Final Entry Last Prac

Finished my last prac, its so overwhelming. Despite everything I thought pre-placement I loved my time at royal perth doing my cardio placement. I was on the respiratory ward so I saw alot of patinets with COPD, asthma, pneumothoraxes, pleural effusions, patients on non invasive ventilation, brochiectatsis, pre an post lung transplants and cystic fibrosis.
As i expected the expectations where higher but still managable. The main thing I found was that the expectations increased exponentially compared to other placements but I felt as if I just fitted in on the ward. As I was with another student it was really good as we were able to bounce ideas off each, especially in the beginning and we were able to take more time out to plan our A's and P's. However we only really shared patients for the first few days and after that we had all of our own and built up a decent load some days and other days we had less, it just depended on how the ward was set up ie any outliers and we often had renal patinets as well who only usually needed to be seen there first day on the ward.
my supervisor and tutor were both great, they allowed me to lear alot and then gave me hints and tips as requiored and were always there to help, but encouraged me to learn for myself. they were very supportive and helped teach me as much as they could and let me get the best experience possible.
Royal perth was quiet daunting overall but when I was on my ward it felt like a small hospital and it had that personal feel.
i learnt so much about Cardiorespiratory physiotherpy and I like it alot more than before my placement. I now find that I understamd it alot more and my clincal reasoning improved so much in the first couple of weeks and after that it allowed me to build on what I already knew.
I had an amazing last placement learning more than I ever thought possible.

Overall I LOVED all of my pracs and speaking to people I find that is a raetity and feel so lucky. I was exposed to so many new experiences and I have grown as a person with my confidence and all my physiotherpy skills.