overwhelmed

It's my 3rd week of my fieldwork requirement (internship) at a skilled nursing facility and I got a little overwhelmed today. It's not the first time, I've had one day like this each week so far. Today I got overwhelmed with paperwork. I had my caseload of seeing patients for a total of 4 hours, then took on another patient making it about 5 hours of seeing patients one after the next: giving showers, exercises, activities of daily living (ADLs), running groups, etc. I knew at the end of the day I was going to have lots of paperwork (a discharge, an evaluation, insurance, and billing for each patient). I'm still learning what's involved with each of those since I don't do them everyday. After messing up several times with the wording and levels of progress the last paper I messed it up again! Didn't I just learn this mistake?! Man! I felt like an idiot. I realized I was overwhelmed when I was on the verge of tears. Really?! I'm going to get this upset over this minor thing?! On the drive home I was able to calm down a bit. Upon reflection, I start to feel the flow of working in OT and I get excited. Then, I realize I still have so much I am still learning. Sigh, to be a novice. I'm so ready to start working already!