DAY ONE.
Today was mainly an orientation of the hospital and the ward which I will be focused with. In the afternoon I was givent the task to get one patient out of bed and take them walking to the gym and practice stairs. Initially he was quite resistant due to fatigue and he had just had a nap and didn't feel like getting up.

I think I did well with motivating the patient to get up and that he if did well on the stairs this afternoon it was likely he would be able to going home in a few days. I felt pretty comfortable with the situation because int he end the patient was quite compliant and happy to go for a walk.

I do think I need to improve on my explanations of tasks, such as walking on stairs, especially with the wheeled zimmer frame which threw me a little bit. Next treatment session I'm going to try and keep my instructions clear and simple and try to avoid waffle, because this will only further confuse the patient.

Generally I think the first day went pretty well, I found it wasn't as daunting as I had anticipated and the clinical supervisor is very supportive.