Part Four of 8 months a Nurse :You gota fight for ya right to write
You gota fight for ya right to write Today I wanted to talk about writing freehand, which is something that has caused me much anxiety and distress especially when writing: nursing notes, 1-2-1s, filling in admissions referrals, MDT prep sheets as well as other documents that require being filled in by hand . I don’t know how you feel about writing freehand but I have find it very intimidating at times ,especially when under pressure for time or when I’m tired, I find that words that I can spell normally I misspell when writing freehand. I also struggle to find the words I am looking while writing . I have even been known to write words backwards without realising, I have even made up words .Some of my issues around writing freehand were explained to me by my Neurodiversity trainer which I will go into further in my next blog. Basically a lot of my issues are a result of my working memory shrinking when under pressure and the fact I ...