Last week I met my soon to be clinical instructor. His name is Mr. Mendyka. He seemed pretty cool but I had no idea how awesome he was until today. He taught class today and this is what came from it:
I came to realize that he has some outstanding views about nursing and the patient/nurse relationship. He's all about talking to the patient to get to know them and not just about getting the work you need to get done. He's very personable and today in class, he even walked up to a few of us during class when he asked a question to make it more one-on-one. When we would answer a question, he would ask our name, but he would also remember it and use it at other points in the class to show he wanted to get to know who we are as individuals.
The greatest thing of all is how hilarious he is. Now let me give you a picture of this wonderful man: Average height, white, male, with pepper-gray hair. He wore a purple button up shirt with a brown corduroy jacket with jeans and brown boots.
Some of my favorite quotes of his today were:
- His fashion 101 for nurses (not quoted perfectly): "Be careful what types of scrubs you wear. Imagine going into a confused patient's room wearing polka-dotted scrubs and having the patient vomit everywhere because the polka dots only made it worse"
- My favorite: "With confusion always comes some understanding" At this point, he was talking about treating confused patients and how they are just like everyone else. We should not neglect them just because they can't fully understand everything we're saying. But it's true, there must be some kind of understanding. Imagine if you were confused and no one talked to you because of it?
- "Don't assume that you can't do something, assume you CAN do something"
He owns 11 dogs, a horse and God only knows what else. Lastly, how cool is it that he has friends named Dot and Asa?? Plus, he's a great instructor!!
I'm so excited to work in the hospital with him. I feel like he and I are going to be great friends!
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