Critical Care: the very name of this course made me cringe when I started this semester! The complexity and intensity of care required for these patients completely intimidated me. I tried to go into my ER and ICU clinicals with an open mind, and I have to admit I was very pleasantly surprised by how…
Tag: Clinicals
A New Mentality: My Psychiatric Clinical Experience
Mental health. Depression. Mania. Hallucinations. What mental images do these words evoke for you? Going into this semester, I remember promising myself that I would face my psychiatric clinicals with an open mind. Though I have never had any interest in pursuing mental health as my full-time career, I realize how essential it is to…
A Labor of Love 