Back in the game

After 7 weeks of doing absolutely nothing ( by absolutely nothing, I mean being off work and knee deep in A-level exams)donning my trusty uniform and sketchers, with memory foam I must brag, I returned to the proverbial workplace. It was hard, like any work is, but it just felt kinda meh. I just felt so lost and ditzy. I purposely chose a quieter ward to start with after my hiatus, to ease myself back into it, but I felt something was missing.

I just seemed to flounder a little, not really knowing what to do, and in true bank staff style I just floated, darting in and out of all bays, helping anyone that needed help.

I guess I've found it a bit tricky to re-adjust to the rigours of work after being off for so long. There are so many routines and protocols in healthcare, which are very subject to change, so being in work almost 100% of the time is very helpful if you want to keep up,as I found out in my annual training updates. Which of course consisted of the old death by power-point spiel.

So it's back to square one, re-learning all the routines and building rapports with patients, but the only way is up.