It's been 4 days since I got my freedom back. Freedom, yeah.
The past 1,5 months that I have been through was stressful, emotionally hard and mentally challenging to mine. Haha I'm not make it too much, that's the real feelings I felt.
To make it clear, here's the full story...
I and 5 other friends just finished our internship at RSUPN Dr. Cipto Mangunkusumo (RSCM), one of the teaching hospital in Indonesia. That internship program was one of my obligation in order to fulfill the credits from my campus. At first, I actually feel anxious and excited to work in a hospital. But, for now I honestly say that I don't want to work in a hospital IF the type of the hospital is similar to RSCM. No, i'm not trying to give a bad impression to RSCM. I know there's so many people outside wants to be a family of RSCM and it is not easy to be one of it. I just don't think i'll survive from all the pressures.
I admit that RSCM gave me so many knowledge especially about how to be a good nutritionist. But i have to pay the knowledge with all the stressful life and a gazillion assignments during the internship. All the nutritionists teaches us with a different methods, some were being nice but others were kind of fierce. I know they had purpose on doing that, to strengthen our mental. And I until now personally still can accept it.
So, these are few things that I learned during the internship :
1. I learned to be a fast-walker. The people there (especially the employees) are really really fast when they walk. I don't know is there any specific reason for doing that or maybe they just rushing with the time. Just so you know, it affects me to increase my speed too :p
2. I learned to sleep less than 1 hour per day. Seems like 24 hours per day wasn't enough to do all the assignments. And i'm not the only one who feel it.
3. I learned to train my tummy to eat 2 times per day. We were so busy making ADIME/ Nutrition Care Process that's why sometimes we didn't have time for lunch. Huft.
4. I learned to train my mental when i had to face the "fierce mentor". Also I learned to face the mentor that really perfectionist, seems like what I did is always wrong for her.
5. I learned to be more grateful for my health. Working in a hospital and meeting patients with different kind of diseases, from the minor ones to the serious ones really made me grateful for my life right now. When I had to visit the children's room, I was wondering how if I need to spend most of my childhood life in a hospital and struggling with pain since I was a kid. I don't even think I could do that.
6. I learned to manage my emotion and my stress. The pressures there was really high and the people there always pushed you to be perfect in every single thing you do. It was good actually but when it become too much, it could cause stress. I'm the type of person who could gained stress easily and I still couldn't manage it properly. I still learn it right now.
Those are few things that i learned during my internship. There's a lot more, actually. I'll tell you some time later.
In a conclusion, the hospital internship was really great. I could get a lot of life lessons besides the lesson about being a nutritionist itself. And I will never forget those incredible experience. xoxo.
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