Week 3

I can't believe tins already been 3 weeks since I started. As time goes on I am becoming more and more comfortable interning here. One thing I have learned about this place is that we are a team. Everyone at this clinic needs to communicate in order to get things done. This week I met with my patient whom I work with every week. This patient is becoming very comfortable with me, she loves sharing stories about her family. During our session I felt like she was avoiding the smoking conversation. Every time I would bring it up she would change the conversation and start talking about something else. I had a hard time trying to redirect the conversation. I explained to this patient that she has to want to change and that I cannot do it for her. She has agreed to smoke no more than 5 cigarettes a day, which I thought was a great step considering she smoked 5-10 cigarettes a day. Overall it was a good week.