I started working as a psychologist at a university hospital just two months ago. I am working in and out patients of pediatrics. The children are mostly patients of hematology, oncology, endocrinology, nephrology, cardiology, and gastro.
I am mostly doing individual interviews with the patients and rarely family interviews but I need more information on what to do with these children of chronic diseases. I feel like I am getting lost. Can you help me with that?
2007-01-28 23:05:26 · 2 answers · asked by goncae 2 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
You "started working as a psychologist" and yet you are asking people here on Yahoo!Answers?
What do you mean by "what to do with these children of chronic diseases"? What is your job description? What is the "result" you are required for your job? Are you making assessment of the children's needs? And what "needs" are you concerned with? Psychological needs? Social adjustment?
I am no psychologist but I think what you are asking is too broad to be successfully answered and even more so, I think you are asking in the wrong place.
2007-01-28 23:23:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
You will get immune to it.. you really dont have a choice.. health care pros have a choice.. get numb.. or get out.. yer new at it.. in 2 years you wont even really see the patient as a person, you'll see em as a problem to be solved.. you really cant do any thing else and still function.. it will just drive you nuts.. thats been my observations anyway..
You will have to learn to detach.. othewise you'll be useless professionally and in yer private life as well (Man didnt they teach you that in Psycology class?? WTF??)
dealing with chronic is better than dealing with terminal though.. You lucked out in that.. IMO
Or you can drink and do drugs alot.. works for some I hear at least temporarily... (Opps I'm outta Scotch.. Time to switch to burbon.. and I retired 10 years ago.. and not even in yer position but from hospitals.. Non med.. ICU I hated to have to work in.. waiting room for death and i just fixed stuff.. still see em in the dreams now and then LOL)
(and its all just an opinion.. worth every penny you paid for it)
2007-01-29 00:26:53 · answer #2 · answered by darchangel_3 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋