Today I saw a woman with MS who was admitted after fracturing her lumbar spine after a fall. I conducted a subjective with her which I thought went well and I was more confident doing a subjective this week compared to last. Although, I needed to ask about her independance and level of function prior to the fall which I learnt was important to note, especially as I needed to assess her transfers, etc objectively after and also so that I was aware of goals for her rehab. I did go back to see the patient later and made sure I asked about these and also clarified a few things from the subjective which I'm gald I did. I was quite anxious about doing transfers with her because of the location of her fracture and I don't feel completely confident with my transfers yet however when it came to doing the transfers she explained her usual method of transferring so this made it less daunting! I didn't get the chance to do many transfers with her today but I am going to ask my supervisor before we see her tommorrow if I should be aware of any particular ways to transfer this patient just to be on the safe side!
I thought today went well and I am going to do so some resarch on MS just so that I have a full understanding of what this patient has to deal with and how it might impact on her treatment.
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