⬇️It’s easy to forget how much of an impact your presence can have on patients. For us healthcare workers, it’s just another day at work, but for them it’s a huge life event that they may be terrified for.
.
The OR, pre-op, and hospital in general can be an intense, anxiety-inducing place to be and on top of that you never know what people have gone through in their lives so it’s critical to always approach patients in a trauma-informed manner.
.
I was SO glad that I was able to join the all-male team for this patient today and give her the reassurance and peace of mind she needed to know that somebody was looking out for her while she was unconscious.
.
.
.
#operatingroom#or#medicalstudent#womeninmedicine#traumainformedcare#womeninstem#medicalschool#medschoolrotation#surgery#anesthesiology#premed#mcat#usmle#healthcareworkers#nursingschool#nursecomedy#nursehumor