I was discussing with a friend about my time at one of my placements in a mental health ward and I was talking about how much I cared about the patients and was passionate about helping them and how it was sad to be leaving them. He mentioned that I was like that because I’m still very new to the job and because of that I had what he called “new grad energy” and wasn’t jaded by the system yet. I don’t think that putting in effort to the patients and your job should be something out of the ordinary, it shouldn’t be something the diminishes over time, if it does you’re likely just in the wrong job.
Harrison Hansford 