I have a new task at work!
Yes, my very first "baby" in my 6 years of work! Amazing right?
As in, usually people at other places may be a year or two they would be expected to guide the newbies and me, 6 years to have my first!
Lol.
Probably because in my previous ward, there were a lot of seniors around and there is no need for me to take on that extra responsibility, and also due to my constant changing of department from the normal ward to the intensive care; from this company to another, more like I needed a guide than others! Lol.
It's really a new experience for me and...
FORTUNATELY, seriously, fortunately, my first baby is a very sweet and pleasant girl, and she had her final postings in the ward before though in different station, and her previous guide was one that has really high standards, it was quite alright to guide her despite of me having another 4 patients to take care of.
And I wonder if it is guiding her that gave me some form of distraction, the past 8 days of work week seems slightly more tolerable though I do feel the agony at the beginning looking at that 8-day long stretch.
I am still finding my ways to give her more to allow her to become stronger and independent soon, another lucky thing is that I have told her that I would very much prefer her to find out how to solve the problems when she run into them instead of expecting me to tell her of what to do, something which is very common in what I used to face, people spoon-feeding too much and I always forget to bring my brain to work and disaster happened once the hand that you can grab let go of you. *Oops*.
I really hope that I can be as good as my previous preceptor in ICU that is able to show her everything that she needs to know and so she can cope better without having to burn out. =)
