During the day Sunday, I had to work. I work at a nursing home taking care of patients in rehab. During work, I always get many compliments on how hardworking and terrific I am, many of the patients are very grateful for what I do for them. I take the compliments very well and always say thank you. I had this new patient, so I went into the room and introduced myself. I was asking her about her plans of the day and other questions that I needed to know. She took these questions like I was nagging her, which I was not at all and it is what we have to do with every patient, and she started yelling at me for no reason. She continued to tell me that she doesn’t want me asking her any questions or to help me unless she asks, so I continued to stand …show more content…
I think if I was not attached to the belief that I will never be a great nurse, I might be less likely to have less empathy and respect, and be more shy because I won’t want to say anything that makes me sound like I have an “attitude”. What I have noticed every since Sunday is that I do value how hardworking and helpful I am, and that what I do is not easy at all, but I hold little value to my communication skills. What I mean by that is maybe I need to be even more aware of what I say to people. To this day I still don’t think I did anything wrong to that patient, but she made me realize that I need to be more aware of what I say and some people get offended more easily. I am going to continue to focusing on others and showing respect. I am going to start balancing critical comments and showing interest in others’ points of view. I know that I have to adjust and learn from this criticism from this one patient, and I can’t let it go to my head, but I am going to also over power it with the thousands of compliments I get everytime I work from my patients, coworkers, and even the patient 's