skill. I am sorry that you are so burnt out- it is understandable too and the important thing here I think, is not to be hard on yourself and to recognize-as with the blogs regarding being sick- that each of us only have so many resources and your wisdom to accept this and move on - yes it is a shame that we all are limited- and we all are. All the best with keeping up your health and interest, regards
Steph
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