Dec 9, 2019
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end of a practice
This semester is nearing to an end and I could say that it hasn’t been an easy obstacle to finish. We had several things to accomplish, presentations, reports, reflection papers which led to sleepless nights and tiresome days. Being drained almost every day led me to neglect my responsibility on taking care of Renzy. I was overwhelmed and I just thought that the environmental factors Renzy had would be enough for it to live. Of course, I was wrong. One gloomy afternoon, I visited Renzy, and I could see from its physique that it’s nearing to die. Its leaves were brownish, some were already extracted; the soil was dry and it was evident that it didn’t receive water for a few days. I felt terrible. I wasn’t able to fulfill my role, which is to take care of Renzy for this whole semester. It occurred to me that I needed to manage my time effectively in order for me to divide my time to the tasks I will need to take care. If only I was able to manage my time wisely and if only I didn’t think lightly of Renzy, then I wouldn’t feel guilty at all.
From the first shifting up to now, I learned that taking care of Renzy is one way on how I would treat a patient in the future. It led me to think of ways on how to take care of it and how to let it grow. I had to evaluate it at first because I didn’t know anything about this plant nor did I have any background taking care of one. I focused on looking for the needs of this plant, how much water should I give and how much sunlight does it need for it to photosynthesize and produce oxygen as its role in the environment. I made sure to know these things in order for me to maximize the capability of Renzy with the role it has. Another thing that I learned is that one should collaborate with other people. This third shifting, I admit that I didn’t have much time to visit Renzy because I was too absorbed with other tasks. With the help of my other classmates, I collaborated with them and asked them to also water Renzy whenever they visit theirs and I would also do the same. Collaboration with other people would let one achieve goals, improve health outcomes, satisfaction, and reduce health care costs. This nurture project let me collaborate with my classmates which developed new knowledge, skills, and teamwork with taking care of our plant (AOTA, 2015). Another thing that I learned with taking care of Renzy is that after the evaluation that I did in order to give care to Renzy, I need to move on to the next step of Occupational Therapy Process which is intervention. I search for possible things I needed to do in order to save Renzy from dehydration. However, I wasn’t able to relive him because it was too sick and the environmental factors weren’t cooperating since there were times that the weather was really sunny then in the afternoon it would get rainy. I learned that one should be able to evaluate and think of other interventions for the care of a client, as well as putting other factors for the intervention in order to reach your goal.
I would always be grateful for the experience Renzy gave me. Even though I wasn’t able to fulfill the goals I had planned because I failed to do the intervention, I will take it as a lesson for me when I treat patients in the future. I should learn to adapt well with the needs of the client I would be handling, and make sure to come up with interventions that they will be needing. I also learned that one should be able to evaluate and think of other interventions for the care of a client, as well as putting other factors for the intervention in order to reach your goal. Flexibility is one key to think of strategies for the improvement of your client. Letting go of Renzy has given me a heads up or a training to analyze and to identify the appropriate approach one should give. Lastly, I am thankful for Renzy because I was also able to think of ideas for optimizing its quality of life even though his was nearing to an end. Individuals approaching the end of life may experience decline in body functions and structure over time, justbas what happened with Renzy, but not a loss of right in life. As an OT, we value everything even if they’re not in their best conditions.
References
American Journal of Occupational Therapy, August 2018, Vol. 72, 7212410030. https://doi.org/10.5014/ajot.2018.72S207
Pizzi, Occupational therapy in the promotion of health and wellness. Philadelphia: F. A. Davis