Whohoo! I admitted my first patient into hospital today! Yup... I got the chance to admit a patient into hospital today!!! By that I mean that I got to do the history taking as well as a full physical exam and I got to write all my findings into the patient's chart! Okay, I admit that when I was first asked to do it, I was scared. Hell!
I'm a first year med student who knows nuts and I'm asked to admit a patient into hospital?
But I must admit that while I was doing it, it actually felt great!
For the first time, I felt that I was being useful instead of being an "ornament" in the wards. But I was nervous as hell. I'm sure I did things which none of my consultants or registrar would do but I learnt a lot today through this exercise and it further strengthen my convictions that this is what I really want to do.