Nurse Aide Training
My First Experience with My
Patient
by Rina Maldonado
When I came to Sibley Hospital on my first day on December 10, 2012, I was
super excited, but I also had other feelings such as being nervous and I also was
afraid because I thought to myself, “What if the patients didn’t accept me?” Luckily
it didn’t turn out like that. I introduced myself to my first patient, and she was so
sweet. We started to talk about many things like our lives and where we came from,
etc. From that point on I started to not be so nervous. I learned that when you talk
to someone you engage in that feeling. And when they are talking to you they have
an opportunity to express themselves. Once you talk to them and get to know them
really well, then learn to have trust in you, and then you become trustworthy. The
part that I really love is when I become trustworthy because the patients will come
to you with their problem and you have the opportunity to help them. Sometimes
patients are around 90 years old which means they are elderly and they don’t have
children nor family to help them and that’s where I come in and help them succeed,
but I don’t only do this because it’s part of my job, I do this because this is what
I think is right and it makes me feel happy. While the days were passing I felt like
that was my second home. I felt so secure there. I felt in the right place. I really
felt happy when I saw a