I feel like I’m learning to live on a very small boat, both because my life during this time has gotten simpler and more focused—I’ve had to cut extraneous activities since starting, and my family has stood as a crew with me to make this happen—and because I’m really feeling the balance that’s necessary between the desire to help individuals… Read more →
Did my first shift of clinical hours in conjunction with my first on-call shift. In some ways I felt like my situation had more in common with most of the patients than with the staff. Most patients and I were in a stressful, unfamiliar environment where the stakes of something going wrong felt critical, surrounded by people (staff) who feel… Read more →