The First Strength Of Week 7 Of An Internship

The first strength for week 7 of the internship is being prepared. This week the intern made a point to come in every day at least 15 minutes early to prepare for the sessions that day. The intern would come in first thing in the morning and look at the board to see which patients were on the schedule. Next she would then pull up the online charts to see if there were any orders for assessments to be completed. If there were assessments that needed to be completed, the intern would look at the open times for the day and add the assessments to the schedule. After the schedule has been finalized and all of the assessments have been added, the intern begins to plan out all of the sessions for the day. The intern will go back through the assessments to see what the patients’ interest are, what their

This has been a strength because it has allowed the day to run smoother. The second strength for week 7 of the internship is professionalism. During this week of the internship, the intern has continued to take over more responsibility for the patients. Every Tuesday and Thursday at the facility all of the therapy staff and doctors walks around to the patients’ rooms to discuss the patients’ treatment and their improvement. During this time, the staff discusses when the patient will be discharged. The recreational therapist was responsible for writing the patient’s discharge date on the board after the meeting and answering any additional questions that the family or patients may have. This week the intern has begun assuming this responsibility. With this, the intern has to conduct themselves in a professional way when dealing with all of the therapy staff and the doctors. This has been a strength because the doctor has taken note of how the intern has conducted herself during these meeting and taken the time to thank the intern for what she has